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peas during the middle of each day. At 1 p.m. they 

 were brought home and fed with a 4-lb. ration of the mixed 

 meal. In April and May they were folded on rye, and ate it 

 off much closer than sheep did. When it was not possible to 

 fold them for a time during the winter, they received, in r.ddition 

 to 4 lb. of mixed meal, a few peas or beans. A 7-lb. lation for 

 sows with litters appears to be the maximum allowance. 



One of the most important factors in connection with this 

 open-air pig-keeping is, of course, the benefit to the land. 

 Mr. Wilkin claims that he can grow very heavy crops of corn, and 

 that the wiiole agricultural position has been greatly improved. 

 Before turning the pigs on, the land had to be cleaned and culti- 

 vated at a cost of more than double the purchase price, which, how- 

 ever, was very low. That the pigs respond to these conditions of 

 open-air treatment there can be no possible doubt. Mr. Wilkin 

 claims that many five-month gilts folded on rape and clover, 

 with a 3-lb. daily ration, are fat enough to kill. The early 

 January gilts farrow when 13 months old. There have 

 been no cases of tubercle, and there have been no deaths in 

 farrowing. Ordinary winter weather has had no bad effects, and 

 sows have farrow^ed quite successfully under hedges in January. 



A table showing feeding methods, material and prices is 

 appended : — 





liation uer Pig j Cost of Meals and Peas 

 per Week. i per Pig per AVcck. 





Meal. 



Peas. Meal. 



Peas. 



Total. 



oO Gilts, 20 weeks on ('lover 



lb. 

 7 



().rlcij IlaU. 

 lb. 1 .s. <1. 

 4 1 101 



d. 



10 



s. .1. 

 1 H 



40 Gilts, 12 to 14 weeks on 

 Vetches 



U 



Calveit Pasture. 

 U I 1 9 



n 



2 Of 



7.3 Gilts in-i)i,[r, on Mustard 

 and Rape 



28 



I'arlt Far III. 

 - 1 '■" 





W f. 



Sows in-pig and with litters 



49 



— r> \\ 





(1 Ij^ 



23 Stores, Boars and Hotrs, 

 live Grass and Clover 



21 



Anchor Field. 

 ^ 2 71 





5 11} 



hind of Meal. Price jicr Ton. Price iicr Ll>, 



£ s. 



Fish Meal 22 



Harlev Meal 24 



Middlings 11 •» 



Palm Kernel Meal 7 10 



.Maize Germ Meal ... HI lo 



lOt) lb. of above mixture costs 12s. <>d. 

 lib. .. IM. 



Price nei 

 d. 

 23 



ir, 

 17 



Perccniaije nscil 

 ill Mixture. 

 10 per ct nt. 

 20 

 I'D 



10 



