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parts corn, and one part flaxseed ground together, 

 makes a fine ration for horses. Sometimes there is 

 a tendency to constipation, but the flaxseed will tend 

 to correct that. Peas, either cracked or whole, can 

 be fed poultry with good results, either for egg or 

 meat production. Be sure that this is used in com- 

 bination with something else, as the chickens will 

 do poorly if given the peas as a regular diet. 



Robertson 20 tested sugar beets and pea silage for 

 fattening hogs. Two lots of eight pigs averaging 

 60 pounds in weight received a mixture of ground 

 peas, barley and rye, with sugar beets and pea 

 silage respectively. To one-half of each lot the 

 grain was fed steamed and the other half raw. Pea 

 silage was made from peas harvested when the 

 pods were full of peas still soft, the vines being 

 green and succulent. The silage kept well, but pigs 

 refused to eat much of it. The results showed no 

 striking differences between the gains on pea silage 

 and on sugar beet rations, or between the amounts 

 of cooked and raw food consumed per pound of 

 gain. 



20 Canada Experimental Farm Rpt. for 1891, pp. 83-87. 



