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for 15 days, and were then given the run of the cow pea and rape 

 lots for 15 days. 



On August 25th the hogs were put on soy beans and sorghum 

 sown together, broadcast, and kept on this until October 3d without 

 ffrain feed. 



From October 3d to November 2d the hogs were fed 3 pounds 

 corn daily with what soy beans and cane they could get. 



On E'ovember 2d they were put in pens for fattening and fed 7 

 pounds corn daily each. They were continued on this feed 60 days 

 and then killed and put on the market. 



The hogs were 11 months old when killed and would have weighed 

 200 pounds dressed, as an average, but for two under-sized ones, 

 which did not do as well as the others, and which cut down the 

 average weight to 188 pounds. The pork was sold on the local mar- 

 ket at 11 cents per pound. 



The following is a financial statement showing cost of production 



and what was obtained : 



* 12 pigs at $4 --: --$ 48.00 



106 bushels of corn at 70 cents 74.20 



720 pounds shorts at $1.65 12.00 



Labor on pasture - - — 24.00 



Butchering and delivering --.- 6.00 



Total $164.20 



This will give an average cost per hog of $13.70. 

 The hogs averaged 188 pounds dressed and sold for 11 cents per 

 pound, as follows: 



12 hogs weighing ISb pounds each — 2,256 pounds 



—at 11 cents $248.16 



Feed consumed by 12 hogs and pasture 164.20 



Profit --,- $ 83.96 



This gives an average of $20.69 or a net profit per hog of $6.98. 



We advise for winter hog pasture, rape sown in September with 

 crimson clover. Five pounds rape is ample per acre in the drill 

 and 10 pounds broadcast. When rape is sown in the row and the 

 clover does not catch, rye may be planted later between the rows. 



Vetch, wheat and oats make an excellent winter pasture for hogs 

 if sown early enough in September to get a start before cold weather. 

 It pays to fertilize this mixture well 



One-half bushel wheat, 



One bushel oats, 



15 pounds vetch make a good seeding. 



