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Lot ;^2 was fed 75 per cent corn and 25 per cent 

 cliopped alfalfa mixed and fed in troughs. 



Lot ^^ was fed barley. 



Lot 34 was fed barley and alfalfa hay fed on the 

 ground. 



Lot 35 was fed 75 per cent barley and 25 per cent 

 chopped alfalfa mixed and fed in troughs. 



The results of this test are given without expressing 

 an opinion as to which practice is the most profitable, as 

 this will depend largely on local conditions, conveniences 

 for chopping alfalfa, and cost of labor. 



It will be noted that larger and quicker gains were 

 secured when alfalfa was fed, except with Lot 35. and 

 tiiat 100 pounds of gain was secured with le,<='3 grain when 

 alfalfa was supplied. Where alfalfa hay was fed un- 

 cut, there was a saving of 37 pounds of grain on each 

 100 pounds gain in weight of hogs, and where it was 

 fed cut (chopped or chaffed), as 25 per cent of the 

 ration, there was a saving of 108 pounds of grain for 

 each 100 pounds gain, over corn alone, and 71 pounds 

 o\er corn and alfalfa hay uncut. Thirty-five pounds of 

 cut alfalfa saved 108 pounds of corn, and the same 

 amount of uncut alfalfa saved 37 pounds of corn. 



The results from feeding barley and alfalfa in the 

 manner indicated are in line with those from feeding 

 corn and alfalfa, but not so much in favor of alfalfa. 

 This may be due to the fact that barley contains so much 

 indigestible material in the hull that when alfalfa is 

 added it makes too much bulk to the food, whereas the 

 bulk in the alfalfa is an advantage to the corn. There was 

 about 7 per cent of the cut alfalfa wasted when fed 



