RAPE FOR SWINE.

Otago Witness, Issue 2686, 6 September 1905, Page 7

RAPE FOR SWINE.

„P rofessor Carly draws the following «mrlaßkm from experiments carried on at the Wisconsin, Station : -—

That -witlTpigs from four to tea months, representing tihe, various breeds of swine vn acre of rape, when properly .grown, has a feeding value when combined with a ration of corn and, shorts equivalent to 24561b of a mixture of these grain, feeds, and a money value.of,£4 3s 3d par acre. That rape as better green feed for youn* jH5s than, good clover pasture, the pi J fed upon 1 the rape having madta on the average 1001b of gam on 331b less grain .than was required by the pigs fed upon the clover pasture. That pigs are more thrifty, having better appetites, and make correspondingly greater gams when supplied with a rape pasture in conjunction with their grain feed than when fed upon grain alone. That a plot of dwarf Essex forage naps, •when planted in drills 30in apart early ia May in Wisconsin, will yield -three good crops of pasture forage in a godson.

Thai rape 3® the most satisfactory and cheapest green food for swine that we-jinv-e led.-- - 'ilia* rape should be", sown in drills 30in apart to facilitate the stirring of tho ground n^ter each successive crop has been &. tw. "ft'- " '

Tb.ni -ij'Ogs should not be turnied upon a mt : .-? r-ouirc until* the plants are at least to 14m high, and that they should

l be prevented from rooting while in tl 3 rape field. i That rape is not a satisfactory feed wh« ; fed alone whan it is desired! to have an - live weight gain made in hogs, though I has been found that they will just arxn v maintain themselves without loss of weigi I on this food alone. ; ■ i ■ :