Ifentzreiry Agricultm·aZ Experiment Station 49
ultcd mixture self-fed, gave a net proit of $36.73 per acre; corn and ·
TTD? soybeans grown together hogged down, with a mineral mix-
IS of ture self—fed, gave a net profit of $36.21 per acre, and corn
and soybeans hogged down, with no mineral mixture, gave a
Hg of net profit of $17.15 per acre. The net profit per acre took
VQHW into consideration the cost of producing the crop.
immg Barley for Fattening Hogs. Five lots were fed: Lot 1,
made dry, whole barley, hand-fed; Lot 2, dry, whole barley, hand-
90m` fed, plus a mineral mixture, self-fed; Lot 3, whole barley
Mage soaked 2-1 hours, hand-fed; Lot el, whole barley soaked 241 hours
S O_“t‘ plus a mineral mixture, self-fed. The trial was for 35 days.
Emp? Lot 1 produced 121 pounds of pork, with an average daily gain
gztms of .92 pound, requiring 658 pounds of grain for each 100
these pounds of pork; Lot 2 produced 161 pounds of pork, an aver-
`I'? fab age daily gain of 1.2 pounds, requiring 506 pounds of grain
)tlOH‘ per hundredweight; Lot 3 made 1+10 pounds of pork, an aver-
) and age daily gain of 1.0-1 pounds, requiring 607 pounds of grain _
OH an per hundredweight, liot zh made 177 pounds of pork, an aver- ·
· 2-66 age daily gain of 1.32 pounds, requiring 480 pounds of grain
eimds per hundredwcight.
Slmgc Effect of Age Upon Yield of Wool. There is a direct 1·e- ·
dcfm lationship between the age of sheep and the amount of wool
mmm produced. As age increases, there is a. gradual decrease in
mcali wool, the most marked decrease taking place after the fourth
year. The following table shows the average weight ot fieece
f $111* produced by sheep in the Experiment Station fiock from 1916
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civing 1 + S0 4 6.61+ .12
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3 l 72 | 6.27+ .12
were 4   51 i 6.21+ .20
tl mt 5 i 44 i 5.47+ .14
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