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edge are capable of making tlie Alabama hog, as well 

 as his relative in the com belt, a "mortgage lifter." 



SWEET POTATOES FOR HOGS. 



From November 13 to December 18, 1900, a period of 

 35 days, two shoats were penned on sweet potatoes 

 growing on poor sandy soil, and furnished daily per 

 head ^dth 2 pounds ground corn and 1 pound ground 

 cowpeas, which was regarded as ai half ration. The 

 total weight at the beginning of the test was 231 pounds, 

 and during the five weeks the two shoats made a total 

 gain of 67 pounds, requiring besides sweet potatoes, 

 3.13 pounds of grain per pound of growth. 



The potatoes were not eaten with much Velish, and 

 after being rooted up they were left on the surface, some 

 of them remaining there until they decayed. Probably 

 the waste would have been less if less grain had been 

 fed. The composition of the sweet potato leads us to 

 expect that it would be advisable not at amy time to 

 confine shoats to sweet potatoes alone, but to give them 

 while on the potato field a little nitrogenous food, such 

 as cowpeas, peanuts, etc. 



