536 



Feeds and Feeding. 



increased fertility of the land, as measured by the succeeding cot- 

 ton crop, will more than pay the expense of growing the legume 

 crop. (291) 



Peanuts as a supplement to corn. 



879. Peanuts and chufas. — At the Arkansas Station^ Bennett al- 

 lowed pigs to forage in fields planted to peanuts or chufas with the 

 following results, another lot being fed corn as a check : 



One acre of peanuts gave 1,252 lbs. of gain. 

 One acre of chufas gave 592 lbs. of gain. 

 One acre of corn gave 436 lbs. of gain. 



The pork from the chufas, like that from corn, was dry and firm, 

 while that from the peanuts was soft and oily. Pigs fed peanuts 

 should be finished on corn. (290) 



880. Pumpkins. — Rommel,^ summarizing the findings of 3 sta- 

 tions, reports that 273 lbs. of grain, together with 376 lbs. of raw 

 pumpkins, gave 100 lbs. of gain with fattening pigs. When cooked 

 it required 1,150 lbs. of pumpkins and 222 of grain for 100 lbs. of 

 gain. From these data we may conclude that cooking is of no ad- 

 vantage with this vegetable. Cottrell of the Colorado Station^ 

 states that some Colorado stockmen fatten hogs exclusively on raw 

 squashes. They report favorable returns per acre, with meat of 

 good flavor but having an undesirable yellow color. (280) 



881. Whole cow's milk.— Scheven* found that when unskimmed 

 cow's milk was fed to 12-weeks-old pigs, from 900 to 1,620 lbs. was 

 required to produce 100 lbs. of gain, the average being 1,253 lbs. 

 These figures show that ordinarily one cannot afford to feed un- 

 skimmed cow's milk to pigs. (301) Beach of the Connecticut 

 (Storrs) Station^ has shown that cow's milk rich in fat is far from 

 satisfactory as a feed for young pigs. (123) 



^ Bui. 54. * Martiny, Die Milch. 



2 U. S. Dept. Agr., Bur. Anim. Indus., Bui. 47. = Bui. 31. 



s Bui. 146. 



