452 QUEENSLAND AGRICULTURAL JOURNAL. [1 Dec., 1902. 
TABLE Iv. 
FOOD CONSUMED. 7 
Cow, No.} , Period of Milk Yield. putter Fat,| Butter Fat, | Commercial 
Prickly Pear. | Chaff, Oaten. 
lb. Ib. lb. lb. Ib. 
1 5 days 160 60 5 36 1-908 27136 
2 iets 160 60 60°5 37 2:238 2-507 
3 i ey 160 5D 56 40 2240 2°508 
4 iy: 160 60 BLS 3-7 1:905 2124 
5 i A 160 60 60 3-4 2-040 2-284 
6 i 160 60 81 31 2-511 2-812 
7 Br 160 60 58-5 36 2°106 2°358 
8 Ets, 160 60 90 3:4 3-060 3:427 
1,280 475 510°5 ye 18-008 20°166 
TABLE V. 
| FOOD CONSUMED. 
Cow, No.} preriod of ~| Milk Yield,| stor rat,| Butter Fat, | Commercial. 
re Prickly Pear. | Chaff, Oaten. 
j | Ib. lb. lb. lb. 
1 5days | 220 : 51 35 1785 =| 1-999 
2 5) 5y isle (290 j 59 3:7 2183 | 27449 
3 Se emer | 1220 y BD 41 2255 | 9595 
4 Sees 220 es 53 3°8 2-014 2°95 
5 it 205 " 51 33 1°683 1/884 
OO ib ty 220 i 78°5 30 2-355 2-637 
7. ee 6 ay Gaye 1990 e 57 35 | 1995 2934 
Setiae ny ye 220 fe 87 3-4 | 2°958 3°313 
1,745, ; 491°5 | 17-228 | 19-296 
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TABLE VI. 
| FOOD CONSUMED, 
Cow,No.| peered of | Milk Yield. | Percent. | putter Fat. se aeies 
r Prickly Pear. | Chaff, Oaten. 
Ib lb. Ib. Ib. 
1 5 days 305 fC 52° 35 1'837 2-058 
2 Bae 335 2 58 3°8 2204 2-468 
3 5a 343 1 57 3:9 2293 2-489 
4 5h 330 ~ 515 3:7 1:905 2:134 
5 iy 350 + 50 3°7 1/850 2-072 
6 ih oy, 320 i 77 3:3 2°541 2°845 
7 5, 350 ¥, 60 35 2°100 27352 
8 ia ass . 350 © 89 3°3 2-937 3-289 
| 2,683 > 495-0 ¥. 17597 19°707 
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Prickiy Prar as a Pro Fopper. 
Before feeding the pear to the pigs, it was boiled for twelve or fifteen 
hours and cut into pieces with a sharp spade. Swill from the dairy was added. 
The classes of pigs used for the experiment were matured breeding sows and 
weaner pigs (from ten to twelve weeks old) of Berkshire breed. The rickly 
pear was eaten readily by the animals. The pigs were fed with as muc pear 
as they would readily consume three times per day. It was found that the 
matured pigs maintained their condition when fed on prickly pear and swill. 
The weaners did not thrive at all on the pear fodder: they lost flesh when put 
on a whole pear allowance, and at the end of a fortnight presented a starved 
appearance. From this it is evident that prickly pear is not a suitable fodder 
for growing pigs. 
