470 Talue of Waste Fruit for Stock. 
and one-half times the nutritive ingredients of alfalfa and oat 
hays, respectively; 100 pounds of the fruit being practically equal 
to the same quantity of grain, but to only eighty-two and fitty- 
nine pounds respectively of rice bran and cotton-seed meal. 
COMPARATIVE VALUE OF FRUITS, AND Hay, GRAINS MEALS, ETC. 
100 PouNDS FRUIT EQUIVALENT TO POUNDS OF 
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FRESH FRUITS. | 
Apricots..... 40} 23) 29] 17) 18} 20} Ig] 20) 19] I5! 11| I5 
Nectarines .. 43} 26) 30] Ig] 20) 22] 21]; 23) 21] 17) 12] 17 
Figs ...... 50] 30) 371 23} 24] 26} 25] 27) 25] 20] 14] 20 
GrapeS.......... -| 50! 30) 37| 23) 24) 26] 25] 27] 25] 20] 14] 20 
Watermelons............. 22} 13} 16| ro} ro] 1] «rz|/ 32) x1} 8 6) g 
Nutmeg Melons ......... Ig] 11] 13} 8 9g} 9g] 9 Io| gf 7] 5] 7 
DRIED FRUITS. 
Dried prunes............. 175| I04| 125} 78, 82| 88] 84! 92] 84| 67| 48! 68 
Dried apricots............ 194} 115} 138] 86! 90) 97] 93] 102) 93) 74) 53] 76 
190] I13) 135] 85; 88) 95] 91] 100; 91) 72) 51] 74 
see] 186] TIO} 132) 83} 85] 93) 89] 97| 89] 71) 50] 72 
Raisins eo siasesveseie’ 216; 128] 153| 97} Ioo| 108) 103] 111] 103] 82! 59] 84 
Dried apricots rank slightly lower than raisins, because 
they contain more water. Apricots are, however, of equal value 
as a feeding stuff with wheat bran, that is, the unsalable dried 
gpricots are worth to the orchardist about fifteen dollars per ton 
tor feeding purposes. 
Prune-fed or raisin-fed pork is indeed an accomplished fact 
in California. As to the acceptability of the fruit diet to the hog 
what could be more pertinent and more fitting appendix to this 
treatise than this little tale? It is stated that Mr. Balaam, of 
Farmersville, used to have a pet pig that ran under the fig trees 
near the house. When the fruit began to drop, he ate figs and 
rested in the shade until he finally grew too fat to move about 
to gather the sweet morsels. By this time his owner became so 
much interested in the case as to carry him his regular-figs three 
times daily. Gradually, he grew so fat that his eyes closed en- 
tirely and he was blind and helpless. 
