Show improve e peanut ration for hogs value of studied in Ser series idof of tests made at beltsville i by the united scalps department departs ent ot of peanuts are used to a considerable e extent x tent in hog feeding tn in the peanut growing areas ar c as of the united states says the die untied states department of agriculture ad tire nrc arsu usually all fed alone or with mineral supplements only the efficiency of peanuts for growing pigs Is asvery cry materially increased hov ever eer according tp tile the department when la Is included in an the ration u a supplement inesti teats at beltsville arms I 1 coli conclusion dullon Is the result of a serle saries s of feeding tests recently completed at beltsville md 0 y 0 0 hanking and J 11 zelle r of 0 f the animal anima husbandry bandry division of the bureau of animal lin lutry and conducted in connection with the study of peanuts tn in the he soft pork problem em hecate because many young soung pigs are arc commonly fed tits without protein the question arose as to whether the lie prevailing method of feeding wits producing the best pos sible re results stIlts three experiments were re tn n which different rawlond were compared coin in tile the first merit ment the me investigators fed two lots of pigs shelled peanuts and minerals one lot with and the other without in tile the second experiment the ohp rations were verp tile the saime same as tp the first except that the peanuts tits were un n I 1 shelled the th third ird experiment was iollar to the second except for a change in minerals tile results are noteworthy in showing n 4 tile the value of t as a supplement to peanut and inin minerals brals in the ration for tourig pigs and are dis cassed in ili bulletin T en titled the it Pear ints for growth in pigs just Is suad saied ly by the united states department oi of agriculture results summarized summarised As an a average of nil all the experiments say the authors in summarizing the results the fhe teed feed cost of pounds of gain not including minerals was SO 02 tor for the fed pigs and 1780 when no was ras fed the cost of the minerals did not exceed 35 cents per pounds gain for 1 either alther group the results result also ashow that peanuts with only nila mineral pral supplements are not effle feid for piga ari the varly stages of the addition n of e more than doubled the dally daily gain of the pigs in the i the amount of each consumed per unit of gain adin wats ads also much less for the fed pigs than for those not receiving 41 A copy of th the bulletin W maybe y b ob b anine d free as rong as the alj supply kiy lats ats by writing to tho the omee of tion united states department at af ag 1 washington 6 C 3 T T |