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(3) The large Yorkshire made a pound of pork with the least cost of food. But 

 it should be remembered that as showing the relative value of dift'erent breeds a 

 single test should carry but little weight, since there is a much larger diftereuce 

 between the different individuals of the same breed than between the average of a 

 large number of individuals of each of tlie different breeds. The (luestion of breed 

 •was considered as of secondary importance in this test, though it was considered 

 that the results of the averages would be more reliable when obtained from indi- 

 viduals of several breeds than if all the pigs had been of one breed. 



(4) Ou the average the six pigs required during the tirst i)eriod 1.59 pounds of 

 dry matter in the food to make a pound of growth, and this amount increased stead- 

 ily as the ])igs increased in live weight, until during the last period, when they 

 weighed about 200 pounds apiece, it n-quired 3.96 pounds of dry matter in the food 

 to produce a potmd of growth. 



(5) The pigs ceased to yield a profit at the market prices then ruling after they 

 reached a live weight of about 180 pounds. 



(6) But it was found profitable then to feed them heavily for 15 days on corn meal 

 to "finish them oft'" for market. 



(7) In every case corn meal gave better results than wheat middlings as food for 

 young growing pigs. 



(8) In every case corn meal gave better results than rice bran, producing on the 

 average about a quarter more growth with the same amount of food. 



Eicemeal vs. corn meal (pp. 12r)-128). — Four pigs, Aveigliing from 139 to 

 145 pounds eac'li at the beginning of the trial, were each fed 6 quarts of 

 buttermilk and 4 pounds of grain daily. The grain of one lot was two 

 thirds rice meal and that of the other two thirds corn meal, bran forming 

 the other third in each case. The duration of the trial is not given. 

 Analyses of the feeding stufls with reference to both food and fertilizing 

 ingredients, the gain in live weight of eacli lot, and the cost of food per 

 pound of gain, allowing 826 per ton for the corn meal and the rice meal 

 and 624: for the bran, and 10 cents per 100 pounds for the buttermilk, are 

 tal)ulated. ''The corn meal produced 27 pounds, or 23 per cent more 

 gain in live weight than the rice meal." 



Keport of Botanist, L. R. Jones, B. S. (i^p. 129-144, fig. 1). — A more 

 detailed account of experiments in the treatment of i^otato rot, reported 

 in Bulletin Xo. 24 of the station (see Experiment Station Becord, vol. 

 Ill, J). 101). There are also brief notes on smut of oats, apple rust 

 caused by '■' cedar apples," onion smut, black knot of i^lum and cherry, 

 apple scab, black scab of pear, pear blight, strawberry leaf blight, 

 clover rust, leaf spot of currants, cane rust of raspberries and black- 

 berries, ergot, grai)e mildews, and hollyhock rust, which were more or 

 less prevalent in the vicinity of the station in 1890. 



Beport of Horticulturist, 0. W, Minott, B. S. (pp. 145-185). — 

 This includes accounts of tests of varieties of vegetables and small 

 fruits and of an experiment with Bordeaux mixture and Paris green on 

 potatoes. 



Beans (pp. 147-150). — Tabulated data for 41 varieties of bush beans, 

 including 10 groAvn as field beans. For the garden Golden-Podded 

 Wax "still holds the lead." In the fichl "Aroostook ])roved the earli- 

 est, but the Improved Field set the largest number of pods." Of 6 



