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Pork Production 



The crops were seeded April 4 by drilling in the follow- 

 ing proportions and quantities to the acre : Lot I, 48 

 pounds of oats, 8 pounds red clover, and 2 pounds rape ; 

 lot II, 48 pounds of oats, 30 pounds vetch, and 2 pounds 

 rape; lot III, 48 pounds oats, 90 pounds peas, and 6 

 pounds rape. The mixture of oats and clover for lot IV 

 was drilled in rows 8 inches apart. The rape was drilled 

 in rows 24 inches apart and given three cultivations. 

 The experiment began May 26 and closed November 11. 

 Each lot was fed a grain ration of ear-corn with about 

 7 per cent of tankage added. Full rations were fed 

 during only the last 85 days of the trial. The results 

 are shown in Table XLIII. 



TABLE XLIII. A COMPARISON OF CLOVER, HAIRY VETCH, 

 AND CANADIAN FIELD PEAS IN COMBINATION WITH OATS 

 AND RAPE FOR FALL PIGS. 



All the pigs were extremely heavy at the close of the 

 experiment. For this reason the amount of feed required 

 to produce 100 pounds of gain was considerably greater 

 than that previously shown necessary for spring pigs. 

 Also, the pork credited to each acre of forage was less 

 than that usually obtained with younger pigs and similar 

 crops. Of these three forage mixtures, oats, vetch, and 



