Show Off Hogging-Off Field Peas Pea Found Quite Profitable In a n series of feeding trials withfield withfield with withfield field peas experiment station workers of ot the North Dakota agricultural college college college col col- col- col lege have found that the peas pens make an excellent pasture for 01 hogs hoes and offer offer of ot- fer considerable opportunity for lowering low low- i ering the costs of producing pork I August Autust lr 15 eight pi pigs s weighing nH pounds each were turned onto a thrE three three- e- e I acre field of at Chang field held peas sown In rows rotes six si inches apart at a rate of It two bushels per acre In addition to the peas each pig received n a ration made up of one gallon of skim milk one pound of ground barley harley and oats In equal parts and free access to agreen a agreen green pasture of ot mixed tame grasses November l 3 after the pigs pigs' had been on test three months it was found that they had mo made e a total gain of 1085 pounds This Is an nn average gain guin of at 15 pounds per pig per pcr day In the test pounds of pork were produced from sae Oae acre of peas pE-as 2 10 pounds of ground feed 40 gallons of skim milk and th the grass pasture After deducting the cost of or the other other other oth oth- er tee feeds s from the value alne of or the pork it was found that n a return of ot 2294 2 4 I per ncr acre had been be n mu mule made e from the tte peas pens |