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of peas, and two bushels oats to one bushel tares. 

 Both fodders were eaten readily and neither could 

 be said to excel the other as a milk producer. The 

 oats and peas yielded at the rate of 14.760 pounds 

 green fodder to the acre, and oats and tares yielded 

 14,688 pounds to the acre. 



Neale^^ compared results of dairy value of pea 

 vine silage with June pasture. The cows received 

 a ration of 25 pounds pea vine silage and six pounds 

 hay. In June the animals were turned to pasture 

 and the grain ration remained the same. The 

 change from silage to pasture indicated a possible 

 gain of one-half pound butter per cow per week. 

 The relative cost of silage and pasture showed 

 about $2.91 per acre in favor of pasture. 



Peas for Steers. — In either a whole or ground 

 state peas are used extensively for feeding steers in 

 Canada and parts of the United States. Canadian 

 experiments^* indicate that peas are slightly inferior 

 to corn for fattening steers. In the experiment, 

 corn, barley, and oats gave better results than did 

 peas, barley, and oats. It is believed the results 

 are more or less influenced by the individuality of 

 the steers. 



Peas for Sheep and Lambs. — Field peas form an 

 admirable ration for growing lambs. They are 

 relished by sheep and make the finest of mutton. 



Day^" found that the cost of food per pound of 

 gain was 6.63 cents when peas and oats were fed 

 lambs, and only 5.79 cents when fed corn and oats. 

 This was based on peas at 48 cents and corn at 



" Del Exper. Sta., Bui. 46, pp. 9-12. 



"E. S. R., Vol. II. 



"Ont. Agri. Col. Rpt. for 1898, pp. 81-82. 



