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IOWA DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE. 



LOT 4. CORX AXD GREEN CLO\'ER SIX PIGS. 



Weight at beginning of experiment 295 pounds. 



Weight at close of experiment 767 pounds. 



Total gain in ninety days 472 pounds. 



Average daily gain per pig .87 pounds. 



Grain required per hundred pounds of gain 4.29 pounds. 



Cost Per Hundred Pounds of Gain — Corn 40 cents per bushel, green 

 clover at $3 per ton — $3.20. 



LOT 3. CORN AND GREEN ALFALFA SIX PIGS. 



Weight at beginning of experiment 283 pounds. 

 Weight at close of experiment 793 pounds. 

 Total gain in ninety days 510 pounds. 

 Average daily gain per pig .95 pounds. 

 Grain required per pound of gain 3.97 pounds. 



Cost Per Hundred Pounds of Gain — Corn at 40 cents p^r bushel, green 

 alfalfa at $3 per ton — $2.96. 



