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Pork Production 



Early versus late rape and other forages. 



An experiment conducted during the summer of 1909 

 at the Iowa Station ^ tested the relative merits of the 

 following forage crops: early-sown rape; late-sown 

 rape; a mixture of oats, clover, and rape; a mixture 

 of Canadian field peas, oats, and rape; and blue-grass 

 and timothy pasture. The rape in both lots was broad- 

 casted, the early planting being seeded May 4th and the 

 late July 5th. The mixtures in the other two lots were 

 drilled May 4th. A full ration of ear-corn was fed all 

 lots, supplemented diu-ing the last thirty days by the 

 addition of 10 per cent of meat-meal. The results are 

 shown in Table XLI. 



Table XLI. — Early verstts Late-Sown Rape versus For- 

 age Mixtures 



> Bull. 136. 



* MixturiB of 48 pounds of oats, 8 pounds of red clover, and 2 

 pounds of rape sown to an acre. 



' Figured on the basis that 4 pounds of grain would have been 

 required to produce 1 pound of gain under dry lot conditions. 



