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COTTON SEED MEAL VERSUS COWPEA MEAL AND VERSUS 

 CORN MEAL AS A FINISHING FOOD. 



Six pigs from one litter which had subsisted for six 

 weeks after weatning on a field of Spanish peanuts with- 

 out any grain, were later divided into three lots and fed 

 for 37 days (including the preliminary period of 7 days) 

 as much as they would eat of the rations mentioned be- 

 low : 



Food consumed (Mid growth made in 30 days. 



Food. 



Grain 



eaten. 



Growth 

 made. 



Lbs. 



grain per 



lb. 



ffrowth. 



Lot III 

 Lot IV. 

 Lot V. 



% cowpea meal, % corn meal. 



Corn meal 



i cotton seed meal, f corn meal 



Lbs. 



95.3 



140 



93 



19 

 39 

 16.5 



5.00 



4.82 

 5.57 



All three lots made but slow growth, which we may 

 attribute ini the case of lots III and V to the relative 

 unpalatability of the mixture containing either cow^peas 

 or cotton seed meal. Com meal was more relished and 

 hence in this brief experiment more satisfactory, though 

 in previous experiments a mixture of cowpeas and corn 

 has been superior to either alone, and especially so when 

 the feeding period has been a long one. 



EFFECTS ON HEALTH. 



I 



After 37 days' feeding of the 20 per cent, cotton seed 

 meal mixture, No. 13, one of the pigs ini Lot V, died, 

 after having appeared, gaant and weak for two days. 



This death and theMnthrifty appearance of the other 



