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ANIMAL PKODUCTIOIT. 



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The free choice self -fed hogs required the least feed (4.63 lbs.) per pound of 

 gain and, because of the small amount of tankage consumed, their gains were 

 the cheapest. 



Can hogs be raised at a profit at the present level of prices? (Bnl. Nebr. 

 Bd. Agr., No. 245 (1918), pp. 3U-348).—A 60-day feeding experiment at the 

 Nebraska Experiment Station, beginning July IS, 1917, with 5 lots of 12 hogs, 

 is reported. Two lots were used to compare rape and alfalfa pastures when 

 corn and semisolid buttermilk were fed as concentrates. The others provide 

 a basis for comparing corn and hominy feed when self fed with tankage on 

 alfalfa pasture. A comparison between semisolid buttermilk and tankage when 

 combined with corn and alfalfa pasture is also possible. The main results 

 follow : 



Comparison of supplements to pasture in fattening shotes. 



The prices charged were: Corn $2 a bushel, buttermilk 3.5 cts. a pound, 

 and tankage .$80, and hominy feed $70 per ton. The daily pasture charge was 

 0.5 ct. per head. 



Lot 4 carried the least finish of any lot, although they seemed to relish the 

 hominy feed. Lot 5, with access, free choice to corn and hominy feed, finished 

 better than lot 3, but made slower gains and a lessened profit. " From the 

 standpoint of the man who desires to force his pigs, undoubtedly the corn and 

 buttermilk deserves considerable consideration, and its utilization, especially 

 in the crowding of purebred pigs for sale, should not be ignored." 



Corn and cob meal, linseed meal, and oat straw as a wintering ration for 

 farm work horses, E. A. Trowbkidgk {Missouri Sta. Bui. 163 {1919), pp. 24-27, 

 figs. 4)- — To study the possibilities of a winter ration for work horses with 

 oat straw as a basis, 8 Percheron mares were fed for six weeks beginning Janu- 

 ary 11, 1918, on a ration consisting of corn and cob meal, linseed meal, and oat 

 straw, and were then fed for three weeks on a similar ration in which clover 

 and timothy hay replaced the straw. The former ration was as satisfactory 

 as the latter. 



Poultry-feeding tests at Milton, F. 0. Brown {Jour. Agr. [New Zeal.], 16 

 {1918), No. 6, pp. S31-S33).— Tests are reported with White Plymouth Rocks 

 and Black Orpingtons similar to those previously noted (E. S. R., 38, p. 71) 

 with Leghorns. With these breeds also It is found that satisfactory egg 

 records can be secured when whole oats is fed in place of wheat and alfalfa 

 meal replaces shorts in the mash. 



Better poultry through community breeding associations, J. W. Kinghorne 

 {U. S. Dept. Agr. Yearbook 1918, pp. 109-114, pis. .)).— This is a brief discussion 

 of the purposes and activities of community poultry breeders' associations. 



It is held that the most potent factor in the success of such an organization 

 Is concentration on a single breed. Commonly adopted methods of financing 



