AGRICULTURAL EXPERIMENT STATION. 21 
able for sheep foods. ‘The health of the herds and flocks has 
made necessary the change, and it is not believed that the work 
done will be any less efficient than in the past. More atten- 
tion will be given in the future to soiling and pasture crops 
for swine, and to discovering crops suited to short rotations 
for hog food. 
The steer feeding experiment in progress a year ago was 
completed in June, and the figures are at hand for compilation, 
The results show great variation in the capacity of different 
individuals to make use of the food consumed and in the econ- 
omy of production. Measurements and photographs have 
been carefully preserved for illustrative purposes. 
More steers have been purchased for the purpose of con- 
tinuing the study of the influence of individuality on cost of 
growth, and the records of several home bred calves are being 
carefully kept for the same purpose. 
No extensive experiments have been undertaken with sheep 
except in forage work. Digestion tests of macaroni wheat 
and alfalfa have been made in codperation with the chemical 
division and minor tests of speltz, corn, barley and oats as 
sheep foods have been completed. 
The experiments with pigs have been confined to cross- 
breeding and to recording the growth of litters of pigs of the 
various breeds. As far as possible each litter has been kept 
intact and fed liberally. When finished the plan is to slaugh- 
ter the whole litter and observe the variation in growth made 
and in the quality of meat. Pigs of the cross-bred parentage 
were again sent to the International Exposition, where they 
compared favorably with other breeds, getting 2nd and 3rd 
prizes in their class. 
As soon as funds can be had for the purpose, cooperative 
work should be started with men who are feeding stock, for 
the purpose of securing data on the methods employed, and 
the feeds used and to enable us to suggest more economical 
feeding of farm stock. Statistics should be secured of cost 
of production on farms, and comparative feeding tests made 
under various farm conditions. A man who is familiar with 
all phases of stock feeding, could well be employed by the 
station for this purpose. 
