26o FARM AND SCHOOL PROBLEMS. 



PROBLEMS. 



The Texas Ag. Ex. Station, at the Fort Worth Feeding 

 Station, fed pigs in five lots of seven to ten each; they averaged 

 108.4 pounds Feb. 3, when experiment was started. 



1. Lot 1, consisting of 10 pigs, was fed on cornchops and cotton- 

 seed meal; 3661.5 pounds of cornchops and 916 pounds of cottonseed meal 

 produced 1,505 pounds of gain. Find nutritive ratio, and amount of each 

 kind of feed used per pound gain. 



2. Lot 2, had 9 pigs which were fed 3,950 pounds of rice and 1022.5 

 pounds of cottonseed meal and the gain was 1,166 pounds; what was the 

 nutritive ratio? What was the amount of each kind of feed fed per 

 pound of gain? 



3. Lot 3, in which 9 pigs were fed, the ration consisting of 4,905 

 pounds of rice, and 1156.5 pounds of tankage; the gain was 1055.5 Ibs. ; 

 what was the nutritive ratio? What was the amount of each kind of 

 feed consumed to produce one pound of gain? 



4. Lot 4, with 8 pigs fed with 4,116 pounds of rice and 5,824 pounds 

 of alfalfa produced 926 pounds of gain. Give nutritive ratio and amount 

 of each feed per pound gain. 



5. Lot 5, contained 7 pigs and the feed amounted to 4,390 pounds 

 of cornchops, and 55 pounds of alfalfa meal. Give nutritive ratio of 

 feed, and amount of feed for each pound of gain. 



6. Which of the five foregoing rations was the most profitable, 

 basing calculations on the present market prices of feeds and hogs ready 

 for market? 



Hogging-Down Corn. 



Extensive experiments in Iowa, according to investigations 

 of the Agricultural Experiment Station of the Iowa College of 

 Agriculture at Ames, has resulted in the following information: 



1. A surprising number of Iowa, Illinois, Missouri, Nebraska, 

 Indiana and Kansas and other mid-western farmers are "hog- 

 ging-down" corn because it is a paying proposition. 



2. The practice has become popular within recent years because of 

 the comparatively low quality and the general scarcity of labor. 



3. Reports show practical results in 98 of Iowa's 99 counties. 



NOTE. For particulars, write to the Experiment Station at Ames, 

 Iowa. Ask for Bulletin No. 143. 



By "hogging-down" or feeding the hogs by turning them 

 into standing corn the saving in labor is : 



