482 EXPERIMENT STATION RECORD. 



A feeding test with a sow weighing 260 lbs., from which a htter of pigs had just 

 been taken, is reported. After a prehminary feeding oi l)arley and dried figs she 

 was fed all the dried figs she would consume for 9 days. The average daily gain was 

 3 J lbs., the amount of figs consumed per pound of gain being 7.3 lbs. The author 

 points out that the conditions were unusually favorable for gains in weight. Rating 

 pork at 4^ cts. per pound live weight, the figs eaten were worth |1.35, or at the rate 

 of $12.50 per ton. As regards the economy of feeding fruits the authors state: 



"It may be a difficult question at times to decide, when prices are extremely low, 

 which would be th-^ better economy, to feed the fruit to cattle, or to receive whatever 

 small returns might be offered for it in the market. In such emergencies a short 

 soliloquy and a little arithmetic will decide the whole matter. 



" When there is no market for the fruit there is sometimes nothing left to be done 

 but to feed it to stock. Under any circumstances, when stone fruit is used as fodder 

 for hogs, it is to be feared that when the animals crack large quantities of pits, poison- 

 ing may occur from the oil of bitter almonds and prussic acid present in the kernels. 

 Precaution in this direction is unnecessary for stock, as they do not crack the pits. 

 The stones or pits can be used to great advantage as fuel in the economical manage- 

 ment of the farm." 



Feeding- wheat, H. M. Cottrell {IndufifrialiM, 28 {1901), No. 1, j)P- •?-'>)• — A 

 discussion of the subject with citations of station work. 



Shelled corn vs. corn chop for calves, D. H. Otis (Agr. ExpU., 1 {1901), No. 8, 

 p. 63). — A brief account of a test at the Kansas Station, which showed that better 

 gains were made on shelled corn than on corn chop. 



Sheep-feeding experiment, W. T. Lawren'ce ( County Councils Cumberland, Bur- 

 ham, and Xortltuinbeiiund, Tech. Education, Rpt. 9 {1900), pp. 172-175). — In continua- 

 tion of previous w'ork (E. S. R., 11, p. 1077), a test was made at Newton Rigg, Penrith, 

 on the value of yellow turnips and pasture, 3 lots of 20 crossbred sheep each being 

 used. Lot 1 was hurdled on yellow turnips and lot 2 grazed for 10 weeks. Both lots 

 were fed in addition J lb. linseed cake and 4- lb. oats per head daily, as well as hay 

 ad libitum. Lot 3 was hurdled on turnips and given hay ad libitum in addition for 7 

 weeks. For the next 3 weeks the sheep were given the same grain ration as lots 1 

 and 2. They were then pastured on grass for 3 weeks longer and the grain ration 

 was continued with turnips ad libitum. The average weekly gain ])er head of lot 

 1 was 1.53 lbs.; with lot 2 it was 1.26 lbs. While on turnii)s and hay only the aver- 

 age weekly gain per head of lot 3 was 0.55 lb.; when fed linseed cake and oats in 

 addition it was 1.52 lbs., and when pastured on grass and fed grain, hay, and turnips 

 in addition it was 1.07 lbs. The financial returns are discussed. The author believes 

 that pasturing sheep on turnips is more profitable than on grass, and that there is an 

 advantage in feeding grain and hay in addition. 



Feeding experiments with sheep {.Jour. Bd. Agr. [London^, 8 [1901), No. 1, 

 pp. 17-20). — A brief account of experiments noted above from another pulilication. 



The influence of soil and manure on the feeding value of sw^edes, and 

 influence of manures on the composition and feeding value of seeds hay, 

 T. H. MiDDLETON {County Councils Cumberland, Durham, and Northumberland, Tech. 

 Education, Rpt. 9 {1900), pp. 111-127). — TKe influence of manure and the effect of 

 soil on the chemical composition and feeding value of Swedish turnips was tested. 

 The turnips were fed to sheep. The author also studied in a similar way the com- 

 position and feeding value of hay (clover and rye grass) manured in different ways. 

 All the animals in the first test and half of those in the second were fed under cover. 

 The work i!<smnmarized as follows: 



"Between swedes grown with farmyard manure alone, farmyard manure and arti- 

 ficials, and artificials alone, very slight differences in feeding value were found. If 

 an artificial manure grows and ripens a good crop of swedes the feeding value is not 

 likelv to suffer. 



