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ALFALFA PASTURE VERSUS DRY LOT FOR FATTENING HOGS 

 WITH CORN. EXPERIMENT BEGAN WITH LOT 20 ON 

 JUNE 2;^ AND WITH LOT 21 ON JULY 28, I906 



'Two hogs were added to Lot 20 and one taken from Lot 21. This would make 

 the figures seem inaccurate if not taken into consideration. 



2If each hog in Lot 20 were charged 10 cents for alfalfa pasture the cost of 100 

 pounds gain would be $2.00. 



The hogs in Lot 20, on alfalfa pasture, gained daily 

 per head .28 pound more than Lot 21, confined in a dry 

 lot, and ate 130 pounds less corn for each 100 pounds 

 gain. The hogs on alfalfa made gains at a cost of 81 

 cents less per 100 pounds than those in a dry lot. The 

 average profit on each hog in Lot 20 on a feeding period 

 of 30 days was 81 cents more than on the hogs in Lot 

 J I. The daily profit per hog on alfalfa was 10 cents 

 and per hog in a dry lot 7 cents. There was received for 

 each bushel of corn fed to the hogs on alfalfa $1.02, and 

 for each bushel fed to those in a dry lot 71 cents. It 

 required nearly 43 per cent more corn to produce 100 

 pounds gain in a dry lot than when alfalfa pasture was 

 supplied. 



E.xperiment No. 9. — Methods of feeding alfalfa with 

 grain, for fattening hogs; From November 24, 1906, 



