34 PEAS AND PEA CULTURE 



ever, at ruling prices, the lot receiving wheat made 

 the cheapest gain. Deducting the cost of bran and 

 allowing 4 cents a pound live weight for pork, the 

 following prices per bushel were realized through 

 feeding: Wheat 89 cents, peas $1.02, corn 70 cents, 

 barley 59 cents. 



Shaw and Zavitz 19 tried out three lots of pigs, 

 feeding peas, barley, ground oats, and wheat 

 middlings in various combinations. The test con- 

 tinued for 91 days and the best gain was made on 

 a ration of two parts peas and one part of ground 

 barley, grain, oats, and wheat middlings. The next 

 best gain was with a ration of equal parts peas 

 and barley ground. The third lot was fed a mix- 

 ture of equal parts peas and barley unground, and 

 the least gain was made. Experiments demon- 

 strated the advantage of feeding ground peas and 

 barley to pigs rather than unground. The Wiscon- 

 sin experiment station found that ground field peas 

 are more valuable for pork production than corn 

 meal. However, corn was so much lower in price 

 than peas that the meal formed a cheaper feed. The 

 thigh bones of pigs fed on peas were 26 per cent 

 stronger than corn-fed pigs. As an exclusive grain 

 ration pea meal is unsatisfactory. Peas contain 

 large amounts of protein and will produce much 

 lean meat in hogs. They should be ground or 

 soaked and fed with corn meal or some lighter feed. 

 Sown with oats or barley peas make an excellent 

 forage crop or pasture for hogs. 



Peas for Horses and Chickens. Working horses 

 thrive on peas. A ration of eight parts peas, eight 



19 Ont. Agri. Col. Rpt., 1891, pp. 106-133. 



