190 RESULTS OF EXPERIMENTS IN SWINE FEEDING 
and states: ‘‘ With pigs from four to ten months old, repre- 
senting the various breeds of swine, an acre of rape, when 
properly grown, has a feeding value when combined with a 
ration of corn and shorts equivalent to 2346 pounds of a 
mixture of these grain feeds.” 
The Central Experimental Farm, Canada, reports feeding 
six pigs on three-sixteenths of an acre of rape pasture from 
August 14th until snow covered the ground. It is estimated 
that the rape saved 156 pounds of meal, or an acre of rape 
would save 832 pounds of meal. This is far short of the 
Wisconsin returns, but the pigs were young at the commence- 
ment of the trial, and it is the writer’s experience that young 
pigs do not make as good use of pasture as older ones. 
Rape vs. Clover.—The Wisconsin Experiment Station re- 
ports two trials with pigs on rape and clover. In the first 
trial there were twenty pigs in each group, and in the second 
trial twenty-one in each group. The pigs were from five to six 
months old at the commencement. The following table shows 
gains and feed consumed: 
First trial. Second trial. 
Rape. Clover. Rape. Clover. 
Ibs. Ibs. Ibs. lbs. 
Average daily gain per pig..... re 87 78 1.27 1.22 
Amount of grain for 100 lbs. gain...| 391 439 332 340 
It will be seen that the rape gave somewhat better gains 
with a smaller meal requirement per 100 pounds gain than 
the clover, though the difference was not great in the second 
trial. 
Rape vs. Soy Beans.—The Ontario Agricultural College 
fed soy beans and rape to pigs in pens, the green fodder being 
