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Hogs and Sheep in the Orchard 



By Gordon G. Brown, Horticulturist, Hood River Experiment Station 



THE question of the practicability 

 of allowing hogs or sheep in the 

 orchard for pasture is an old and 

 mooted one, yet one on which addi- 

 tional light is being thrown each year. 

 Data is being collected by the local Ex- 

 periment Station which should enable 

 the orchardist to judge for himself, 

 approximately, the desirability or unde- 

 sirability of such a plan under his own 

 particular conditions. The fact that the 

 1915 report of this station is not yet in 

 the hands of the growers causes the 

 writer to feel that a few remarks on the 

 subject will be in order here and at 



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this particular time. Undoubtedly 

 here, as elsewhere, many orchardists 

 will throw up their hands in horror at 

 the suggestion of allowing hogs, and 

 especially sheep, the privilege of unre- 

 stricted roaming in the sacred and re- 

 spected domains inhabited by the fruit 

 tree. This view is especially taken 

 because of the well-known tendency of 

 the former to root up the ground badly, 

 and of the latter to eat the bark of the 

 trees. However, experimental data col- 

 lected locally indicates that there is 

 much merit in the plan of hog or sheep 

 pasturing of the orchard. 



What are some of the advantages of 

 such a plan? What are some of the 

 economic factors as well as scientific 

 factors involved, because upon these 

 points the desirajjility or undesirability 

 of the whole scheme rests? In other 

 words, increasing the output of market- 

 able products from a given area of land 

 and with a given capital without unduly 

 increasing the expenses involved are 

 the features to be emphasized. Under 

 certain conditions which the writer 

 will attempt to enumerate the pasturing 

 plan appears feasible and desirable 

 under Hood River Valley conditions. 

 Briefly, the advantages of pasturing the 

 orchard may be summed up in the fol- 

 lowing manner: (1) All of the land is 

 fully utilized. In other words, it is 

 being fully employed for the produc- 

 tion of readily marketable crops. (2) 

 Leguminous manurial crops are usu- 

 ally grown which, when eaten, are re- 

 turned to the soil in a quickly avail- 

 able form. (3) Unless pastured too 

 closely there is sufficient crop to turn 

 under for green manure after the sea- 

 son is over or the crops begin to run 

 out. (4) Where legumes are grown 

 their nitrogen-fixing abilities are to be 

 recognized and appreciated. (>")) W'here 

 crop is ijastured labor is saved in cut- 

 ting, curing and handling. (C) ^^^lere 

 good animals and goo<l pasture crojjs 

 are provided, cheap and economical 

 gains are made. (7) Green succulent 

 pasture when thus utilized is worth 

 more relatively than its market value 

 aftei- expensive labor has been used in 

 putting it up in the form of hay. (8) 



More products are secured from a given 

 area without greatly increasing the 

 cost. Hence increased net returns. 



There are few conditions which usu- 

 ally obtain in the orchard itself that do 

 not make such a plan feasible. Other 

 factors such as housing, breeding, kill- 

 ing, marketing, etc., are not touched 

 upon here. Of course in very young 

 orchards where an abundance of suc- 

 culent foliage and small limbs are 

 directly exposed it is doubtful if it is 

 advisable to turn other than very small 

 shotes in for pasture. Also the whole 

 subject must be viewed in the light 



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The fruit-grower 

 who has other 

 sourcesof income 

 besides his orch- 

 ard can rest easi- 

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 Always a market 

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 Does not require 



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or time. 



Silage is the money-making feed for dairy 

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 in Winter-time when hay is high. Takes 

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