25O FEEDING FARM ANIMALS 



or a permanent pasture of alfalfa. The other lots 

 may be used in rotation. Several of them may be 

 seeded to rye in the fall and as they are pastured off 

 in turn during the winter and spring, they may be 

 seeded with other forage plants. The one first 

 grazed down may be plowed and seeded early to 

 peas and oats, the next one to corn or sorghum or a 

 mixture of the two, a third to cowpeas, and the 

 others to soy beans, rape, peanuts and sweet potatoes. 



As each crop is pastured off, other summer crops 

 may follow, thus giving a constant rotation of for- 

 age, and all as preparatory to the final finishing 

 period. Hogs that have been brought near to the 

 finishing period with cowpeas, soy beans, peanuts 

 and sweet potatoes, should be finished off with corn, 

 since the flavor of the meat will be improved and 

 the fat will be less soft than it otherwise might be. 



Forage for Cheap Gain. Any growing crop is 

 helpful in raising cheap pork. In sections where a 

 temporary pasture like timothy and clover is the 

 rule, spring pigs may be given the range of the 

 fields. Thus they will gather a considerable portion 

 of their food. They should not be denied, however, 

 additional food in the way of slops or of dry grain. 

 Corn, or corn and oil meal, or corn and tankage, may 

 be used in combination to insure steady growth. 

 Spring pigs thus raised by July will be of fair 

 growth. From this time they should be pushed 

 somewhat in order that they may be fat by late fall 

 or early winter. 



The feeding of green corn on pasture is a com- 

 mon practice and has much in its favor. Practically 



