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Of course these valuations must be 

 accorded some latitude, as they are 

 based on averages. Certain varieties 

 of the sweet and ripe apples may con- 

 tain more nutrition than the more acid 

 or immature fruit, and similar varia- 

 tions will be met with in considering 

 the hays and grains. Likewise the 

 comparisons are not based on exact 

 equivalents of carbohydrates, proteins, 

 etc., but the table nevertheless serves 

 as a upseful guide in pointing out 

 the value of certain fruits as good for 

 farm animals. Their value may be fur- 

 ther diminished or increased, depend- 

 ing on the materials fed with the fruit. 



The following experiences cited from 

 Henry's "Feeds and Feeding" (Elev- 

 enth edition, page 19,5) throws addi- 

 tional light on the value of apples as 

 a stock feed: "Withycombe of the 

 Oregon Station fed three slioats all the 

 apples they would eat, 897 pounds of 

 apples producing 38 pounds of gain in 

 14 days. During the second period of 

 1.5 days, 1,119 pounds of apples gave 

 only 3 pounds of gain. In another 

 trial lasting 79 days 3 sows showed a 

 gain of 36 pounds, or 1 pound of in- 

 crease for each 64 poimds of apples 

 fed. Clark of the Utah Station found 

 that: 'Apples fed to pigs in two ex- 

 periments with skim milk and shorts 

 had a value ranging from nothing to 

 18 cents per hundredweight. In one 

 trial apples were only equal to grass 

 pastiu'e.' From trials with dairy cows 

 at the Vermont Station, Hills concludes 

 that apples have about 40 per cent of 

 the feeding value of corn .milage. 

 Lindsey of the Massachusetts (Hatch) 

 Station concluded that 4 pounds of 

 apple pomace equals 1 pound of good 

 hay for cows. From 15 to 30 pounds 

 of pomace may be fed daily to cows 

 with advantage." Many fruitgrowers 

 are producing hogs in the orchard with 

 little or no grain up to the fattening 

 period. This is especially practical in 

 the irrigated regions where a portion 

 of the orchard can be kept in alfalfa 

 sod. By rotation of the alfalfa portion 

 of the orchard sufTicient hog feed can 

 be produced to balance the fruit ration 

 and not lower the production of the 

 orchard. There is, in fact, a decided 

 leaning toward cover crops and periods 

 of sod rotation in many of the orchard 

 sections of the West, regardless of the 

 hog and by-product question. 



In closing, we should keep in mind 

 that the peach and apricot drying and 

 canning of California, or the prime- 

 evaporation industry of both Oregon 

 and California, are the preparation of 

 fruit for market as a principal product 

 and not as a by-product. Such indus- 

 tries are making use of the best grades 

 of fruit possible to grow and the 

 Western fruitgi'ower should not neces- 

 sarily consider the California peaches 

 and apricots, or the New York .jams 

 and jellies seen in the grocery store as 

 by-products, in the ma.jority of cases, 

 for the fruit was far from being cull 

 fruit, but rather was very probably the 

 ecpial of the best grades of fresh fruit 

 giown in the country and produced 

 especially for preserving. If the im- 

 portation of manufactured fruit i)rod- 



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