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38 cents a bushel, with hay at $6 a ton. The value 

 of corn and peas includes cost of grinding. 



Ramm^^ conducted experiments to determine the 

 effect of pea meal and sunflower seed cake on the 

 quality of fat, flesh, and wool of sheep. Merino 

 sheep made lo per cent higher gains than English 

 sheep. They also produced more wool than others. 

 Gains made with pea meal were about 2.2 per cent 

 better, and the results of slaughter tests were about 

 6.54 per cent better than in the case of sunflower 

 seed cake. Sheep fed pea meal showed more belly 

 fat, the flesh containing more dry matter and more 

 nitrogen. Morton^^ found that peas grazed off 

 showed returns approximately equaling the returns 

 from feeding alfalfa and corn, with the peas valued 

 at $8 an acre, alfalfa at $5 a ton, and corn at $1 per 

 100 pounds. This although alfalfa and corn lambs 

 gained about one-half more than pea lambs. Dur- 

 ing shipment the lambs fed corn and alfalfa shrank 

 4.2 per cent per head more than the pea-fed lambs. 



Peas for Swine. — Mills^^ conducted an elaborate 

 experiment using wheat, peas, corn, and barley in 

 producing pork. Four lots of three pigs each were 

 in the test, and in about five months the lot of pigs 

 receiving peas and bran made the most rapid gain 

 and the largest gain for the food consumed. The 

 wheat mixture came second, followed by corn and 

 barle}'. A\'heat and bran proved the cheapest food. 

 Another test with 12 Berkshire boars showed that 

 hogs fed peas and bran made the largest gain as 

 well as the best srain for the food consumed. How- 



'l E. S. R., Vol. lo. 



" Wvo. Exper. Sta., Bui. 73, p. 18. 



" Utah Exper. Sta., Bui. 34, pp. 8-10. 



