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thaiiii that necessaiy with fat produced by feeding corn 

 meal alone during the same length of time. 



The result of this experiment is encouraging as indi- 

 cating the superior hardening power of a mixture of 

 cotton seed meal and corn meiil over corn meal alone. 

 The lard from the pigs fed for six weeks on this mix- 

 ture was practically as firmi as that obtained in this ex- 

 periment from ami Essex pig that had never eaten pea- 

 nuts, but it was not so firm as the lard produced in the 

 corivsponding experiment of 1897-'98 from pigs fed un- 

 Luterruptedly on corn. (See Alabama Station Bulletin 

 No. 93, p. 30.) 



Cotton seed meal as food for hogs in connection 

 with corn meal and sorghum or peanuts. 



On September 14, 1901, a litter of six thoroughbred 

 Poland China pigs, farrowed ApriK2, was divided into 

 three lots and these were fed as follows : 



Lot I, grazed on drilled sorghumi, (blooming to ripe 

 stage), and a half ration of grain, as below. 



Lot II, in dry lot, fed sorghum from same field, cut 

 into lenghts of 1 to 2 inches, and also fed grain like 

 lot 1. 



Lot III, grazed on Spanish peanuts and giveni same 

 grain as other lots. 



All three lots received in addition to sorghum or pea- 

 muts a mixture of one-fifth cotton seed meal and four- 

 fifths com meal, which was not greatly relished and of 

 which the pigs in a dry lot could not be induced to eat 

 as much as was desirable. This lot also ate far less 

 sorghum than was desired. 



After a week of preliminary feeding the experimjent 

 began September 20 and continued until the last week 

 in October. 



