FORAGE CROPS FOR HOGS IN KANSAS AND OKLAHOMA. 45 



The licanut can bo planted the hist of April or first of May in the 

 latitiulo of the regions discussed in these pages and is ready to turn 

 the hogs on by the last of August. 



In Colorado, in the sugar-beet district, hogs have been fed quite 

 extensively on beets in the winter. Beets do not prove satisfactory 

 when fed alone, but are used to some extent as part ration with grain. 

 One farmer states that he saves a good supply each year to feed in 

 the winter to his hogs to keep them in a healthy condition. 



In a feeding test at the Colorado Agricultural P^xperiment Station 

 sugar beets proved to be wholly unsatisfactory when fed Avith grain. 

 The cost per hundred pounds of gain of beets and barley fed hogs 

 was $0.01 ; of beets and corn fed hogs, $7.22, the latter being higher 

 than any other ration fed. 



. PUMPKINS. 



Pumpkins are an excellent feed for keeping hogs in a healthy 

 condition. ^lany farmers claim that the seeds of pumpkins will 

 prevent worms in liigs and shoats and that a ration of ])umpkins 

 fed with grain will keep hogs thrifty and give them a good appetite. 

 A good many Avagonloads can be grown on an acre of ricli land. 

 Stumpy land or low moist land will grow good pumpkins. 



PASTURE CROPS FOR DIFFERENT SEASONS. 



It is not the j)ur})()se of this bulletin to di.scuss the rotation of 

 crops and its importance on the farm, but the aim is to briefly men- 

 tion the forage crops that are adapted for hogs each month of the 

 year in this region and to explain how they can be made to overlap 

 each other, so that green pasture can be provided for each month 

 in the southern part of the territory discussed and for the greater 

 part of the year in the northern part. Hog raisers know that some 

 months of the year there is an abundance of pasture, while at other 

 seasons there is very little, if anv. At such times other feeds must 

 be resorted to that will supply the deficienc3^ The extra feed re- 

 quired is expensive and cuts down the margin of profit in pork 

 l^roduction. 



It will not be practicable to name the crop that is best adapted to 

 every locality for the different seasons, as each farmer must know his 

 soil and conditions and adapt his crops to those conditions. The fol- 

 lowing table wall show the crops that may be ready for pasture in the 

 months specified and the possible area of pasture provided, but the 

 choice of one or more of these must be left to the farmer himself. 



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