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NATURE STUDY REVIEW 



[7:8— Nov., 1911 



Courtesy of Childs' Art Gallery. 



A Dog Race at Ishpeming, Mich. — Which Enjoys it More, 



Boy or Dog? 

 sugar have nothing in them that will make bone or muscle on a 

 pig or a boy or a lamb. So corn, you see, is made mostly of ma- 

 terial that is of no good for growing a framework on the young 

 animal, and if the animal can't grow a good frame, of course there 

 is no place to lay on fat. And that is why some animals are 

 stunted and small. 



Some other feeds would have made more difference than 

 clover hay. How much did this pig weigh ? Two hundred forty 

 pounds. Now Professor Dietrich over at the University has a way 

 of feeding pigs that will make them weigh three hundred pounds 

 when they are eight months old, instead of two hundred forty. 

 You see that is one-third more. I will show you something that 

 is a little like clover hay but very much better than clover hay, 

 and see if you know what it is. 



Alfalfa hay. 



Yes. A good many of you may not have seen alfalfa before. 

 We might say that it is first-cousin to clover, a near relative, but 

 alfalfa is a better feed than clover. One ton of alfalfa equals 

 one and one-half tons of clover, and on an acre of alfalfa we can 

 raise five or six tons. On an acre of clover how much do you think 

 we can raise? Two and one-half tons. Three tons is a big yield. 

 And so we get only half as much clover and it is not nearly so 

 good. 



