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ture for hogs when heading or blooming. K allowed to ripen it 

 becomes woody, and is not relished by hogs, and needs cutting in 

 order to make a new growth. 



Alfalfa furnishes a forage fully the equal of that furnished by 

 clover, and in greater quantities. It cannot be pastured very close 

 without injury, but should be allowed to make about two crops of 

 hay each season. " , 



Hogs on clover or alfalfa pasture will sometimes make a satis- 

 factory gain with no grain feed, but it usually takes a small feed 

 of grain to secure the best results. After the pigs have started well 

 after weaning time, a ration of com alone in connection with clover 

 or alfalfa pasture usually gives the most profitable gains. The 

 rapidity of gains made on corn alone can be increased by adding a 

 small amount of shorts, linseed oilmeal, tankage, etc., to the corn, 

 but the cost of gains, with feed at present prices, will be little 

 affected. 



Cowpeas are the cheapest form of home-grown protein to use 

 for feeding with corn. They can be sown either alone or with corn and 

 pastured with hogs. Hogs can be made to gain two or more pounds 

 daily per head with a ration of corn, fed on cowpeas pasture. 



Rape is very valuable for furnishing forage at times when clover 

 or other pasture is short or has been badly injured. It can be sown 

 to furnish pasture at almost any time during the growing season. 

 The pasture is of about the same value as clover. Practically the 

 same grain ration used in connection with clover pasture will give 

 the best results on rape. 



Oats, or a mixture of rape and oats, make an excellent early 

 summer pasture. They should be pastured from the time they are 

 three to six inches high until heads begin forming and again when 

 the seed is in the dough. When on oats pasture, hogs should be 

 fed some kind of nitrogenous supplement with corn, but not in such 

 large quantities as when they are on bluegrass or timothy pasture. 



Sorghum makes a good pasture during drouths and hot weather, 

 but is not relished by hogs as much as other pastures. It is best 

 pasture when about one and one-half to two feet high. It can also 

 be used when heading. Hogs on sorghum also require some supple- 

 ment with corn. 



Pumpkins help to put the hog in good physical condition for a 

 heavy feeding period. They are easily and cheaply grown, and add 

 very greatly to the A^alue of a ration of corn. 



Soybeans have not become well established in this State, but 



