178 SWINE IN AMERICA 



pounds of pork. In another test on rich valley land one 

 acre of cowpeas produced 483 pounds of' pork. The 

 hogs were turned into the field when the peas were about 

 ripe. Cowpeas do well sown as far north as Central 

 Illinois. 



SAND OR HAIRY VETCH. 

 SAND \T5TCHES 



A writer who claims to know says southern farmers 

 who are raising swine, and want "the best, most nourish- 

 ing and quickest-growing pastures, should sow, just be- 

 fore wheat-sowing time in the fall, sand vetches mixed 

 with rye. The hogs may be turned on this when it has 

 made a 5-inch growth, and it will afford good pasture 

 throughout the winter if not too closely eaten down." 



