20 



Lot B. — Spanish peanuts grazed, without grain. 



Lot C. — Chufas grazed and a half ration of mixed 

 grain. 



Lot D. — ^Mixed gi'ain alone, fed in bare lot, as much 

 grain as shoats would clean up. 



The grain fed to Lots A. C. and D., consisted of one- 

 third by weight of ground cowpeas and two-thirds 

 ground corn. 



The table b^low gives the data for the last 18 days 

 of the experiment, the preceding week being regarded 

 as preliminary and as needed to fully accustom all lots 

 to their food. At the beginning of the experiment 

 proper lots A, B, C, and D, weighed respectively 363, 

 256, 318 and 392 pounds. 



Growth made hi/ each lot of 3 pigs and food consumed 



in 18 days. 



Lot. 



Area grazed, 



Food. 



Grain 

 eaten. 



Increase 

 in live 

 weight. 



Lbs. grain 

 for 1 lb. 

 growth. 



A 

 B 

 C 

 D 



Squa -e ft. 

 8,344 



13,^-48 

 7.937 



Spanish peanuts, grazed 

 Mixed grain, K ration. . 

 Spanish peanuts, grazed 



Chufas, grazed 



Mixed grain, ^^ ration. . 

 Mixed grain, full ration 



-Lbs. 



1.88 



1.93 

 4.31 



Chufas and peanuts in this test were nearly on an 

 equality, and when half a ration of grain was fed with 

 eithei' there was required only 1.92 or 1.88 pounds of 

 grain to produce one pound of groth. As comipared 

 with the exclusive gTain ration this represents a sav- 

 ing of 56 per cent of the grain by the use of either 

 chufas or peanuts. 



Spanish peanuts without grain afforded a very slow 

 growth, and the increase in live weight wais only 76f 



