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_ New Yors AcricunruraL Experiment STaTion. 161 
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AVERAGE PER Day FOR 100 Pounps LivE WEIGHT. 
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Lot A, comfrey 90%, and corn meal............. 5.69| 7.82| 13.51} 1.07 | Without. : 
* Lot B, comfrey 90%, and corn meal .. Sets Git 7.63) | dos20 1.06 | Without. y 
_ Lot A, clover 89%, and corn meal ............... 6.75 | 7.80] 14.55 | 2.87 | Without. 3 
_ Lot B, oats and peas 89%, and corn meal....... 6.37 | 7.88 | 14.25 | 3.32 | Without. ‘ 
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9 Lot A, clover 87%, and corn meal ............... 6.83 | 9.21| 16.04). 2.98 | With. 
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Fs Lot B, clover 87%, and corn meal................| 6.62 8.19 | 14.81 2.88 | Without. 
: Lot C, clover 87%, and corn meal ............... 8.51 6.06 | 14.57 3.73 | With. 
Lot D, clover 87%, and corn meal .........-...+. 8.73| 5.25| 13.98| 3.84 | Without. 
Lot A, clover 40%, and corn meal ............... 4,78 8.62 | 13.40 3.23 | Without. 
Lot B, clover 45%, and corn meal ............... 4.93 | 13.72 | 18.65 3.27 | With. 
EON ETAIN te UN cua sae elie emelacveere lh caeOr 7.99 | 10.66 2.34 | With. 
OP WO EALN ose cate neckieues avecenecetce ele 2.61 9.36 | 11.97 2.30 | Without. 
Lot 0; sorghum 89%, and mixture .............. 13.29} 4.10 | 17.39] 3.72) With. 
Lot D, sorghum 89%, and mixture.............. 13.75 3.03 | 16.78 4,17 | Without. 
- - Lot C, mangolds 89%, and mixture .............| 12.55 1.66 | 14.21 2.45 | With. 
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Lot D, mangolds 89%, and mixture.’ .../i....., 13.83 2.01 | 15.84 2.71 | Without. 
The analyses of two samples of manure, one rather coarse, from 
_ pigs fed ensilage, and the other containing less straw, etc., from 
_ pigs having grain only, were made. The-results calculated to the 
fresh sample with 77 per cent of moisture, which was the average 
4 found, were: 
' With ensilage | &With grain 
ration. ration. 
i Per cent nitrogen:(N) ......... A ead 54 i, 
_ Per cent potash (K, 0). ER SO ehener a nye at ah .73 .O7 
_ Per cent phosphoric acid (P, oy BEAD ci .66 83 
At the 1890 prices of fertilizing materials, the value would¥be 
twenty cents per ton respectively. At this valuation, the solid 
anure for every hundred pounds of pig, live weight, would,be 
orth, on the average, about one dollar and eighty-seven cents 
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