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probably can be explained in the different food needs of the two 

 classes of hogs. The thing especially interesting to me is the differ- 

 ence in favor of clover hay over both the other rations. The nutri- 

 tive ratio of the rations of lots 1 and two are 1 :10.7 and 1 :10.4. Why 

 did the hogs do better after the clover hay fed cattle? In other 

 words, does protein feed as roughage do the following hog more 

 good than feed as a concentrate? If this is true, we have an addi- 

 tional reason for growing our own protein feeds in the shape of 

 clover, alfalfa and cow peas. It might be that more of the nitrog- 

 enous part of the clover escaped the cattle's digestion and might 

 be used by the hog and the lot 1 cattle did better than lot 2. I 

 would like to hear ideas on that subject. If true, it is a valuable 

 point to the feeder. 



The Ohio Station fed tankage to hogs following cattle; each 

 lot had seven steers ; lots 1 and 3 received corn, cotton seed meal, 

 stover, mixed hay and silage; lots 4 and 6 received the same ration 

 except silage. The hogs in lots 1 and 6 received 1-3 of a pound of 

 tankage daily per head, in addition to what they could glean. The 

 first 60 days, three hogs were in each lot, the last 56 days, four 

 smaller hogs replaced the first set. The gain of the hogs receiv- 

 ing tankage was 1,230 pounds, the gain of the hogs not receiving 

 tankage was 808 — a difference of 422 pounds. The total amount 

 of tankage fed was 259.5 pounds ; that would cost at $45.00 a ton, 

 $5.85. The extra pork, 422 pounds at 6 cents would be $25.32. 

 How is that for profit? 



We are using meat meal this winter. Just now we have 160 

 hogs after our cattle, they are getting 50 pounds of meat meal 

 daily. They would eat a ton if in a place where they could get at 

 it. They act very much as a lot of boys do towards a neighbor- 

 ing unguarded watermelon patch. Our feeder, says that the hogs 

 do not seem to care for the medicinal mixture as much as in former 

 years. The Ohio Station observed that their hogs receiving tank- 

 age did not care for salt and ashes. The tankage seems to fill their 

 want for something besides corn. 



DISCUSSION BY C. M. LONG. 



The question of making 5 cent pork with 60 cent corn is a very 

 vital question with all practical farmers. In other words, it is 

 about the same question as what shall we do with out high-priced 

 corn? We have been taught that the hog is about the cheapest 

 meat producer, and if we can not feed 60 cent corn to him what 

 can we feed it to ? It is a question that is foremost in almost every 



