ALFALFA FOR SWIME I97 



one pound of pork, the 96 pounds of corn would give 19 

 pounds of pork. Estimating the average yield of 

 alfalfa hay to be four tons per acre, it would, on this 

 basis, mean 1520 pounds of pork per acre from feeding 

 alfalfa hay with corn." 



A NEBRASKA TEST 



The Nebraska experiment station at Lincoln, from a 

 hog-feeding test made in 1903. reported the following: 



"With the alfalfa ha}- worth $7 per ton, the leaves, 

 containing 40 per cent more protein, would be worth 

 approximately $10 per ton. Hie sliorts cost $12.50 per 

 ton delivered. The dairy department charged 15 cents 

 per 100 pounds for the skim milk used. Corn was de- 

 livered to the barns at 30 cents per bushel. Adding the 

 usual rate of six cents per 100 pounds for grinding, the 

 corn meal cost $12 per ton. At these prices each 100 

 pounds of gain in the several lots cost as follows : 



Lot I, corn alone $4.48 



Lot 2, corn and skim milk 3.97 



Lot 3, corn and shorts 3.53 



Lot 4, corn and alfalfa 3.40 



"This experiment shows that at the market prices 

 quoted and the proportions used in the experiment, skim 

 milk will make corn bring four cents more per bushel, 

 wheat shorts eight cents more, and alfalfa leaves nine 

 cents more. Assuming that only five per cent of the 252,- 

 520.173 bushels of corn produced in Nebraska this year 

 is being fed to hogs as a single food, these figures would 

 go to show that $1,000,000 more wealth would be added 



