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was 53.") lbs.; uncooked pigeon-grass seed and corn meal, 566 lbs.; and 

 cooked pigeon -grass seed and corn meal, 522 lbs. 



In each trial the lot on cooked pigeon-grass seed and corn meal made 

 considerably the largest gains, followed by the lot on corn meal alone. 



The following conclusions are drawn : 



"The hogs which eousnmetl the most food gave the best returns for the food 

 cousuuied. 



''From our ])re]imiuary investigatious aud these trials we conclude that hogs will 

 not take kindly to a feed where more than one-third of it consists of pigeon-grass 

 seed meal, and that with a ration of one-third pigeon-grass seed meal and two-thirds 

 corn meal somewhat more feed is required for a given gain than with corn meal 

 alone. When, however, the pigeon-grass seed meal is cooked, as much as two-thirds 

 of the ration may consist of this material, and that when two-thirds of the ration 

 is cooked pigeon-grass seed meal and the other third corn meal a gain may be pro- 

 duced with less pounds of the mixture than on corn meal alone. 



" By comparing the results of these trials with those where wheat meal was fed 

 to pigs it will be found that our pigeon-grass seed meal compares very favorably 

 with that highly prized food article." 



Rape for feeding sheep, J. A. Craig ( Wiseonsiu Sta. Rpt. 1894, pp^ 

 2S—il,pls. 3,Ji(/s. ;?). — The author discusses the culture and harvesting 

 of rape. Three tests were made with rape for fattening lambs. The 

 first, which lasted from October 13, 1893, to ISTovember 7, was made 

 with IG wethers. Eight had been shorn and the remainder were 

 unshorn. They were hurdled on Vf, of an acre of rape. For the first 

 week the lambs were fed i lb. of oats per head daily, aud for the rest 

 of the i)eriod the grain ration consisted of i lb. of a mixture of corn 

 and oats, 1 : 1. 



The total weight of the lot at the beginning of the test was 1,260 lbs. 

 aud at the end 1,4:09 lbs., a weekly gain per head of 2.6 lbs. The lambs 

 cost 3i cts. per pound and sold for 4 cts. per pound at the end of the 

 test. Valuing the oats at $18 and the corn at $15 per ton, the --^^ acre 

 of rape was worth $10,14, or at the rate of $14.18 per acre. 



The second test, which began August 15, 1894, and lasted 10 weeks, 

 was made with 22 wethers. One died shortly after the beginning of the 

 experiment. The lambs were turned into ^ acre of rape, which had been 

 sown June 18 at the rate of 3 lbs. per acre in drills 30 in. apart, and had 

 received 2 cultivations. In addition they were given daily an hour's 

 feeding on ordinary blue-grass pasture. For the first 4 weeks they 

 were fed a ration of ground wheat. For the next 5 weeks they were 

 given a ration of 2 parts ground wheat and 1 part oats, awd for the 

 remainder of the test a ration of equal parts by weight of oats, wheat, 

 and linseed meal. The amount of grain fed i)er head daily was about 

 ^ lb. at the beginning and li lbs. at the end of the test. 



At the beginning of the test the lot weighed 1,622 lbs. and at the end 

 2,035i l))s., or a gain of nearly 2 lbs. per head a week. Valuing the 

 lambs at 3 cts. a pound at the beginning of the test and 3.1 cts. a 

 pound at the end of the test, and considering wheat worth $16.60, oats 



