. Bulletin : report of Agricultural Experiment Station, Agricultural and Mechanical College, Auburn, Ala. Agriculture -- Alabama. 124 The financial statement for Lot II is as follows—based on pork at 3 cents per pound and corn at 40 cents per bushel i By 122 lbs. of live pork at 3c. per lb To lbs. of corn at 40c. per bu ; To balance: Value of 7,280 sq. ft. in covvpens,. Cr. $3 6() $3 6a This is at the rate of $ per acre. This is certainly not a large return for an acre, but to this value of pork pro- duced by an acre of cowpeas should be added the fertilizer value of the vines, whic
. Bulletin : report of Agricultural Experiment Station, Agricultural and Mechanical College, Auburn, Ala. Agriculture -- Alabama. 124 The financial statement for Lot II is as follows—based on pork at 3 cents per pound and corn at 40 cents per bushel i By 122 lbs. of live pork at 3c. per lb To lbs. of corn at 40c. per bu ; To balance: Value of 7,280 sq. ft. in covvpens,. Cr. $3 6() $3 6a This is at the rate of $ per acre. This is certainly not a large return for an acre, but to this value of pork pro- duced by an acre of cowpeas should be added the fertilizer value of the vines, which is considerable, as every farmer knows. There is reason to believe that vines and excrement on a field where pigs have grazed are worth practically as much for fertilizing purposes as the vines on a similar area not grazed. A return of 110,65 per acre, a figure which was obtained from an acre capable of yielding bushels of peas, is not to be expected from land poorer than that used in this expe- riment. It was planned to duplicate the experiment just detailed, using two Essex sows and their litters, both of the same age and breeding. A few days after farrowing, one sow and her litter were placed in hurdles on the cowpea field referred to above; as much shelled corn was fed as this lot would eat. The other sow, with her litter, received only corn. The expe- riment was brought to a premature close by the sudden death (from hog cholera and swine plague) of the sow receiving only corn. Daring three weeks, when both sows were in health, the sow and six pigs on cowpea pasture and supplied with corn made a total gain of pounds. The other lot, a sow and seven pigs, receiving only corn, lost during this period 9 pounds. As usual just after farrowing, both sows lost weight—the one on corn alone 42 pounds, the other Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of
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