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1  A i     1 10 Bulletin N0. 190.
1  Y » ‘ ` .i to nine inches in height and in a rather succulent condition.
i V   { By August 4, 1914, these pastures were eaten rather closely, ’
  A —- 1 ·   and the pigs were changed to rape pastures. On August 27,
  ’ V · · 1914, the forage crops on the three previous fields'had renewed
  » l , ‘ their growth to a considerable extent, and the pigs were i
l ’ -   l A . ¤ 1 turned back, but in different pastures, i.e., each lot of pigs was ~
. » - ; . given a diierent pasture from the one it had at first. This .
{ interchanging of pastures was done, of course, to give each ‘
Y E T ll A lot of pigs an equal chance at each of the pastures and to
  if { A ‘ eliminate the individual character of the pastures as much as
l if ·     . possible.  ,
f  A ”' V The feed in all four lots was fed in the form of a slop.
A, .   . A The feed for the morning was prepared the afternoon before,
E A   ·   and the feed for the afternoon was prepared in the morning.
  A};.   A A ‘ Feeding and Weighing. ‘
 ·   The pigs used in this experiment were fed regularly twice
  A`·. f_   l — a day, at 7 a. m;, and at 5 p. m. The pigs were given, twice
    a week, a small amount of the following mixture : .
    it l Slack ......._.._._________________ 2 bushels ‘ ;
  A A   Air—slaked lime ___________________ 2 quarts
  , E Salt .... _ _________________________ 2 pounds
  . A Wood ashes ____ _ ____________r_____ 1 bushel
  A Copperas (Iron sulphate) ......... ls pounds _
  1 The copperas was dissolved in warm water, poured over
  l the mass and all thoroughly stirred together. Salt was also
    added and stirred into the regular feed at the rate of one- .
  , third ounce daily per one hundred pounds live weight of pig.
  . l Pure Water was at hand at all times, the water trough being
  l only a few feet from the feed trough.
  The pigs were always weighed at 6 a. m., before feeding.
  7 On account of the pastures being depleted, this experi-
  . 1 ment was concluded on September 12, 1914. Somewhat bet- ,
  1 i ter results would have been obtained had not the pastures .
  . A suffered from lack of rain.
  _ , The following table gives a synopsis of this experiment: V  `
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