282 SWINE IN AMERICA 



spike-toothed disk harrow to loosen the surface soil so 

 that the manure will be the better retained and absorbed. 



SAVING MADE BV "HOGGING OFF" 



Where conditions are favoraljle hogs will clean up 

 held corn with but inconsiderable waste and leave com- 

 paratively little, if any, to be gathered afterward. One 

 of the agricultural developments in later years is that 

 the swine of greatest profit and wholesomeness are 

 produced by their having pasturage or pasture conditions 

 from pighood to marketing. "Hogging off" corn is pas- 

 turing on grain instead of grass, and this, supervised 

 with good judgment, is easily economical rather than 

 wasteful. Pastured in cornfields, the swine are benefited 

 by the exercise and healthful surroundings. It is some- 

 times estimated that the expense of husking, cribbing 

 and feeding corn is as great as that of growing it, 

 and even if this is or is not approximately correct, the 

 "hogging off" process can be the means of a large 

 saving. A method often followed is that of turning in 

 the fattening hogs first and letting the 1)rood sows and 

 shotes follow them later, which will gi\e a cleaning up 

 with a minimum of waste. Ears which are beyond the 

 reach of swine may be gathered. Pumpkins or rape 

 may be planted to advantage in the section of the corn 

 field intended for the hogs, thus providing a most whole- 

 some variety of feed and more succulence. 



As an instance of methods and results in "hogging 

 down" corn the following practical bit of experience is 

 given by an Indiana subscriber to Farm, Stock and 

 II 0.' lie: 



