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supplied more protein than either bluegrass or rape, and that they there- 

 fore balanced the corn which the hogs had in addition to the green feed, 

 more effectively than either rape or bluegrass. These results are better 

 shown by the half-tones made from photographs of each lot of hogs 

 with the feed consumed and cost of gains shown under each lot. 



Lot 5. Corn and Bluegrass — 6 pigs. 



Weight at beginning of experiment 271 pounds. 

 Weight at close of experiment 65G pounds. 

 Total gain in ninety days 385 pounds. 

 Average daily gain per pig .71 pounds. 

 Grain required per pound of gain, 5.2 pounds. 

 Cost Per Hundred Pounds of Gain — Corn 40c per bushel, green blue grass $3 per ton- 



-$3.92. 



Lot 4. Corn and Green Clover — 6 Pigs. 



Weight at beginning of experiment 295 pounds. 

 Weight at close of experiment 7G7 pounds. 

 Total gain in 90 days 472 pounds. 

 Average daily gain per pig .87 pounds. 

 Grain required per hundred pounds of gain 4.29 pounds. 

 Cost Per Hundred Pounds of Gain — Corn at 40c per bu., green clover at $3 per ton — $3.20. 



