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The ten hogs having- grain alone ate 3,885 pounds of 

 dry Kafir-corn meal, while the ten hogs having hay and 

 grain ate 4,679 pounds of the Kafir-corn meal and 656 

 pounds of alfalfa hay. The hay-fed hogs ate more grain 

 and gained more for each hushel eaten. 



"In a former experiment pigs were pastured through 

 the summer on alfalfa with a light feeding of corn. 

 After deducting the prohable gain from the corn, the 

 gain per acre from the alfalfa pasture was 776 pounds 

 of pork. 



"These facts indicate that to produce pork most cheap- 

 ly tile Kansas farmer must have alfalfa pasture in sum- 

 mer and alfalfa hay in winter." 



The Kansas station also found in another test that 

 one acre of alfalfa produced pork worth $20.30, while 

 one acre of rape produced pork worth $10.05. 



The Iowa station director estimated that one acre of 

 alfalfa pasture was worth at least three acres of blue 

 grass for pigs. -It is claimed by Kansas farmers that an 

 average acre of alfalfa will pasture 15 pigs, while some 

 report having pastured 20 or more pigs per acre. Those 

 who have used alfalfa as a soiling crop for pigs admit, 

 however, that one acre so utilized is equal to two. if not 

 three, used as pasture. 



It is argued by feeders that as many hogs may profit- 

 ably be allowed with cattle that are being fattened on 

 corn and alfalfa as when the cattle are fed corn alone, 

 as the feeders believe in cleaning out the feed racks every 

 few days and giving the left-over stems to the hogs. If 

 necessary, a little corn is added to the hog ration. 



