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winter on American stock farms. Admitting that the com crop is 

 superior to the root crop over much of our country, stockmen should 

 watch lest, failing to make the proper use of the one, they also 

 neglect the other. 



II. Fruits and Forage Plants. 



279. Apple, Pyrus malus. — "VVithycombe of the Oregon Station^ 

 fed 3 shotes all the apples they would eat, 897 lbs. of apples pro- 

 ducing 38 lbs. of gain in 14 days. During the second period of 15 

 days, 1,119 lbs. of apples gave only 3 lbs. of gain. In another trial 

 lasting 79 days 3 sows showed a gain of 36 lbs., or 1 lb. of increase 

 for each 64 lbs. of apples fed. Clark of the Utah Station^ found 

 that: "Apples fed to pigs in 2 experiments with skim milk and 

 shorts had a value ranging from nothing to 18 cents per ewt. In 

 one trial apples were only equal to grass pasture." 



From trials with dairy cows at the Vermont Station,^ Hills con- 

 cludes that apples have about 40 per ct. of the feeding value of 

 corn silage. Lindsey of the Massachusetts (Hatch) Station* con- 

 eluded that 4 lbs. of apple pomace equals 1 lb. of good hay for cows. 

 From 15 to 30 lbs. of pomace may be fed daily to cows with ad- 

 vantage. (657) 



280. Pumpkin, Cucurbit a Pepo. — As a result of several trials, 

 Hills of the Vermont Station^ found that 2.5 tons of pumpkins, in- 

 cluding seeds, was equal to 1 ton of corn silage for dairy cows. 

 French of the Oregon Station'' found that 200-lb. pigs, when daily 

 consuming 26 lbs. of cooked common yellow field pumpkins and a 

 small allowance of wheat shorts, gained 1.5 lbs. daily. (880) There 

 is a tradition among farmers that pumpkin seeds increase the kid- 

 ney excretions and should be removed before feeding. The United 

 States Dispensatory states that the pumpkin seed is a vermifuge, 

 with no reference to any other property. The seeds contain much 

 nutriment and should not be wasted. 



281. Cabbage, Brassica olcmcea. — On rich ground, cabbage gives 

 as good returns of palatable forage as do root crops. It is highly 

 prized by shepherds when preparing stock for exhibition. Gill of 

 England" states that cabbage is superior to swedes (rutabagas) for 

 milk production and does not give an unpleasant flavor to the milk. 



282. Rape, Brassica Napus. — Largely thru the instrumentality of 

 our experiment stations rape is now extensively grown by stockmen 



^ Eul. SO. * Rpt. 1904. » Bui. 54. 



' Bui. 99. ' Rpt. 1908. ' Jour. Brit. Dairy Ass 'n, 1898. 



■' Rpt. 1901. 



