ANIMAL PRODUCTION. 171 



Results of feeding trials of forage crops irilli hogs, J909-J!>l I. 



Kind of forage. 



Aver- 

 age 



daily 

 gain 



Total 

 cost per 

 pound 

 of gain 



nef 100 (''"'" ^^ 



ll.s lii-o -"J CIS. 



lbs. live. 



-^^■^..^ 



Net 



profit 



per 



aero 



(hogs at 

 $6 per 

 head). 



Total 



grain 



per 



pound 



of gain. 



Net 

 return 



per 

 bushel 

 of corn. 



Pork 



accred- 

 ited to 

 an acre 

 of forage 



(esti- 

 mated). 



Spring pigs — Current year. 



Blue grass and timothy 



Medium red clover 



Do 



Do 



* Do 



Alfalfa 



Do 



Rape (Dwarf Kssex) 



Do 



Do 



Do 



Sweet clover 



Do 



Oats 



Oats, clover, and rape 



Oats, peas, and rape 



Do 



Do 



Do 



Rye (green) 



Rye (ripe) 



Check dry lots 



Do 



Hogs — Fall pigs of previmis 

 year. 



Oats, clover, and rape 



Oats and clover (altemale 



with rape) 



Oats, peas, and rape 



Oats, vetcn, and rape 



Check dry lot 



Yearling sows (not preg- 

 nant)— Spring pigs of pre- 

 vious year. 



Oats, clover, and rape 



Oats, peas, and rape 



Rape, clover (J area in each) 



Lhs. 

 3.68 

 3.63 

 3.66 

 3.50 

 3.74 

 3.82 

 4.04 

 3.89 

 3.62 

 .3.64 

 4.28 

 3.96 

 4.36 

 4.66 

 3.61 

 3.91 

 4.08 

 4.24 

 4.16 

 4.51 

 .61 

 3.98 

 4.28 



2.50 



2.57 

 2.41 

 2.53 

 2.91 



1.70 

 1.64 

 1.67 



Cents. 

 4.09 

 3.69 

 3.73 

 3.71 

 3.84 

 3.90 

 2. SS 

 3.63 

 3.95 

 3.79 

 3. 91 

 3.70 

 3.54 

 4.10 

 3.56 

 3.91 

 3.77 

 4.10 

 3.88 

 3.67 

 7.75 

 5.87 

 4.36 



4.95 



5.02 

 4.73 

 5.08 

 4.76 



4.59 

 5.31 

 4.23 



$;31.85 

 57.07 

 56.00 

 51.20 

 64. 55 

 46.39 

 97.09 

 47.47 

 54.24 

 68.64 



154. 63 

 74.50 

 39.50 

 32.53 

 54.70 

 43.86 

 96.99 

 83.26 



122. 13 

 35. 18 



—3.83 



.35 



15. o'^ 



24.02 



24.27 

 31.33 

 21.00 

 29.79 



13.32 

 5.94 

 15.86 



Lbs. 

 3.93 

 3.52 

 3.55 

 3.71 

 3.34 

 3.67 

 3.45 

 3.26 

 3.71 

 3.27 

 3.85 

 3.38 

 3.76 

 3.65 

 3.18 

 3.39 

 3.52 

 3.67 

 3.70 

 3.24 

 1.69 

 5.97 

 3.99 



4.45 



4.60 

 4.14 

 4.47 

 4.72 



3.79 

 4.16 

 4.00 



Cents. 

 75.6 

 88.0 

 87.2 

 84.6 

 90.4 

 82.2 



103.8 

 93.0 

 82.5 

 92.2 

 80.2 

 91.0 

 88.9 

 81.0 

 95.0 

 86.1 

 87.7 

 81.8 

 84.1 

 95.2 

 9.4 

 51.2 

 76.2 



64.2 



62.8 

 68.5 

 62.4 

 65.9 



70.7 

 59.3 

 74.7 



Lbs. 

 378. 27 

 765.42 

 742.12 

 756. 62 

 649. 66 

 623.22 

 865. 54 

 666. 48 

 633.94 

 730.63 



1,438.80 

 854.25 

 340.64 

 398. 93 

 795.41 

 657.10 



1, 147. 70 

 760.86 



1,299.08 



347. 46 



—44.50 



82.90 



18. 23 



308.01 



72.46 



305. 43 

 223. 43 

 256.88 



There is included a discussion of the essentials of an ideal forage for hogs, 

 together with analyses of the green forage crops used in these experiments, 

 and a table showing the cost of growing these forages and their production 

 ^nhle. 



Pork production in Wisconsin, J. G. Fuller (Wisconsin Sta. Bui. 2Ji2 

 (liUJf), pp. 3-35, figs. 26). — This bulletin includes general instructions on the 

 feeding, care, and management of swine under Wisconsin conditions, including 

 plans for hog houses and other equiimieiit. 



Distribution of public service stallions, A. S. Alexander (Wisconsin Sta. 

 Circ. 50 (IdUt), pp. 3-82, figs. 7). — A directorj' of the public service stallions 

 enrolled in the counties of Wisconsin during 191-1. wi(h a discussion of the im- 

 prove<l conditions in the State. 



The breeding- of heavy draft horses in the Province of East Prussia. A. 

 T.ANDMANN (Kiilui Arclt., // (1914), PP- 137-293. pis-. 2). — This is an account of 

 the native breeds of horses of the Province of Ka.st Prus-^ia. together with a 

 discussion of possible methods of improving their utility value by crossing and 



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