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changed from one plat of alfalfa to the 

 other to keep them on succulent feed 

 and get a maximum growth of forage. 

 If not fed down closely, the alfalfa 

 stubble should be clipped as soon each 

 time as hogs are removed. 



In a Hood River experiment this 

 past summer, thirteen hogs, Duroc, 

 averaging 7,3..'> pounds, made a total 

 gain of 241 i)ounds in 32 days. This 

 amounts lo individual gain of 18.5 

 pounds and an average daily gain of 

 .57 pounds per hog. This gain was 

 made on clover pasture alone. For a 

 thirty-day period on clover with .5 

 pound grain (rolled barley) per hog 

 per day they gained 13.8 pounds per 

 hog, or .44 pounds per day. During a 

 58-day period on the same clover and 

 field peas which were mature, the same 

 hogs made a total gain of 44.8 pounds, 

 which amounted to a daily gain of .77 

 pounds. For a the period of 120 days 

 these animals made a daily gain of 

 .64 pounds, amounting to an individual 

 gain of 77.2 pounds and a total gain for 

 the period of 1,004 pounds. As the 

 hogs were of excellent stufl' for such 

 an experiment they no doubt did well 

 under the conditions, however they did 

 not have sulTicient grain to make maxi- 

 mum gains. Witli about 2 per cent of 

 grain they should have made 1 pound 

 gain a day. As they ran over three 

 acres of clover and fed off four acres 

 of peas in company with twenty head 

 of smaller animals, it is impossible to 

 determine what income they yielded 

 per acre of clover, or of peas. 



The question is sometimes asked, 

 will not the hogs damage the trees? 

 Yes, quite fretpiently they will injure 

 young trees, and there are certain indi- 

 viduals that need watching or remov- 

 ing from the orchard. However, if 

 there is an abunrlance of feed and good 

 varieties, there is less danger. If the 

 apples get heavy enough so as to bring 

 the branches near the ground, hogs 

 will often shake off large quantities of 

 fruit. One should not try to over- 

 class the orchard. The cull fruit is of 

 questionable value. It is, however, 

 worth something, but is poor for 

 fattening. 



It is exceedingly hard for an orchard- 

 ist to engage in dairying on a large 

 scale. There are a few exceptions, 

 however. For example, a man who 

 has abundant pasture and can raise 

 plenty of feed, sell his milk at retail 

 prices, and provide proper barns and 

 pasture for his stock, will often make 

 money. His herd, however, must be 

 superior and he cannot afford to buy 

 much of the food the cattle consumes. 

 An orchardist can often make very 

 good money on from one to three 

 cows, and begin to lose money when 

 he attempts more. The average cow 

 which the dairyman offers the orchard- 

 ist is of very (luestionable value. Very 

 few men are temiieramentally suited to 

 handle both fruit and cows success- 

 fully. 



A small Hock of chickens should be 

 fotmd on every orchardist's ranch. It 

 is only in exceptional cases, however, 

 where large flocks of chickens will 

 pay. If large numbers are kept, it 



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 orchardists feel that the element of 

 grain is a factor which keeps them 

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I have felt that possibly it would 

 pay some of our orchardists who have 

 good crops of clover and alfalfa to 

 attempt sheep fattening. There are 

 sections of the Northwest where sheep 

 can be secured in the spring of the 

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 tions where people would be glad to 

 lease pasturage. We have tried an 

 experiment with sheep this past year 

 at Hood Hiver, but hope to try it more 

 extensively in the future. The report 

 of this year's experiment is as follows: 

 Eight head of ewes with lambs can be 

 handled on three acres of good clover 

 in orchards. The ewes made practi- 

 cally no gains, as they suckled the 

 lambs throughout the determination. 

 Our figuies show that eight head 



suckling lambs that averaged 20 pounds 

 when put on clover with mothers 

 (single lambs) made an average daily 

 gain of 1.2 pounds each for a period 

 of 52 days. No correction has here 

 been made to cover gaunt condition 

 of animals at first weighing, and full 

 condition at final weight. 



Where the fruitgrower has some 

 pasturage, raising abundant hay and 

 grain, it will generally pay him lo raise 

 his own colts, and sell oil" his work 

 horses at the time they will l)ring the 

 most money, and always break in new 

 colls for his work. It is doubtful, 

 however, if it will pay if one has not 

 tile feed and pasture. 



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