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sige daily gain of 0.44 lb. per hog was made. During the 56 succeeding days 

 the animals were run on the same clover, and in addition pastured off 4 acres 

 of field peas grown in an adjoining tract. On this ration they made an average 

 daily gain of 0.77 lb. per hog. 



It is estimated that for the entire period $11.35 per acre was realized from 

 the clover, and $6.80 per acre from the peas for a 52-day period. In addition 

 to these pigs 20 head of small pigs were also run on both the clover and pea 

 pasture. 



For the purpose of determining the amount of gain that sheep will make 

 and with what degree of success they can be kept in bearing orchards, 8 ewes 

 with their lambs were kept on 1 acre of clover that had reached an average 

 height of 10 in. for three weeks and fed it down closely. The following two 

 weeks they fed down an additional acre, the decrease in time necessary being 

 principally due to the greater amount of forage consumed by the lambs. During 

 52 days the lambs gained 63.2 lbs. each, and the ewes 3 lbs. each, making a 

 total gain of 534 lbs. for the 16 head. From the amount of forage consumed 

 by these animals it appears that 16 head of sheep, half of which are mature, 

 can be carried on 3 acres of clover in bearing orchards. 



Dry lot versus pasture crops for growing and fattening pigs for market, 

 W. H. ToMHAVE and H. H. Havner (Pennsylvania Sta. Rpt. 1914, pp. 122-128, 

 pis. 5). — Four 1-acre plats were sown for a rotation of pasture crops consisting 

 of oats and Canadian field peas; field corn drilled; and rape. A lot of 19 

 9-week-old pigs was pastured on these plats and a similar lot pastured on a 

 dry lot of i acre. The pigs on the dry lot were fed a ration of corn meal 

 and tankage 8 : 1, and those on pasture corn meal and takage 12 : 1. 



The pigs on forage-crop pasture made larger and more economical gains 

 than those in the dry lot. The cost of grain per pound of gain varied from 

 4.72 to 5.96 cts. in the pasture lot, and from 6.08 to 7.6 cts. in the dry lot. The 

 rate of gain varied from 0.804 to 1.57 lbs. per pig daily in the pasture lot, and 

 from 0.724 to 1.378 lbs. in the dry lot, due to the two systems of management. 

 The pigs on pasture had a higher degree of finish and were more thrifty than 

 those in the dry lot. The use of a rotation of pasture crops proved more 

 profitable than dry-lot feeding. 



[Feeding experiments with hogs], W. H. Tomhave (Pennsylvania Sta. Rpt. 

 1914, P- 82).- — In an experiment to determine the value of pasture for growing 

 pigs as compared to dry-lot feeding two lots of weanling pigs were fed as 

 follows : Lot 1, a grain ration of corn meal and tankage, 12 : 1, in addition 

 to pasture ; lot 2, corn meal and tankage, 8 : 1. The pigs on the pasture made 

 greater daily gains at smaller expense than did those in the dry lot, and they 

 also showed greater thrift. 



In a second experiment one lot of 10 shotes was fattened in a dry lot and 

 fed ear corn and 0.25 lb. of tankage. Another lot was given access to standing 

 field corn, and in addition received 0.25 lb. of tankage per head daily. The pigs 

 made an average daily gain of 1.45 and 1.74 lbs. per head, respectively, gaining 

 11.6 and 12.3 lbs. per bushel of corn consumed, and returning 86.2 and 93.5 cts. 

 per bushel of corn consumed. 



Fattening pigs for market, W. H. Tomhave and H. H. Havner (Pennsyl- 

 vania Sta. Rpt. 1914, pp. 117-121, pis. 5).— Four lots of three 138-lb. pigs each 

 were fed for 84 days as follows : Lot 1, corn meal and tankage, 10 : 1 ; lot 2, 

 shelled corn and tankage, 10.1 ; lot 3, buttermilk and corn meal, 1 : 1, and lot 4. 

 wheat middlings and corn meal, 1 : 1. These lots made average daily gain.5 of 

 n.723, 1.567, 1.82, and 1,146 lbs. per head, consuming 3.746, 4.025, 3.367, and 4.7 

 lbs. of concentrates per pound of gain, costing 1.559, 1.415, 1.5, and 1.424 cts. per 



