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the addition of alfalfa hay produced gains one-fourth greater than the 

 gains from corn alone and decreased the amount of grain necessary to 

 produce a pound of gain eighteen per cent. 



In a recent sixty-day pig-feeding trial at the Hays Branch Experiment 

 Station, a grain mixture of ground kafir (62 per cent), shorts (30 per 

 cent), and tankage (8 per cent), was fed on alfalfa pasture. The lot 

 which received no grain during the first forty days, and was then full fed, 

 made one-half the gains made by the lot which was full fed during the 

 entire period, and required 3*/ pounds grain per pound of gain, as com- 

 pared with 5 pounds required by the full-fed lot. While the pigs made a 

 daily gain of one-third of a pound per head on alfalfa pasture without 

 grain, their daily gains averaged slightly more than 2 pounds per 

 head. The lot which received a limited amount of grain on alfalfa 

 pasture made two-thirds the gain made by the lot which received no grain 

 for forty days, and required more grain to produce a pound of gain than 

 the latter did. 



It has been found that from 100 to 200 pounds of alfalfa have saved 

 100 pounds of corn. If 100 pounds of corn will produce 20 pounds of 

 pork, figuring corn at 60 cents, the alfalfa would return a value of $18.50 

 per ton. Figuring 3 tons per acre, the total returns would be $55. In 

 some cases it has run as high as $80, but this is an exception and can not 

 be expected in common practice. An acre of pasture producing 800 pounds . 

 of pork worth 7 cents per pound would return $56, which allows a very 

 good profit. 



TABLE No. 48. Rations for swine, which include alfalfa. Suggested by the Kansas 

 Agricultural College Experiment Station. 



BROOD Sows, DRY: 



I. Alfalfa pasture alone best during dry season. 

 II. Alfalfa pasture. 



1 pound of grain daily. 

 BKOOD Sows WITH LITTERS: 



I. Allow 3.5 pounds of grain per 100 pounds of live weight, daily, consisting of: 

 Corn, 60 parts. 

 Bran, 10 parts. 

 Shorts, 30 parts. 

 Alfalfa pasture or hay at will. 

 FATTENING HOGS: 



I. Allow 3.5 to 4 pounds of grain per 100 pounds of live weight, daily, consisting of: 



Corn. 



Alfalfa pasture or hay at will. 



II. Allow 3.5 to 4 pounds of grain per 100 pounds of live weight, daily, consisting of : 

 Corn, 6 parts. 

 Shorts, 1 part. 



Alfalfa pasture or hay at will. 

 GROWING PIGS: 



I. Allow 2.5 pounds of grain per 100 pounds of live weight, daily, consisting of: 

 Corn, 5 parts. 

 Shorts, 30 parts. 

 Tankage, 5 parts. 

 Alfalfa pasture or hay at will. 



In running hogs on alfalfa judgment should be used not to pasture too 

 heavily. The number of hogs is limited by the yield, the size of the hogs, 

 and the amount of grain they are receiving. Under ordinary conditions an 

 acre should carry from eight to ten mature hogs which are receiving 

 no igrain. The pasturing should allow two or three cuttings of hay to be 

 removed. In this way the crowns of the plant will not be injured. The 



