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EXPERIMENT STATION RECORD. 



Tlie following table shows the comparative returns from supplemented and 

 uusupplemented corn in the field and dry lot, using an average of 11.25 shotes 

 weighing 70 lbs. each per acre: 



Comparative returns from supplements in hogginp down and dry-lot feeding. 



Comparing the average cost of production per 100 lbs. gain with and without 

 the various supplemental crops and feeds, the following results were obtained : 

 Hogged down with soy beans $2.73, with cowpeas $2.87, rape and pumpkins 

 $1.86, Canadian field peas $4.42, hairy vetch $5.85, corn without supplement 

 $3.14, with meat meal $2.43, and with rye pasture and meat meal $2.69. 



Replies received from a large number of farmers estimate the saving per 

 bushel of corn by the hogging-down method at an average of 6.89 cts. It is the 

 general conclusion that spring farrowed shotes, weighing from 100 to 170 lbs. 

 are the most adaptable to hogging-down conditions, although younger pigs and 

 old sows may be so fed to advantage. 



The farD:!ers' reports indicated an average production of 12 lbs. of pork per 

 bushel of corn fed, when hogged down. Actual experiments gave the following 

 results: With standing corn without supplement, 7.76 lbs. per bushel of corn 

 (this is considered low and is accounted for by unfavorable conditions) ; com 

 and meat meal 15.73 lbs. ; corn, meat meal, and green rye 18.37 lbs. ; corn and 

 soy beans 13.05 lbs. ; dry lot corn and meat meal 15.30 lbs. ; and dry lot corn 

 alone 9.20 lbs. The average size of a field hogged down at one time was re- 

 ported as 19 acres, carrying approximately 13 hogs per acre. The carrying 

 capacity of an acre of standing corn for a period of 80 days, with shotes 

 weighing from 125 to 150 lbs., is estimated at from 14 to 15 head when corn 

 is yielding 40 bu. per acre, and 21 to 22 head when corn is yielding 60 bu. 



The commonly accepted time to turn hogs into the field is when the corn is 

 well dented. The advantages and disadvantages of this method of harvesting 

 the corn crop are discussed, and a method of temporary fencing is described. 



Horse breeding and Mendelism, R. Motloch {Dent. Landic. Tierzucht, 17 

 U918), Nos. 32, pp. 311-3S0; 33, pp. 389-391).— In this article the author dis- 

 cusses the relative influence of environment and of ancestry upon the character- 

 istics of the individual horse, with especial emphasis on the transmission ol 

 acquired characters. 



The inheritance of coat color in horses, W. S. Anderson (Amer. Nat., 47 

 {1913), No. 562, pp. 615-62Jf) .—After extensive studies of the color markings of 

 11,739 horses, and from the results obtained by previous investigators, the 

 author concludes that with the exception of black and brown, chestnut behaves 

 as a recessive to all other coat colors in horses. Brown is dominant to chest- 

 nut and black and recessive to bay. Gray and roan are dominant to bay. An 

 attempt is made to harmonize the theory that brown is recessive to bay with 



