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not afford to limit the feed of the hog to them alone. Help must be sought 

 outside the concentrated feeds. 



The supplementary feeds heretofore mentioned, together with several 

 others, are all good and should be used in hog-feeding operations; but the 

 future of profitable hog production in the South depends upon the use of 

 green or pasture crops. It is possible for the Southern farmer to have graz- 

 ing crops practically the year through, and many of the best farmers have 

 them. The Southern farmer has, in fact, a decided advantage over the North- 

 ern farmer in this respect. We have seen that a variety of feeds almost al- 

 ways produced more satisfactory results than one feed. Pastures and green 

 crops can be used to furnish variety better than any other feeds. The South- 

 ern farmer has grown so accustomed to placing his hogs in a small pen when 

 fattening period arrives that he has almost forgotten that the hog can make 

 valuable use of many green crops if he be given the opportunity. 



PERMANENT PASTURES. 



Until the farmer sees his way clear to make a permanent pasture or has 

 one already made, he should keep out of the live-stock business. It is, in 

 fact, almost impossible to realize a profit upon any kind of stock without 

 good pastures. Therefore, the first thing to be done when one contemplates 

 engaging in stock raising is to establish a pasture. 



The South, which is the very section where they can be made easily, is 

 sadly deficient in pastures. No attention has been given to them; it has all 

 been given to cotton. But the Southern farmer, if he will devote some time 

 and effort to the subject, can have as good a pasture as was ever seen in 

 Kentucky or Missouri, and have that pasture available for grazing more 

 months in the year than is possible in those States. For a permanent pasture 

 there is no combination, either in the North or in the South, that will equal 

 burr clover and Bermuda grass. In many sections the Bermuda can be grazed 

 throughout the summer months and the burr clover from January until the 

 Bermuda comes on again. The combination will afford grazing at least ten 

 months of the year. Both plants are permanent after they are once estab- 

 lished. To supplement the permanent pasture, temporary pastures should be 

 grown, as cowpeas, peanuts, etc., but no farmer who has stock can afford to 

 be without this permanent pasture combination to be ready for use when the 

 temporary pastures can not be employed. 



RAPE PASTURE. 



One of the valuable green crops for hogs is rape. It can be sown in the 

 fall after the summer crops are taken off the land, and within seventy days 

 is ready for the hogs to be turned upon it. It is a winter growing crop, 

 or one that can be used between the two summer crops. As a result of its 

 use the land can be kept in use and covered with green vegetation the year 

 round. Several experiment stations and farmers have demonstrated its value 

 as a hog feed. 



