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SOWS and 10 barrows. Five pigs in each lot were pure-bred Poland 

 China, the others Berkshire-Poland Chinas. These were the same pigs 

 used in the experiment with rape and clover mentioned below. After 

 a preliminary period of 1 week, the test began November 19 and 

 covered 84 days. Lot 1 was fed whole corn and middlings; lot 2, corn 

 meal and middlings. The total weight of lot 1 at the beginning of the 

 test was 3,543 lbs. and of lot 2, 3,538 lbs. During the test lot 1 con- 

 sumed 7,084 lbs. of shelled corn and 3,542 lbs. of wheat middlings, 

 and gained 2,132 lbs. That is, 4.97 lbs. of corn meal and middlings 

 were required for a pound of gain. Lot 2 consumed 7,196 lbs. of 

 corn meal and 3,598 lbs. of middlings, and gained 2,132 lbs., the grain 

 required per pound of gain being 5.07 lbs. Discussing this test and 

 previous trials, the author says: 



" It is evident from otir work as conducted to the present time tliat the gains from 

 grinding corn as a food for swine are not very large in most cases and negative 

 results may be obtained. It is expected that the work will be continued for some 

 time to come or until we shall know more definitely what the real advantages are, 

 if any, of grinding corn for fattening swine." 



Rape V. clover for young pigs, W. L. Carlyle ( Wisconsin Sfa. 

 Rpt. 1899, pp. 25-30, tigs. 2). — The comparative value of rape and 

 clover for young growing pigs was tested with 2 lots, each containing 

 21 pure-bred and high-grade Berkshires and Poland Chinas, averaging 

 a little over 100 lbs. in weight when the test began. (For earlier work 

 see E. S. R., 11, p. 571.) The 2 lots were fed a grain ration of 

 middlings and corn meal 1:2 mixed with water into a thick slop 12 

 hours before feeding. In addition lot 1 was fed rape. The pigs were 

 confined by a portable fence, being moved as required. They were 

 somewhat slow in acquiring a taste for the rape, but at the end of a 

 week of the preliminary feeding the}^ ate it greedily. In addition to 

 grain lot 2 was pastured on about 8 acres of second growth clover. 

 The test covered 4 periods of 2 weeks each. During this time the pigs 

 in lot 1 ate the rape from about f acre. At the beginning of the test 

 the pigs in the 2 lots weighed 2,139 and 2,138 lbs., respectively. The 

 corresponding average daily gains of the 2 lots during the test were 

 1.27 and 1.22 lbs. The results are compared with those obtained in 

 previous years. In discussing this year's tests the author remarks 

 that — 



"The pigs fed on the rape appeared more paunchy as a whole at the close of the 

 experiment than were those fed on clover, though they were all of the same breed- 

 ing and very uniform as to conformation when the experiment l)egan. 



"Another year's experience in pasturing pigs on rape serves to strengthen the con- 

 clusion of last year, viz., that farmers feeding any number of pigs can not provide a 

 better pasture for them than to sow small plats of rape at successive periods about 3 

 weeks apart during the spring and early summer months to be used for pasturage 

 for their sows and young pigs. ' ' 



