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Pork Production 



when the trial began. The experiment closed April 5, 

 covering a period of 147 days. The results are shown in 

 Table XLII. 



TABLE XLII. WINTER RAPE VERSUS DRY LOT 



In view of the fact that the pigs on rape received only 

 one-half grain rations or less, the gains made in the forage 

 lots were fairly good. The saving effected by rape in the 

 amount of concentrates required for a unit of gain was 

 such that its value in southern pork production would 

 seem assured. 



COMBINATIONS I 



CANADIAN FIELD 

 RAPE 



PEAS, OATS, CLOVER, 



As a rule, a mixture of two or more plants possessing 

 similar requirements in temperature and soil give a 

 heavier yield as a forage than any one of the crops grown 



1 Corn 70 cents a bushel ; shorts at $30.00 a ton ; rape at $8.00 

 an acre. 



