ir,7 



live wciulil ol' l.'.U III ;il)(tilt LMH» pimiKls ( I )cciiiil)('i' .;() In .Miircli ."{), 

 1 :J.L'r>. 



I-'iill l:il)iil;it('<l (l;it;i jirc ^i\('ii lor racli i»i^'. t(»;^('llicr witli ;iii;ilys(*s <»f 

 tlicsUim milk ;iii(l ^iliitcn iiumI, iiiid \\\r Icitili/iiii;' iiiuicdiciits (»r tlir 

 cinii iiiciil. \vli<';it hniii, ^^liitcii iik'mI, :iihI skim milk wiiicli were IimI. A 

 siiiiiiii;ii_\' of tlic results tbllows: 



Jiixiillii of iUveuth feeding experiment with pigs. 



X... 1 . 



Xo. 2. 

 No. 3 . 

 N(i. 4. 

 No. 5. 



Total 



cost of 



food 



consiuned. 



8.02 

 8.19 

 7.69 

 7.54 



Livoweiglit 

 ^aiiUMl dur- 

 ing CX])«Ti- 

 liieut. 



PoumU. 

 107. 00 

 178. 25 

 174. 75 

 162. 75 

 160. 75 



Dre.sspd 

 wfiglit 

 Kiiiiii'd dur- 

 ing I'xpcri- 

 mt-iit. 



Potiinh. 



]:i8.:)0 



147. 75 

 140. 75 

 134. 50 

 135. 25 



Co.st of food 



]icr pound 



of drc.'i.sed 



weight. 



Cetits. 

 5.47 

 5.43 

 5.58 

 5.72 

 5.57 



Xtt cost of 



food IHT 



Jioniid III' 



dresHctl 



pork.* 



Centt. 

 3.49 

 3. 45 

 3.60 

 3.74 

 3.59 



* Total cost of food leas 70 per cent of the estimated value of the fertilizing ingredients. 



The avcrajio net cost of foot! per pound of dressed pork was 3..">7 

 cents. The pecuniary results are based on corn meal at -^ID, wheat 

 hraii at -^KJ.oO, and glnteii meal at $23 per ton. and skim milk at 1.8 

 cents per gallon. 



Tirclftk fecdiiui experiment trith pigs (pp. 10(5-112). — Ei<]fht pigs, four 

 Yorkshires and four grade Chester Whites, were fed from April 22 to 

 iSeptember 1, ISOl), i)ractieally the same rations as those in the preceding- 

 experiment, except that corn-and-cob meal was fed in place of the corn 

 meal. Tlu^ details are tabulated in full, together Avith analyses of the 

 corn and cob meal fed, and the fertilizing ingredients in the coru-andcob 

 meal, w heat bran, gluten meal, and skim milk. 



The four Tork.shires gained 47.'). 04 ])ounds of dressed M'eight at a cost 

 ]»er jiound of ."J.Ol cents, and the four grade Chester- Whites 484.02 

 ])oniHls of dressed weight at a cost per jwund of 3.40 ceuts. 



KoDDHK ANALYSES. C. A. GoKSSMANN, Ph. D. (pp. li;»-134). — Analy- 

 ses ma<le during theyeai- 1800 are given of the foUowing fe(Mling stnlVs: 

 Coin meal, corn-and-cob meal, wheat bran, wheat shorts, wheat mid- 

 dlings. l)uckwheat middlings, old and new-process linseed meal, cotton- 

 seed meal, gluten mciil, seed of Scotch tares, corn fodder, corn stover, 

 corn silage, soja bean and cowpea silage, vetch and oats, Koyal English 

 llmse and Cattle Condiment, and Harvey's Universal A'egetable Food; 

 the fertilizing ingredients of old and new-process linseed mesil, cotton- 

 seed meal, gluten meal, corn fodder, soja bean and cowjiea silage, vetch 

 and oats, and seed of Scotch tares. There is also a description of the 

 methods employed in the analysis of feeding stufts. 



Field expektments, C. A. Goessmann, Pit. T). (i»p. 13."»-100). 



kSotnr sui/f/csiion.s on the economical improremcnt of fiirni landft (pp. 

 135-148). — A reprint from IJulletin Xo. 30 of the station (see Exi^eri- 

 nient Station liecord, vol. ii, p. oli). 



