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parts of these grains. In every ease a pound of meal per lamb was 

 fed at the beginning of the test, the amount being increased until it 

 reached 1^ lbs. The test covered IW days. The average weekly gain 

 of the lambs in lot 1 was 2.52 lbs., 3.8 lbs. of meal being consumed 

 per pound of gain. The lambs in lot 2 made an average weekly gain 

 of 2.91 lbs., 3.3 lbs. of meal being consumed per pound of gain. The 

 average weekly gain of the lambs in lot 3 was 2.0 lbs., the meal con- 

 sumed per pound of gain being 3.68 lbs. ''According to the results 

 of the second trial, if pea meal is valued at $20 per ton, ground corn 

 would be worth $17.35 per ton." 



Sugar-beet pulp for sheep, H. C. Price {BreecUn's- Gaz., o6 (1899), 

 jjjK SU, S55; Ayr.' Stad,'nt, {1900), No. 6, pj). 111-113).— A com- 

 parison of sugar-beet pulp with other feeding stuffs for sheep is briefly 

 reported. The work was carried on at Cornell Uni\'ersity. Four lots 

 of 10 sheep each were used. Lot 1 was fed clover hay, lot 2 corn 

 silage, lot 3 oat straw, and lot 4 sugar-beet pulp, enough grain being 

 given in each case to make the nutritive ratio of the different rations 

 the same. The conclusions reached follow: 



"Sugar-beet pulp may be successfully fed to fatten sheei^ at the rate of 12 to 15 lbs. a 

 day per head. At $1 per ton it is a cheaper food for fattening sheep than corn silage 

 at $3 or clover hay at $8 per ton. It can not become a stock food of importance out- 

 side of a radius of a few miles from the sugar-beet factory until some means is invented 

 for expressing the water out of it. The best results can be obtained in fattening 

 sheep on sugar-beet pulp and corn silage when some hay is fed with them. ' ' 



Experiments -with pure-bred s^wine, (t. E. Day ( Ontario Agr. Col. 

 and E,rpt. Farm Rpt. 1899, pP- T^-T^9,jigi<. 7). — Continuing previous 

 work (E. S. R., 11, p. 668), corn and barley were compared on 6 lots 

 of pure-bred swine. The test is briefly reported. The food required 

 per pound of gain in the difl'erent lots was as follows: Berkshire, 3.18 

 lbs.; Tamworth, 3.31 lbs.; Yorkshire, 3.35 lbs.; Chester White, 3.37 

 lbs.; Duroc Jersey, 3.37 lbs.; Poland China, 3.50 lbs. At the close of 

 the test the pigs were slaughtered. 



"In each of 4 experiments the Yorkshires and Tam worths were pronounced by 

 the packers more suitable for the export bacon trade than the representatives of 

 other breeds. Generally speaking, the results of 4 experiments indicate that 

 economy of production is more dependent upon the individuality of animals than 

 upon their breed. The experiments indicate that it does not necessarily cost more 

 to produce a pound of gain upon a hog of suitable bacon type than upon a hog of 

 undesira1)le liacon type." 



Experiments -with grade s"wine, G. E. Day (Ontario Agr. Col. and 

 Expt. Farm Rpi. 1899., pp. 80-8^). — The value of different rations, as 

 shown by the gains made and firmness of bacon produced, was tested 

 with 4 lots of grade pigs, weighing about 60 lbs. each. Corn, peas, 

 and l)arloy were each f(Hl alone and with middlings. The experiment 

 lasted from July 28 to October 10, and included 49 pigs. At the close 



