. Bulletin of the Department of Agriculture. Agriculture; Agriculture. 8 BULLETIN 488, U. S. DEPARTME NT OF AGRICULTURE. These hogs were put on alfalfa pasture, with a small ration of grain, for about a week after they were received at the farm. They were then weighed, ear tagged, and divided into lots which were as uniform as possible. The mean of three consecutive days' weighing was taken as the initial weight. Each hog was weighed separately and individual weights were kept of each throughout the experiment. Lot 1 received no grain: lot 2 received a 1 per cent ration of corn; lot 3 rec
. Bulletin of the Department of Agriculture. Agriculture; Agriculture. 8 BULLETIN 488, U. S. DEPARTME NT OF AGRICULTURE. These hogs were put on alfalfa pasture, with a small ration of grain, for about a week after they were received at the farm. They were then weighed, ear tagged, and divided into lots which were as uniform as possible. The mean of three consecutive days' weighing was taken as the initial weight. Each hog was weighed separately and individual weights were kept of each throughout the experiment. Lot 1 received no grain: lot 2 received a 1 per cent ration of corn; lot 3 received 2 per cent corn: lot 4, 2 per cent barley; and lot 5, 3 per cent corn. Shorth7 after the beginning of the first period an outbreak of cholera occurred. Treatment was applied as soon as possible, but. P4940WI Fig. 2.—The alfalfa plats used in 1914 and 1015 in the hog-pasturing experiments at the Scottsbluff Experiment Farm, showing the portable houses and the method of dividing the pastures. the disease did enough damage to affect the results of the test. Nevertheless, fair returns were secured, the net returns per acre of alfalfa pasture from Ma}7 3 to July 2 ranging from $, where no supplement was fed, to $, where the pasture was supple- mented with a 3 per cent ration of corn. The plan was to use spring-farrowed pigs during the second period of the experiment, but, as a great many of the spring pigs had died from cholera, it was necessary to select the best of the smaller hogs that had been used during the first period. Xo hogs, however, were used from the two lots which had had no grain and 1 per cent corn,. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original United States. Dept. of Agriculture. [Washington, D. C. ?] : The Dept. : Supt. of Docs. , G. P. O.
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