Swine Growers' Session. 



77 



TIMOTHY AND CLOVER PASTURE. 



"The gain made by lot 6 on clover was 29.2 per cent larger 

 than that made by lot 1 on timothy pasture. The clover pigs ate 

 5,562 pounds of corn, which, if it had been fed to lot 1, would have 

 made 100 pounds gain for each 451.4 pounds corn, or a total of 

 1,232.1 pounds gain. Lot 6 gained 1,336.6 pounds, which is 104.5 

 pounds from nine-tenths acre, or 116 pounds of pork per acre of 

 clover more than would have been produced by an acre of timothy. 

 Timothy, we have seen, produced 278 pounds of pork per acre with 

 a grain ration of corn two parts, shorts one part, and as it showed 

 itself to be of greater benefit the wider the nutritive ratio of the 

 grain, it is probable that with corn alone the timothy would make 

 more than 278 pounds pork per acre from the grass itself. Thus, 

 from clover pasture from July 24th until the end of the season, we 

 may reasonably expect a production of about 400 pounds pork per 

 acre from the clover itself, when the pigs are fed in addition all 

 the corn they will eat. It is a matter of common knowledge that 

 young, growing pigs can only with difficulty be kept healthy and 

 thrifty on a ration of corn alone in a dry yard, so that practically 

 the value of pasture is even higher than indicated above. 



In concluding this review of the work of the Iowa Experiment 

 Station with supplemental feeds, I present the following table, 

 taken from Bulletin 91, showing the profit from different stand- 

 points for the hogs used in the third experiment. Prices of feeds 

 were as follows : 



Price 

 per ton. 



Price 

 per ewt. 



Corn, 40c, plus 3c 1'or shelling and grinding, 43c per bushel 



Shorts : 



Meat meal, |35.50, plus freight, $1.50 



Tankage, $34.00, plus freight, $1.50 



$ .768 

 1.075 

 1.85 

 1.775 



Pasture per acre $4.50 for full season, and since July 24th to 

 November 13th, included, only the latter half of the growing sea- 

 son, it is charged at $2.25 per acre. 



