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produce lOO pounds gain than where corn formed the 

 entire grain ration. This indicates that emmer and bar- 

 ley give better results when fed with corn than when 

 fed alone. This is also shown by comparing the price 

 received per bushel for grain in the two experiments. 

 In Experiment No. lo, where each kind of grain was 

 fed alone, the price received per bushel was 65.5 cents 

 for corn, 35.5 cents for emmer, and 44.5 cents for barley. 

 In Experiment No. 11, where emmer and barley were 

 fed with corn, and also where corn was fed alone, the 

 price received per bushel of grain was 65.5 cents for 

 corn, 44.5 cents for emmer, and 58 cents for barley. 

 That is, when emmer and barley were fed with equal 

 amounts of corn, there were received per bushel of 

 emmer 9 cents more and per bushel of barley 13.5 cents 

 more than when emmer and barley were each fed alone. 

 Fifty per cent barley and 50 per cent corn gave a cheaper 

 gain than com alone, although not so much daily profit. 

 In the tests discussed, where the hogs were pastured 

 in alfalfa, each lot was kept in a five-acre field. Three 

 crops of hay were harvested, as in other fields, though 

 not so heavy. A fair estimate places the loss due to 

 pasturing of hogs at half or less than half of the growth. 

 This would be about i>2 tons per acre, during the sea- 

 son, chargeable to the hogs, says Mr. Snyder. "Count- 

 ing the value of alfalfa at $5.00 per ton in the stack, or 

 $2.50 per ton before mowing, there would be due from 

 the hogs, for each acre run over, $3.75. With a me- 

 dium grain ration 7 hogs per acre should not consume 

 more than one-half of the crop. This would make the 

 cost of grazing a hog on alfalfa for the season about 



