235 



cents per lb., or 12f lbs. of corn. The nutritive ratio |is 

 1 : 10.3. This pig was of common stock. 



Pig II., from March 30 to June 29, received daily 2^ lbs. 

 of ground corn, and and 3^ lbs. of crushed cotton seed. In 91 

 days it gained 11^ lbs. at a cost of 32 cents per lb. or 47 lbs. 

 of the ration mixture. With the average weight of the pig 

 at 52 lbs., the nutritive ratio is 1 : 8. This ration contains 

 too much cotton seed. Corn 3^ lbs. and cotton seed 1^ lbs. 

 would make a better ration. This pig was from common 

 stock. It was turned into a pasture at the close of the test 

 and in the fall was fed corn. About Jan. 1, 1896, it weighed 

 216 lbs. 



Pig No. III., from March 30 to June 29, received daily 21 

 lbs. of ground corn and 3^ lbs. of crushed cotton seed. With 

 the average weight of the pig at 70 lbs., the nutritive ratio 

 is 1 : 7.8. The pig gained 23 lbs. at a cost of 11 cents per 

 lb., or 23| lbs. of the ration mixture. The gain is better 

 than that of pig No. II. ; yet there is too much cotton seed 

 in the ration. This pig was turned into a pasture at the 

 close of the test and in the fall it was fed corn. It was of 

 common stock, and weighed about Jan. 1, 1896, 164 lbs. 



Pig No. IV., from March 30 to June 29, received daily 2^ 

 lbs, of ground cow-peas and 4 lbs. of crushed cotton seed. 

 The average weight of the pig at 93 lbs. makes the nutritive 

 ratio 1 : 4.4. In 91 days the pig gained 29.^ lbs. at a cost of 

 12J cents per lb. or 20 lbs. of the ration mixture. Ground 

 cow-peas 3 lbs. and crushed cotton seed 2 lbs. would be a 

 better ration for a pig of the same weight. This pig was 

 afterwards fed as No. III., and weighed about Jan. 1, 1896, 

 170 lbs. 



Pig No. Y., from March 30 to June 29, received daily 4.V 

 lbs. of crushed cotton seed. The nutritive ratio is 1 : 6.7. 

 In 91 days the pig lost 13 lbs. This pig apparently ate 

 enough to prevent starvation. Yet it grew in frame work 

 (bone, etc.), and Avhen turned out to pasture and given 

 corn, after the close of the test, made a hog that weighed 

 153 lbs. about January 1st, 1896. 



