426 



The work on sugar-beets will be coutinued auotlier year by the sta 

 tion, and farmers of, the State are urged to co-operate with the statioL 

 in this line of mvestigatiou. 



Tennessee Station, Bulletin Vol. Ill, No. 5, December, 1890 (pp. 22). 



Fruit-tkees at the experiment station, E. L. Watts, B. Agr. 

 (pp. 75-92). — This includes (1) general observations on the adapta- 

 bility of Tennessee for fruit growing and the increasing demand for 

 fruits in this country ; (2) notes on the varieties of orchard fruits being 

 tested at the station ; and (3) general directions for the harvesting, 

 packing, and marketiug of fruit. Brief descriptive notes on the fruit 

 and on the condition of the trees growing on the station grounds are 

 given for 44 varieties of apples, 12 of dwarf pears, 25 of standard pears, 

 33 of peaches, 6 of nectarines, 8 oH apricots, 20 of cherries, 28 of plums, 

 and 3 of figs. 



Wisconsin Station, Sixth Annual Report, 1889 (pp. 251). 



Report of director, W. A. Henry, B. Agr. (pp. 1-5). — Brief 

 general statements regarding the work of the station. 



Experiments in pig feeding, W. A. Henry, B. Agr. (pp. 6-41). 



Uffeats of dried blood, pea meal, and corn meal on the carcass, bones, and 

 viscera of the hog (pp. 6-13). — This is a continuation of experiments 

 reported in the Fourth and Fifth Annual Reports of the station in which 

 rations rich in carbohydrates and poor in protein were compared with 

 those rich in protein. In the present trial rations consisting of one 

 third dried blood and two thirds corn meal, of equal parts of pea meal 

 and corn meal, and of corn meal alone were each fed to four pigs. All 

 the pigs received in addition to the above rations, hard-wood ashes, 

 salt, and hard well-water. Two of the pigs on each ration were killed 

 after 143 days feeding; the other two, after 149 days. 



The comftosition of the corn meal, pea meal, and dried blood fed is 

 given ; and for each lot tabulated statements regarding the gain during 

 the trial, amounts of food consumed, food consumed per 100 pounds of 

 gain, and cost of the same; data relative to the blood, liver, and kid- 

 neys; and the analyses of sections of the carcasses. More complete 

 data, including the chemical com])ositiou of the viscera, are given in an 

 appendix on pp. 229-232 of tbe report. 



The results indicate that — 



A greater weiglit of coru meal was required forprodncing 100 pounds of gain than 

 of the other two mixtures; hut at the prices named [corn meal $14, pea meal $25, 

 and dried blood $30 per ton] the mixture of peas and corn meal costs the most for 

 the gain produced, the dried blood and corn meal coming second, while the corn meal 

 ration was the cheapest. 



Comparing the amount of dry matter in tlie blood with tlie dressed weight of the 

 carcasses we find an excess of 7 jier cent for the blood-fed and 3 per cent for the 

 peas-fed hogs over those getting coru. 



