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pense of the hog gains. So long as the food is offered in palatable 

 enough form to make the steer gain at a fairly rapid rate and to 

 make it fat in a reasonable time, he is not interested in how much 

 passes through the steer unmasticated or undigested. Whatever 

 part of the grain the steer fails to use, the hog will utilize to good 

 advantage. 



Fig. 11. The hogs utilize the waste. 



Effect of Different Feeds on Hog Gains — It is a common say- 

 ing among cattle feeders that the profit is in the hog that follows 

 the steer. Recent experiments at the Missouri Experiment Station 

 and elsewhere clearly indicate that the amount of gain the hog 

 makes will be affected in an important way by the kind of food 

 given the steer which he follows. For example, it has been found 

 that hogs following cattle eating corn and linseed meal do better 

 than those following cattle fed on straight corn. Hogs following 

 cattle eating corn and clover hay do better than those eating corn 

 and timothy hay, and so on throughout the whole range of feeds. 

 In general, feeds that are rich in protein and that favor a rapid 

 and high development in cattle will likewise favor a rapid and high 

 finish in the hog. 



It requires no experimental data to support the statement that 

 hogs as well as the cattle will do better on pastures with as large 

 an admixture as possible of clover. In this connection one of the 

 most profitable things than can be done is to prepare a clover or 

 alfalfa pasture of sufficient size to accommodate the hogs that 

 follow the cattle and let them graze on this clover after having 

 cleaned up the waste from the cattle, instead of grazing on the 

 steer pastures. This will tend to protect the steer grass from be- 

 ing unduly soiled by the hogs and to produce increased gain on 

 the hogs. 



Another excellent plan is to provide, if possible, contiguous 

 to the steer pasture, a small field of cowpeas or soja beans, upon 



