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Pork Production 



a nitrogenous concentrate when pigs are fed on forage 

 will be suggested by the results of experiment station 

 studies tabulated in the following pages. 



Supplements for pigs on rape. 



In Table LXVIII are the results obtained at the Mis- 

 souri Experiment Station when pure-bred Poland-China 

 gilts on good rape forage were fed different rations. The 

 pigs were spring-farrowed and averaged 40 pounds in 

 each lot at the beginning of the test, which lasted 112 

 days. 



TABLE LXVIII. CORN VERSUS CORN AND A SUPPLEMENT 

 FOR PIGS ON RAPE x 



These gilts averaged approximately 153 pounds when 

 the experiment closed. In all cases the feeding of a 

 supplement with the corn gave faster gains than when 



1 L. A. Weaver : Poland-China Journal, July, 1917. 



