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pounds of gain. The profit on each hog daily was 3.9 

 cents. The amount received for each bushel of corn 

 eaten was 62 cents. 



Experiment No. 7. — This was in fattening hogs on 

 alfalfa pasture with corn. Twenty-nine shotes were 

 kept in a five-acre alfalfa pasture and fed 3 pounds of 

 corn daily for each 100 pounds of hogs from April 27 to 

 June 8, 1906, six weeks. Their average weight on April 

 27th was 185 pounds, and six weeks later 252 pounds. 

 The hogs gained on an average 1.59 pounds each per 

 day, or 66.9 pounds each in six weeks. They ate 387 

 pounds of corn for each 100 pounds gain in weight. The 

 cost of 100 pounds gain was $2.36, leaving a profit of 

 $3.14 on each 100 pounds of gain. Each hog in the test 

 gave a profit of $2.10 on the six weeks' feeding, or 5 

 cents daily. There were received for each bushel of corn 

 eaten 79 cents. If each hog was charged 10 cents for al- 

 falfa pasture the cost of 100 pounds gain would be $2.51., 



Experiment No. 8. — This was a test of the value of 

 alfalfa pasture in fattening mature hogs. Lots 20 and 

 21 were made up of ten brood sows each, from which 

 the pigs had been weaned. Some changes were made in 

 both lots during the test. Each lot was fed for 30 days. 

 Lot 20 had the run of a five-acre field of alfalfa and was 

 fed 3 pounds of corn daily per 100 pounds weight of 

 hogs, from June 23 to July 2t,, 1906. Lot 21 was kept 

 in a dry lot and fed 4 pounds of corn daily per 100 

 pounds weight of hogs, from July 28 to August 2'J, 

 1906. The table shows the details : 



