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wbeu clover constituted a large per cent of the ration, was au unprofit- 

 able one at the fall prices, even with sorghum rated at $1 per ton." 



Mangel wurzeh. — From October -1 to November lil the sorghum in 

 the rations of the above two lots was replaced by mangels, one lot re- 

 ceiving, as before, salt in addition. The results indicating the compo- 

 sition of mangels and sorghum for comparison, are tabulated. "The 

 pigs receiving salt at tlie rate of about 0.2 ounce per day per hundred 

 ])()unds here gave the poorest results, and the increase in weight was 

 barely profitable with mangels rated so low as $1 i)cr ton. The lot with- 

 out salt made a profitable gain with mangels estimated at $3 per ton. 



* * * The mangels were eaten without waste, but no other coarse 

 food was. The water-free food required per pound gain in weight was 

 less thau is usually obtained from any food excepting milk." After an 

 intervening period, in which grain rations were fed, both the Cheshires 

 and the Duroc-Jerseys were fed a ration of mangels and linseed meal, 

 the mangels forming 95.7 per cent of the ration of the Cheshire and 

 97.5 per cent of that of the Duroc-Jerseys. As before, one lot of each 

 breed was given a small quantity of salt in addition. The results of 

 the trial are given in two tables. "At the prices of pork holding at 

 the time of this feeding the gain made by the [Duroc-Jerseys] was 

 profitable with linseed meal rated at $30 per ton and mangels at $2 

 per ton, without considering the manure. The gain made by [the 

 Cheshires] was not profitable at these figures unless by taking into 

 account the value of the manure." 



New York Cornell Station, Bulletin No. 26, March, 1891 (pp. 26). 



Notes on egg-plants, L. H. Bailey, M. S., and W. M. Munson, 

 B. S. (pp. 3-20, illustrated). — In this rrticle are given the results of 

 several years' exi)erience with egg-plants, including experiments in 

 cultivation, with varieties, and in crossing. 



Culture. — In the North "the plants should be started under glass 

 from the middle of March to the middle of April in a warm house. 



* * * . We sow in 'flats' or boxes, and when the first true leaves are 

 about a half inch in diameter — which is about a mouth after the seed is 

 sown — the plants are pricked off into 2-inch pots. As soon as the pots 

 are filled with roots the plants are shifted into 4-inch pots. * * * 

 The plants are transferred from the 4-inch pots to the garden from 

 the first to the middle of June. The early sorts, as Early Dwarf Purple, 

 are not so seriously injured by a check in growth as the large and late 

 sorts, and they can therefore be handled with less care. These sorts 

 can be started two weeks later than the others and receive but one 

 transplanting." 



Experiments indicated that " there is little or no gain in i)roductive- 

 ness in the small early sorts from very early sowing, while the large 

 sorts profit by it." Transplanting is apt to unfavorably affect the fruit- 



