608 



time of calving. It proved to be more than a 'maintenance' ration in 

 this trial." 



AYOKKI>'G OXEN FED FOE BEEF, H. E. ALVORD. C. E. (pfj. 15, 16). — 



This is a report of the gains in live weight and the production of 

 manure by two large working oxen, 6 years old. from January 2o to May 

 20. The feeding stutts used were corn meal, cottonseed meal, hay, rye 

 straw, and molasses. The two oxen gained over 600 pounds in live 

 weight during the 116 days of feeding. They were sold at 7 cents p<T 

 ])ound live weight. The calculated profits from the transaction, 

 reckoning tlie food at current prices and allowing for the manure i)ro- 

 duced,was ifiiS.l^, or a "net prortt of 15 per cent on investment in i 

 months." 



Maryland Station. Bulletin No. 12. March, 1891 (pp. 14). 



Summer treatment of pigs, H. E. Alvord, C. E.. and A. I. Hay- 

 ward, B. S. (pp. 147-160). — To test the (piestion. "Is it ])rofit:ible to 

 feed ])igs well in tiie summer, or may they be allow«'d tornn with little 

 or no care and yet without much loss!" two experiments were made, 

 one in 1889 and tlie other in 1800. 



Trial o/"i>.S.V (i»p. 117-152). — The tiial included two lots of six pigs 

 each from two litters, farrowed November is and December 20, 188.S, 

 and lasted from June 1 ^» December .iO. From .June 1 to October 21 

 lotl w(!re kept in pens and fed swill, to which a little wheat middlings 

 was occasionally added, and lot 2 were allowe<l to run in the woods, 

 no fo(»l being given tlnin. From Oct(^>ber21 to Dt'cember 30, the time of 

 slaughtering, both lots were fed alike for fattening, receiving whole 

 corn ad Uhifion, and from 1 to 1.2."» ]><innds of wheat bran per animal 

 (kiily. The tabulated data include the amounts and cost (tf food eaten, 

 the gains in live weight, the dressed weights, and the slniidvage in 

 dressing. 



(1) Tin- |»'iiin'tl ]>ijjs ina<Ii tin- ;;r<!itfr ^aiii. csiMTially diiriiij; tli<- j<iiiiiiiici . wtri' 

 tbr h«<iivier when killi-tl. and showed less shrinkage. 



(2) Th<' jiastiired pigs were the bett4^r feeders whih- fattrning and gained in«ri- 

 wt'iglit dnring tliis period. 



(3) Thf two hds were pnietically alike iu ratio of food to weight gained and in 

 the cost of juodneing a ponnd of pork. 



(4) Tlie penned jiigs did not jiay well for their t-xtra care in snninuT. 



Trial of 1890 {\^\^. l.">2- 160).— This trial was with two lots of five pig> 

 each, and the pigs were about a month ohler than those used in 1880. 

 They averaged alunit 80 ixmnds each in weight. The trial busted from 

 May 5 to .lanuary 6. From May 5 to October 21 lot 1 was pen fed. 

 receiving "Patajisco" middlings, weeds, and refuse, and lot 2 ran in the 

 woods. From October 21 to January 6 both lots were pen fed, receiv 

 ing whole corn, Patai)sco middlings, and boiled potatoes in amtuints to 

 suit the api)etites of the pigs. The results f«)r each lot are tabulated. 



(1) The pi-nned jiigs made the greater total gain, gross weight, and dressed weight, 

 but the greater gain was couliiied to the summer months. 



