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estimates that it wiJ] take 15 bushels of corn on wheat, 

 oats, and rye pasture to raise and fatten a hog so it will 

 weigh 240 pounds at nine months old, besides the pasture 

 and slop. At the price of corn mentioned, 35 cents a 

 bushel, and with hogs at 5>4 cents a pound, note the cost 

 of producing pork on this farm : 



Value of 240-pound hog, at 5>^ cents $13.20 



Value of pig at weaning, 50 pounds, at 5>4 cents 2.75 



Gain from pasture and grain $10.45 



Cost of 15 bushels of corn, at 35 cents $5-25 



Value of pasture per head pastured $5-20 



"The pasture specified here will not support more than 

 half as many head per acre on this farm by feeding corn 

 all the time. The value of this pasture is only $5.20 per 

 head, against $7.07 per head for alfalfa pasture on the 

 other farm. The experiences of these men are sufficient 

 to show the value of alfalfa pasture alone, and its greater 

 value when grain is fed in connection, and that it is an 

 important factor in economical pork production. 



ALFALFA HAY 



"While alfalfa pasture has been found to be very 

 valuable for hogs, the hay as a part ration for winter is 

 scarcely less important. Throughout the region referred 

 to the farmers are feeding the hay to hogs in winter. 

 Many feed the hay by throwing it on the ground in 

 forkfuls; others have made low racks in which the hay 



