119 



Corn. 10 parts } one-fourlli ration (1 pound to 



LOT 111: Dried blood, 1 part, i" each lUU poiiiuls live wei^'ht). 

 Velvet bean pasture. 



Tho velvet beans were planted in the rows with the 

 oorn. The corn was gathered after frost, (October 

 27th). The yield of beans was estimated as a thirty 

 percent crop. The poor yield was due to. a poor stand, 

 extremely drj'- weather during the greater part of the 

 growing period, and to the early frost. As the bean 

 crop was grown with the corn crop, the cost of labor 

 to produce the combined crop and the rent of the land 

 was divided equally with the two crops. The cost of 

 the bean seed and labor of dropping the seed was 

 charged to this crop. With the local price of labor of 

 ten cents per hour for man labor, six cents per hour 

 for boy labor, and five cents per hour for horse labor, 

 and rent at $3.00 per acre, the cost of producing an 

 acre of beans amounted to -$2.83. On October 27th 

 a heavy frost killed the bean vines. Two one-acre 

 plots were fenced off and the experiment started on 

 November 3rd. For several days the hogs did not rel- 

 ish the beans, but they gradually became accustomed 

 to them and ate same with relish for the remainder of 

 the experimental period. 



The Pigs 



The pigs used in this experiment were raised on the 

 farm where the experiment was conducted. They 

 were out of native sows and sired by a Berkshire boar. 

 At the beginning of the experiment they averaged ap- 

 proximately 68 pounds. 



Method of Feeding 



Lot I was confined in a dry lot and fed twice daily. 

 Lots II and III had the run of one acre each of velvet 

 bean pasture and were fed a one-half and one-fourth 

 ration respectively of corn, ten parts, and blood meal, 

 one part. The details of the experiment are shown 

 in the following table : 



