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were given a half ration of grain and grazed on chufas. 

 It was found in another experiment at the Alabama sta- 

 tion that an acre of chufas converted into pork was 

 worth $13.09 when live hogs were selling at 33^ cents 

 per pound. The Arkansas station (Bulletin No. 54) 

 estimated a product of 592 pounds of pork from one 

 acre of chufas. 



Tlie chui'a is considered more difficult to eradicate than 

 the artichoke. It is also regarded as having a deleterious 

 effect upon the melting point of lard from hogs that 

 have not had more or less corn in the last weeks of their 

 fattening. 



The cassava has been found to give excellent results 

 when fed to swine in connection with wheat middlings 

 and cowpeas for fattening (Florida experiment station 

 Bulletin No. 55). 



PUMPKINS AND SQUASHES 



Pumpkins and squashes are much relished by Swine, 

 and the former especially have been fed to hogs in Amer- 

 ica for a century with pleasing results. They make a 

 useful and cheaply raised supplement for corn, and 

 their keeping qualities add to their value as a succulent 

 food for winter. The custom of planting pumpkins witli 

 corn results in their being grown at almost no expense. 

 Those of inferior quality should be fed out first, leaving 

 the soundest for storing. The seeds are exceedingly 

 rich in protein, and if hogs are given many pumpkins the 

 animals should be watched to see that they are not being 

 overfed with seeds and their systems thereby deranged. 



