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and is much the same from a feeding standpoint as peas. A 

 mixture of oats and barley, equal parts; or, one part oats, 

 one part barley, and one part peas; or two parts oats and 

 one part peas, is sown in many sections of the country and 

 used as forage crop for swine. It makes a very good feed for 

 a short time. If different pieces of ground are sown at in- 

 tervals of two or three weeks, a very good series of forage 

 crops may be provided in this way. Cow peas and soy 

 beans are both very rich in protein and make an excellent 

 feed in any locality where they can be grown. They require 

 a fairly warm climate, thus do not seem to do very well in 

 the northern states. In the southern, however, they stand 

 in the very front rank. Rape has been used quite commonly 

 and is grown very generally throughout Canada and the 

 northern states. When sown broadcast or when drilled in 

 rows two feet apart it furnishes an abundance of green feed. 

 It makes an excellent hog pasture and furnishes as much or 

 more feed than any other forage crop that can be grown. 

 Experienced swine feeders, however, do not seem to like it 

 quite so well as red clover or alfalfa. 



Sorghum is grown in many sections of the country and 

 furnishes a very good feed during the latter part of the 

 season. To get the greatest returns from a crop of sorghum 

 it should not be pastured, but should be allowed to grow up 

 and cut and fed to the hogs in small lots. Where it is 

 pastured, there is a great waste, as much of the sorghum is 

 trampled under the feet of the animals. 



The feeds mentioned furnish a variety of forage crops 

 during the summer months. It is very important, however, 

 for the man who has a large breeding herd that he make 

 some provision for succulent feed during the winter months. 

 This may be supplied in the form of roots, such as turnips, 

 mangels, carrots, sugar beets, etc. In some sections of the 

 country squash and pumpkins are grown quite largely for 

 swine feeding during the fall months. Some feed them in the 

 raw state; others steam them and feed them in conjunction 

 with grain. Theodore Louis, of Louisville, Wisconsin, one 

 of the most prominent and successful swine men on the 

 continent, always grows an acre of squashes for his hogs 

 each year. He feeds some of them in the raw state, but 

 most of the squashes are fed with grain after being steamed 

 for a couple of hours. In this way he claims he is able to 



