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results show "a stondy loss in weight with each lot for the period during 

 which prickley comtrey was led." 



Oat and-pea forage and red clover. — The same pigs were fed from July 

 18 to August 8, one lot with oat-and-pea forage, and the other with 

 fresh second-growth red clover, a small quantity of corn meal being 

 added in each case. The clover formed 89.6 per cent of the total 

 food of one lot, and the oat and-pea forage 89.3 per cent of that of 

 the other. The composition of each of the coarse fodders, average 

 consumption of food, and gain in live weight are tabulated. The lot 

 receiving clover gained 0.09 pound per day for each 100 pounds of live 

 weight, consuming 31.89 pound of dry matter jier pound of gain ; and 

 the lot receiving oat-and-pea forage averaged 0.45 pound of gain daily 

 per 100 pounds live weight, consuming 7.37 pounds of dry matter per 

 pound of gain. 



At the current prices oat-and-pea forage " would only be profitable 

 with the forage at about $2 per ton. The pigs receiving clover made so 

 small a gain that there would be a loss from the corn meal fed, even if 

 the clover was considered as representing no value." 



Glover with and without salt. — The same pigs were fed clover for 28 

 days longer, salt {^ ounce per 100 pounds live weight daily) being 

 added to the ration of one lot. Those receiving salt made a better gain 

 than in the preceding experiment, or than the lot receiving no salt. 



In another experiment with two pens of Duroc-Jerseys, each pen con- 

 taining three sows and two barrows, averaging 33 pounds each, a ration 

 was fed consisting of clover (about 86.5 per cent) and corn meal, one 

 lot receiving in addition 0.28 ounce of salt per 100 pounds of live 

 weight daily. Tbe results, as tabulated, show that from August 25 to 

 September 29 the lot receiving salt averaged 0.34 pound of gain per 

 100 pounds of live weight daily, and the lot without salt 0.08 pound ; 

 the former consumed 10.97 pounds and the latter 48 pounds of dry 

 matter per pound of gain in weight. "As with the other lots, those 

 having salt made the better gain, the contrast being somewhat greater 

 than before. Tlie meager increase without salt was at a loss, and the 

 gain made by those pigs having salt, without considering the manure, 

 was unprofitable, even with the clover rated at less than $1 per ton." 



Sorghum. — The two lots of Duroc Jerseys were changed to sorghum 

 September 29, this coarse fodder (forming 89 per cent of the food) and 

 a mixed grain ration being fed until October 20. One lot received in 

 addition 0.24 ounce of salt per 100 pounds of live weight daily. The 

 tabulated data show that the lot receiving salt gained 1.12 pounds 

 and the other lot 0.7 pound per 100 pounds of live weight daily, the 

 former consuming 3.32 pounds and the latter 5.9G pounds of dry matter 

 per pound of gain. " Much the better gain was made by the lot receiv- 

 ing salt, and it was a profitable one with sorghum rated at $2 per ton. 

 The gain made by the other lot, although more rapid than any made 



