“22 BULLETIN 1143, U. S. DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE. 
On the row Pist the average daily gain per pig for each of the four 
years averaged 0.78 of a pound. A supplementary ration of corn 
‘ee fed. The 4-year average ratio is 2.96 pounds of corn per pound 
of gain. 
The lots on the broadcast plat made an average daily gain of 0.69 
of a pound. This required an average of 3.25 pounds of corn for 
each pound of gain. 
TABLE 6.—Results obtained by pasturing 1 acre of brome-grass with pigs at Huntley, 
Mont., each year from 1918 to 1921, inclusive. 
Weights of animals and feed (pounds). 
Pasture period. | 6 
| : orn con- 
Kind of [NPY | FICE Velen: | sumed. | Yield of 
plats Agel | | check 
AMC MEATS as tala wag racer wae gare | plat. 
| pigs. I | “ | 
Daily Per 
Date on. | Date off. |Days.| Initial.| Final. | Gain.) 80? | Total. | pound 
| | | Pp of gain. 
| pig. 
Cultivated | | 
LOWS: | | | | 
1918. . 8 | Apr. 30; July 9 70 | 764 | 1,114] 350 0.63 1,344 3: 84: saree cue 
1919 6| Apr. 25 | June 14 50 | 582 726 | 144 -48 653 4.53 :|. csmeeaee 
1920 2| May 28; July 9] 42) 170 220 50 - 60 | 166 S.0e || a. ceremiomin 
1921 6 | May 19/| July 28} 70 732 | 1,042} 310 741 1248 OF ee 
Average} 5.5 | May 11 July 8 | 58 562 776 | 214 .61 | 851 B202 cee eee 
Plats sown | | | 
broadcast: | | 
1918....| 8 Apr. 30) July 9/ 70| 778} 1,152| 374 67 1,344) 3.59 | 664 
1919. ...| 6 | Apr. 25 June 14 50 579 770 191 64 653 3.42 0 
1920....| 2| May 28| July 42 169 245| 76 90 169 | 2.22 568 
1921...., 8| May 19} July 19] 61} 1,012] 1,448] 43 90 | 1,412] 3.24 0 
Average) 6| May 11| July 5| 55 635 904 | 269 Sid exer tat Nae 308 
i | . 
The brome-grass pasture results are shown in Table 6 and Figure 
3. When reduced to an acre basis, the row plat has carried an average 
of 5.5 pigs for a period of 58 days from May 11 to July 8. These pigs 
have made an average daily gain of 0.61 of a pound. The ratio 
is 1 pound of gain for each 3.92 pounds of corn. 
AFR. MAY SUNE SULLY APR. MAY  YSUNE SULY 
FOW FLAT SROFLOCAS T LLAT 
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Fig. 3.—Diagram showing graphically the period in each year during which pigs were on brome-grass in 
rows and brome-grass sown broadcast and the gains made on each pasture and between weighings. | 
Six pigs were carried on the broadcast plat for an average of 55 
days. This period was from May 11 to July 5. An mR daily 
gain of 0.78 of a pound per pig was made on this plat. Corn fed 
amounted to an average of 3.11 pounds of grain for each pound of 
gain. 
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