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1:1 BEAU OJE ANIMAL INDUSTRY, 
The experiment in L899 vras in some ways a continuation of that of 
Two Lots of pigs were used; both were on alfalfa pasture, but 
they differed in age. Lot I consisted of 3 pigs about four months old, 
.•Hid Lot 1 1 of 3 pigs about seven mont lis old and nearly i wioe as heavy 
as those iii Lot I. The following table gives the results of the experi- 
ments: 
Pig* on pcutun without grain or mill:. 
L89& 
Lol I. Mixed pasture 
Lot 1 1 Alfalfa pasture. 
Loi I. Alfalfa pasture 
Lol II. Alfalfa pasture 
KTr.™ 
" at b 
pigs. 
ning. 
Pound*. 
261 
166 
Total 
U.iu'llt 
at close 
Pound*. 
m 
B80 
828 
Pound*. 
70 
Num- 
ber of 
106 
mi 
Pound. 
0. L89 
.0121 
. I M 
"Loss. 
These experiments do not change one's opinion regarding the value 
of pasture alone for pigs. The two lots gained in weight— one on 
mixed pasture and the other on alfalfa pasture. The effect of this 
method of feeding on the appearance of the pigs was very marked; in 
the L898 test this was particularly commented upon. "The plump 
rounded forms gave place to Large coarse frames and large stomachs. 
At the end of the experiment they looked very much Larger thanat 
the beginning, but the scales failed to show any gains. What is said 
above would also apply to the mixed past are set , only in thai case the 
eye was not so badly dec* tved — small gains were made." 
In L899 pigs that were receiving small amounts of \\'i'(\. either milk 
or grain in addition to pasture, were found to have made gains very 
nearly in proportion to the amount of extra feed given, which Foster 
and Merrill regard as evidence that the pasture supplied enough feed 
for maintenance onlv. 
(.im:i:\ SUBSTITUTES FOB PASTURE. 
Pasturing on rape. -At the Utah station Poster and Merrill pas- 
tured 6 pigs on a plot of rape that had been seeded August LI, after 
having been irrigated and plowed. The pigs were hurdled in pens L6 
feel square and without shelter from rain or snow. They received 
a ration of l pound daily of a mixture of equal parts of bran and 
chopped wheat. 
At the Canada Centra] Experimental Farm, Grisdale '' pastured 6 
on a plot three-sixteenths acre in extent that had been drilled to 
rape, the drills being 30 inches apart. These pigs received a daily 
Bnl. n . 10. 
An. Bpt., L900. 
