72 EXPERIMENTAL FARMS 



5-6 EDWARD VII., A. I90f 



Lot 3 — Hoot Pasture. , 



Mangels, sugar mangels, sugar beets, carrots and turnips. 



No. of pigs in lot 5 



Weight to start Sept. 10, 1905 509 lbs. 



Average weight to start 102 " 



Weight to finish Oct. 15, 1905 745 " 



Average weight to finish 149 " 



Total gain in 35 days 23G " 



Average gain per pig in 35 days 47 " 



Daily rate of gain 1.31 " 



Food consumed in addition to pasture 1,002 " 



Value of food apart from pasture $9 02 



Cost of 100 lbs. gain, pasture neglected 3 82 



Pigs ate roots of all kinds but turnips quite greedily, following them down quite 



deep into the ground in the ease of sugar beets and carrots. In the 35 days they ate 

 the roots off an area of 77 feet long and 40 feet wide. This system of feeding has a 

 tendency to develop the paunch and must be used with caution. 



Lot k — 'No fasinvQ — {^b'ed in Pens). 



No. of pigs in lot 5 



Weight to start Sept. 10, 1905 248 lbs. 



Average weight to start 50 " 



Weight to finish Oct. 15, 1905 501 " 



Average weight to finish 100 " 



Total gain in 35 days 253 " 



Average gain per pig 50g " 



Daily rate of gain 1.45 " 



Food consumed, meal 1,202 " 



Value of food $10 81 



Cost of 100 lbs. gain 4 23 



This method of feeding seemed to have a tendency to make rather short flabby 



pigs. • 



Lot 5 — Boots and Meal (Fed inside). 



No. of pigs in lot 5 



Weight to start Sept. 10, 1905 262 lbs. 



Average weight to start. 52 " 



Weight to finish Oct. 15, 1905 570 " 



Average weight to finish 114 " 



Total gain in 35 days 308 " 



Average gain per pig 61 



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Daily rate of gain 1 "77 " 



Amount of meal consumed 1,002 " 



Value of meal $ 9 02 



Cost of 100 lbs. gain meal alone 2 93 



Roots consumed 483 lbs. 



Value of roots 0-49 



Total cost to produce pork $ 10 51 



Cost 100 lbs. gain meal and roots 3 09 



This method of feeding had a good effect on the form of the animals making them 

 come as near the ideal bacon type as could be desired. 



PASTURING PIGS ON RIPE PEAS. 



An acre of peas on the hog rotation were allowed to ripen and pigs turned out to 

 pasture on them. The returns in pork weve not satisfactory but the effect of the exer- 



