THE lioa INDUSTl^ 
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Value of soy heats in a Kafir corn or Indian com ration. 
Ration. 
Peed per 
LOO 
pounds 
gain. 
Ration. 
Peed per 
LOO 
pounds 
gain. 
Pounds. 
909 
374 
108 
4(H) 
435 
456 
457 
468 
471 
477 
479 
484 
512 
540 
542 
Pounds, 
Kafir corn meal, soaked fori y-eight 
Kafir corn meal }, soy bean meal 
Kafir corn meal £, soy bean meal \. . . 
Kafir corn meal g, soy bean meal ', ... 
Kafir corn meal $, soy bean meal J... 
Kafir corn meal }, corn meal .1 
hours 
Kafir corn, whole, soaked forty- 
eight hours 
Kafir corn meal, wet 
Kafir corn, whole, soaked forty- 
eight hours. 
642 
550 
559 
632 
Kafir corn meal g, soy bean meal £.. . 
638 
Kafir corn, whole, wet -- 
640 
Kafir corn meal -i, corn meal J, wet.. 
Kafir corn meal, wet . 
653 
Kafir corn, whole, dry 
655 
Corn meal, soaked forty-eight hours. 
Kafir corn meal, wet . 
691 
749 
Average 
Kafir corn meal and cotton-seed meal 
52S 
" The six lots of hogs having soy beans as part of their ration required an average 
of 411 pounds of grain for 100 pounds of gain, while the 19 lots not fed soy beans 
required an average of 564 pounds of feed for 100 pounds of gain, an increase in 
food required of over 37 per cent." 
Pease compared with wheat. — The Utah Station a compared the val- 
ues of pease and wheat during two years. The pigs were confined in 
yards and the grain was given whole and dry. The average of results 
was as follows: 
Pease compared with wheat for pigs. 
Ration. 
Total 
weight at 
beginning. 
Total gain. 
Feed per 
100 pounds 
gain. 
Pease 
Pounds. 
147 
136 
Pounds. 
303 
282 
Pounds. 
452 
Wheat. 
476 
Cowpeas alone compared with corn alone. — At the South Carolina 
Station 6 Newman and Pickett fed to compare cowpeas with corn. 
The pigs were from eight to eleven months old and were fed in pens. 
There were 3 pigs in each lot. 
The cowpea-fed lot ate 6.7 pounds of cowpeas per head daily and 
made an average daily gain for the lot of 3.38 pounds. They required 
491 pounds of cowpeas to produce 100 pounds of gain. 
The corn-fed lot ate 9.2 pounds of corn per head daily and made an 
average daily gain for the lot of 4.17 pounds. They required 602 
pounds of corn to produce 100 pounds of gain. 
With pork at 5 cents per pound and corn and cowpeas yielding 15 
bushels and 10 bushels, respectively, per acre, the value of an acre of 
corn in this experiment was $6.97 and that of an acre of cowpeas $6.12. 
« Bui. No. 70. 
b Bui. No. 52. 
