1 Man, 1900.] QUEENSLAND AGRICULTURAL JOURNAL. 195 
Pullocks, An example of this method has recently appeared in the Country 
pi itleman, wherein a correspondent sets out a system of rotation of crops 
a # given area in order to provide sustenance for a certain number of sows 
a their offspring. . The crops recommended to be grown are corn, maize, rye, 
NC tape, vetches with clover sown in them, and clover—the latter three crops 
© grazed, and the former to be used both in its green state and as corn 
haw’ winter. Then, again, in other publications, where results of experiments 
‘ ai been given, one can learn that the system of grazing pigs is not only 
Hs stactory, but also successful from the financial point of view. 
inc a practice of this kind has been so tested and tried, as has been the case- 
it anada and the States, why should it not be adopted here? Probably the 
aa most pig-men would give is that no one has ever done so on a large 
pe &. Granted; but has it been tried to any extent? To feed off a field of 
be, or vetches, or clover, with pigs may appear a novel idea, but why? The 
ere left by the pigs would be of great value, the crop would be consumed 
cat € best possible advantage, and its product in the shape of pork would be 
“he arate quite equal to, if not_in excess, of that which would have been 
Produced by the feeding off the crop with sheep. 
Another great advantage of this method of pork-production is that the 
and their pigs would be kept perfectly healthy, and be reared up in a far 
natural way than when too much confined to styes. 
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SKIM MILK. 
RESULTS OF EXPERIMENTS. 
ety 8 an agricultural bulletin :—Skim milk should always be used when itis 
Oni ele: Tt is not only a good flesh-producer in itself, but it also makes the 
ree grain feeds more digestible, and so adds greatly to their value. While 
] (2 milk alone is rarely profitable—from 20 Ib. to 40 1b. being required to make: 
oes ot meat—when mixed with grain in the proportion of 3 Ib. or less of milk 
ca pound of grain, its value is greatly increased. In a test reported, 1 
51h e/.0f maize produced 10 Ib. of pork, and 100 Ib. of skim milk produced 
prod of pork, when fed separately. When fed together, however, the mixture 
0 Uced 18 Ib. of meat, an increase of 3 lb., due to the mixing. In this case: 
vaugae of skim milk took the place of 44°8 Ib. of maize. Jf the maize was 
Worth 1s. 04d. a bushel, the milk was worth 93d. per 100 lb.; if the maize was. 
ski Is. 8d., the milk was worth 1s. 33d. Extended tests in the feeding of 
M milk haye been made at the Utah Station, and among the facts brought out 
i © works are these: “The pigs fed on the milk-and-grain ration made much 
Ha Tapid gains than either those fed on milk alone or on grain alone. The: 
gra; Tequired to make 100 Ib. of gain was 79 days for the pigs fed on milk and 
milk? 116 days for those fed on grain alone, and 147 days when the feed was: 
milk pune: The milk-and-grain lots required 2°58 Ib. of digestible matter, the 
pe ed lots 2°85 Ib., and the grain-fed lots 3:19 Ib. to make 1 Ib. of gain in live- 
he Ree In this case 10 Ib. of skim milk took the place of 23:2 Ib. of grain in. 
Sais ‘xture. Work at other stations has given very similar results, and has. 
of strated that when not more than 4 Ib. of skim milk is used with each 1 Ib. 
gr: 
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ani «£5! A 5 : : 
fon ns It is of less value. Where it is impossible to secure enough skim milk 
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Weaning 
PEANUTS. 
wht Peanuts are very rich in protein, and so are especially valuable for animals 
but ae growing. Their yield in bushel is less than that of sweet potatoes, 
Muse] er feeding value per bushel is much greater; and as they are rich in 
Dro dneeoming materials while sweet potatoes have their chief value as fat- 
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Dan} he the two supplement each other. The best variety for grazing is the 
8h, which yields fully as well as others, and its compact growth makes it 
