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rape: Lot II ha«l the inn of an 8-acre ftel l of second-growth clover. 
The results were as follows: 
Rapt oompan d with <-h,r, r. 
Ration. 
N'uui- 
ber <'t 
Total 
\V.-lV,'llt 
jit Ix-^in 
ning. 
Total 
gain. 
Num- 
ber of 
days 
fed 
■ 
daily 
3rain 
eaten. 
Oram 
per 100 
pounds 
. and rape 
80 
a 
Pounds, 
8,111 
Pounds. 
1,048 
i . m 
68 
Pound*. 
1.-7 
• 
1,865 
/'.<-'/,./> 
( train and rape 
BBS 
:«.' 
n and oloyer 
80 
2,091 
8, 186 
'.Ml 
1 . 486 
63 
66 
> 
i . a 
1,868 
434 
:u<; 
Average 
880 
These experiments give rape a greater value for pigs than clover 
pasture. Rape lias an advantage of over 7 per cent in grain required 
per 100 pounds of gain. 
Tlu influeno of rapi on grain eaten. — At the Wisconsin Station 
Carlyle" fed two lots of pigs — one lot hurdled on rape pasture and the 
Other fed in a roomy yard without any kind of green feed. Both lots 
received the same grain ration, which was a mixture of equal parts of 
corn meal and shorts made into a slop immediately before feeding, 
and had coal ashes at all times. The experiment began August 4, 
when the rape was about 20 inches high. The pigs used were about 
four months old at the beginning of the experiment, and represented 
the Poland China, Berkshire, and Yorkshire breeds. The following 
is a summary of the results: 
Value of rape with grain. 
Ration. 
Total 
Total 
niST a, '' 1 ""'■ 
Pounds 
Lot I, without rape 1,017 
Lot II, with rap.' 1,001 
Pound*. 
2,811 
8,412 
Grain 
Pounds. 
Total 
gain. 
Pounds, 
1,184 
1,411 
Avi r- 
gain. 
Pounds. 
70.2 
88 
Aver- Aver- 
daily daily 
Sain gain 
rst 
six 
wok-, weeks. 
I'nHml. 
0.71 
98 
1'ounds. 
L08 
L88 
Grain I 
jK-r mo grain 
pounds 
gain 
4:{7 
420 
per LOO 
pounds 
Dollars. 
:i. 78 
8.86 
Exclusivt rapi feeding. — At the Wisconsin station Carlyle*fed two 
lots of pigs on rape alone for two weeks. Twolotsof L8 pigs each were 
taken from rations composed of grain exclusively, grain and clover, 
and grain and rape. They were given nothing but rape. They i'vt] 
nearly all day, appeared contented, and scoured but little, but 25 of 
a Eighteenth An, Rpt. 
3< renteenth An. Rpt. 
