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EXPEKIMENT STATION EECORD. 



on the character of the fleece of caracul lambs, based largely on results of 

 work previously noted (E. S. K., 25, p. 175). 



Goats: Their use and management, H. S. H. Peglek {Trans. Highland and 

 Agr. Soc. Scot., 5. ser., 24 {1912), pp. 52-77, figs. 6). — ^The principal topics 

 treated are the breeds of goats, feeding, management, and milk yields. 



The Angora and mohair industry in the Northwest {Portland, Oreg. 

 [1911], pp. 69, figs. 54)- — This is a report of the ]n-oceedings of the first annual 

 convention of the Northwest Angora Goat Association, held at Portland, Oreg., 

 January, 1911, including several addresses on the subject of breeding, feeding, 

 and handling goats. 



[Feeding experiments with pigs], W. A. Linklater {Oklahoma Sta. Rpts 

 1010-11, pp. 18-30, figs. 5). — A feeding test with 32 young pigs is summarized 

 in the following table : 



Rations for groicing pigs. 



Rations. 



Com meal (full ration) 



Com meal (full ration), green alfalfa (ab libitum) 



Com meal (half ration), green alfalfa (ab libitum) 



Com meal (quarter ration), green alfalfa (ab libitum) 

 Corn meal (quarter ration), green rape (ab libitum) . . 



Com meal (half ration), preen rape (ab libitum) 



Com meal (full ration), green rape (ab libitum) 



Com meal (7 parts), tankage (full ration), 1 part 



In another test with 20 pigs lasting 160 days, on a ration of corn chop, butter 

 milk, and barley and sorghum forage the average daily gain was 0.51 lb., as 

 compared with a gain of 1.22 lbs. on com chop and buttermilk. A lot of hogs 

 turned into a field of corn yielding at the rate of only 17 bu. per aci'e made a 

 gain of 1.2 lbs. per head. Estimating the value of the grain at 7 cts. per pound, 

 the hogs returned a value of 63.15 cts. per bushel. 



A test of ear corn v. ear corn and supplementaiy feeds for 16 hogs averaging 

 about 209.5 lbs. in weight gave the following results: On ear corn alone the 

 average gain per head and day was 1.02 lbs., at a cost of 4.57 cts. per pound ; 

 on corn and tankage, a gain of 1.09 lbs. at a cost of 4.74 cts. per pound ; on corn 

 iind alfalfa meal, a gain of 1.02 lbs., at a cost of 5.3 cts. per pound ; and on corn 

 and alfalfa hay, a gain of 0.96 lb., at a cost of 5.76 cts. per pound. 



Hog feeding, W. A. Linklater {Oklahoma Sta. Bui. 91/, pp. 3-16, figs. 2). — 

 The first ex]ieriment reported in this bulletin was on the value of alfalfa forage 

 for hogs with and without grain. Pigs averaging about 75 lbs. in weight were 

 turned on an alfalfa field in April. At the end of 100 days the average daily 

 gain was 0.26 lb. per head when on alfalfa alone; on alfalfa and all the dry 

 corn chop they would eat the gain Avas 1.2S lbs. per head and day; on alfalfa 

 and a half ration of corn chop the gain was 0.70 lb. 



In a test of the value of cotton-seed meal as a supplementary feed, with 3 

 lots of 4 hogs each weighing about 100 lbs., the average daily gain i^er head for 

 77 days was as follows : On corn chop and cotton-seed meal in the proportion 

 or 4:1, 1.05 lbs. ; on the same feeds in the proportion of 6:1, 1.2 lbs. ; in the 

 proportion of 8:1, 1.18 lbs. The financial statements, however, were most 

 favorable for the first lot. 



Some advice is offered concerning the management of swine and the econom- 

 ical in'oduction of pork. 



