376 EXPERIMENT STATION RECORD. ' 



"Grinding Kafir corn gave greatest returns in our first experiment, showing a 

 saving of 13 per cent in amount of feed required per pound of gain. In all other tri- 

 als Kafir corn meal gave less gains than the whole grain, the loss from grinding being 

 9 and 14 per cent in the different trials. 



"Soaking the Kafir corn resulted in losses of 7 and 17 per cent. Wetting the grain 

 at the time of feeding gave best results, and this is the method we recommend. We 

 put the whole grain dry into the trough and pour over it sufficient water or skim milk 

 to thoroughly wet the grain. When water is used we add enough to have a little left 

 m the trough after the grain is eaten. Kafir corn is dusty, and when fed dry makes 

 hogs cough. Grinding alfalfa hay resulted in a loss, and we recommend the hay to 

 ])e fed W'hole, just as to cattle. Grinding the soy beans caused a loss of 11 per cent 

 in the one experiment where both ground and whole beans were fed. 



"These experiments show that Kafir corn and either soy beans or alfalfa, properly 

 combined, produce good results in fattening hogs. On an upland farm an acre of 

 Kafir corn will produce more pork than an acre of corn. Kafir corn fed alone to 

 hogs does not give nearly so large gains as when fed with soy beans or alfalfa hay. 

 Kafir corn combined with either soy beans or alfalfa hay will produce more pounds 

 of pork per acre from upland than are usually produced from adjoining bottom lands 

 from corn. Kafir corn, or its near relatives, rice corn and Jerusalem corn, yield well 

 in every part of the State. The experiments reported in this bulletin show that, by 

 combining soy beans or alfalfa hay with Kafir corn, hogs may be fattened profitably 

 on every farm in the State. Corn should Ije raised where it will yield more than Kafir 

 corn, and Kafir corn where its yield is the higher. . . . 



"The yields we have obtained from Kafir corn, soy beans, and alfalfa hay, the 

 sliowing of only one crop failure in 11 years, and the good results obtained from 

 fattening hogs with combinations of these feeds show a greater certaint}^ of crop and 

 more pounds of pork per aci-e than are usually secured liy ordinary feeds in other 

 States." 



Report of the manager of the poultry department, AV. K. Gra- 

 ham ( Ontario Agr. Ool. and Expt. Farm Rpt. 1899^ pp. 130-13 J/., fig. 

 1). — Brief" statements are made on the work of the poultry department 

 during the past year. The points touched on are summer Uwers, 

 early winter laj^ers, feeding, artificial incubation, artificial v. natural 

 incubation, Qgg preservation, raising ducks, fattening chickens, and 

 cramming machine. 



The different methods of preserving eggs tested were (1) immersion 

 in solutions of water-glass of different strengths, (2) in lime solution, 

 (3) coating with vaseline, (4) packing in common salt, (5) packing in dry 

 oats, and (6) immersing in water-glass and packing in an &gg case after 

 drying. The author did not obtain as favorable results with solutions 

 of water-glass as other in\'estigators have. The eggs preserved in 

 limewater had a slight taste of lime. Those coated with vaseline kept 

 well, but absorbed a very undesirable flavor of the vaseline. Onl}" a 

 small percentage of the eggs packed in salt were bad, but all had 

 suffered a good deal from evapoi-ation. The eggs packcnl in oats were 

 musty and had evaporated fully as much as those packed in salt. 

 Those coated with pure water-glass were fairly well preserved, but 

 lacked flavor. 



The comparative value of skim milU and boiling water for moisten- 



