61 



[The Subjoined gives both the feeding 

 value and ash (mineral) contents. — Ed., 

 Agricultural Journal.'] 



(From No. 78 Department op Agri- 

 culture Bulletin, U.S.A.) 





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Rape for Young Pigs, 



THE comparative value of rape and 

 clover for young gro-wing pigs has 

 been the subject of experiment at the 

 Wisconsin Experiment Station. Two lots 

 of pigs, each containing 21 pure-bred and 

 high-grade Berkshire and Poland-Chinas, 

 were selected for the test, the animals 

 averaging a little over 100 lbs., each in 

 weight when the test began. Both lots 

 were given a grain ration of one part 



middlings and two parts maize meal with 

 water. The pigs in Lot 1 were also 

 turned into a field of rape, while those of 

 Lot 2 were pastured on clover. The for- 

 mer were somewhat slow acquiring a taste 

 for the rape, but at the end of a week of 

 preliminary feeding they ate it greedily. 

 The experiment covered four periods of 

 two weeks each, and during the time the 

 pigs in Lot 1 ate the rape from about 

 three-quarters of an acre. The average 

 daily gain from Lot 1 was 1.27 fts., and 

 1.22 lbs. from Lot 2. From the results 

 of the experiment, which have been car- 

 ried out for two years in succession, 

 it is concluded that farmers feeding a 

 large number of pigs cannot provide a 

 better pasture for their sows and young 

 ]3igs than by sowing small plots of rape 

 at successive periods about three weeks 

 apart during the spring and early 

 summer. 



Analysis of Various 

 FertiliserSm 



THE following report by Mr. E. Nevil), 

 FLC, F.C.S., <fec., Government 

 Chemist, on various fertilisers, is pub- 

 lished for general information ; — 



The values assigned must not be taken 

 as representing the actual money value of 

 the manure, but as the approximate value 

 of the constituents, supposing them ail to 

 have been utilised as far as possible. 

 Thus, samples I and 2, though described 

 as " Bone Dust," -were really " Bone 

 Meals," containing many fragments so 

 large that they would not be decomposed 

 for yeai's. Hence tho'igh the lime, 

 nitrogen, and ])liosplioric acid they con- 

 tained might have the value of about 

 £(S 10s., yet as the farmer would have to 

 wait for years before all was utilised, 

 their actual value to him would not be 

 two-thirds of this amount. 



The samples of " Muriate of Potash " 

 and •' Sulphate of Ammonia " were both 

 of excellent quality. 



The sample of " C-ape Guano " con- 

 tained feathers, wood, and small stones, 

 equivalent to about one-sixth of its 

 weight. 



