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areas ripen at the same time, for in wet weather Spanish pea- 

 nuts will not remain long in the ground after maturity with- 

 out sprouting. 



PEANUTS VERSUS CORNMEAL. 



A more accurate measure of the nutritive value of the 

 nuts was desired than could be obtained in grazing experi- 

 ments. 



Hence for a further period of six weeks all three lots 

 were fed in pens on weighed quantities of food. 



Lot V. received equal weight of cornmeal and un- 

 hulled Spanish peanuts ; Lot VI., peanuts alone ; and Lot 

 VII. , now reduced to two pigs by the removal of the most un- 

 thrifty at the end of the pasturage experiment, continued to 

 receive only cornmeal. 



During the period of six weeks ending Jan. 13, 1898, the 

 results were as follows : 



Peanuts and cornmeal vs. peanuts alone and cornmeal alone. 



In this experiment a pound of peanuts, including hulls, 

 was worth more for young pigs than a pound of cornmeal. 

 These young pigs were able to make a growth of 9 pounds 

 per bushel of Spanish peanuts when no other food was 

 allowed. This gives a food value of 27 cents to a bushel of 



