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until about eight months old. feeding one ear of corn per 

 head daily. He then feeds heavily on corn for a month 

 or two and sells at an average weight of 200 to 225 

 pounds. Another man feeds all the corn and slop the 

 pigs will clean up, all the while grazing them on alfalfa 

 pasture, and sells at six to eight months old at weights of 

 250 to 300 pounds. Another, who raises about a thou- 

 sand head a year, feeds all the corn the pigs will eat, be- 

 ginning shortly after weaning and continuing until the 

 hogs are sold at ten to 1 1 months old, averaging about 

 275 pounds. 



" "Still another farmer, from weaning time (two 

 months old) until eight months old, feeds the pigs noth- 

 ing but dry corn on alfalfa pasture, averaging about one- 

 half gallon of corn (3^^ pounds) a day per head. At the 

 end of eight months he sells at an average weight of 

 250 pounds. Feeding the above quantity of corn a day 

 makes about ii/4 bushels per head. Figuring this at 

 the average price of corn in this locality, 35 cents, and 

 the price received for pork, 53^ cents, the following- 

 results will show the cost of growing pork on this farm 

 and the value of alfalfa pasture: 



Value of 250-pound hog, at 5K cents $i3-75 



Value of pig at weaning, 50 pounds, at 5>^ cents 2.75 



Gain from pasture and grain $1 i.oo 



Cost of iiM bushels of corn, at 35 cents $3-93 



Value of pasture per head pastured $7-07 



"Xow, compare these results with those of a man who 

 had to depend on other pasture crops than alfalfa. He 



