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a season. Red clover ranks next to alfalfa in point of efficiency. 

 Alsike and Japan clover and the vetches can be pastured to good 

 advantage. A mixture of blue grass and white clover is the per- 

 manent pasture in many states and makes a good hog pasture. 

 Sweet clover is not without value if pastured before it gets 

 coarse and woody. 



When an emergency crop is needed to supplement the per- 

 manent pastures, Dwarf Essex rape is one of the best crops that 

 can be employed. It thrives best on rich, moist soils and can be 



FIG. 206. Pigs like alfalfa hay 



seeded at any time from early spring to late summer. If not pas- 

 tured off too closely, it will grow up two or three times during 

 a season. Three or four pastures seeded at different times will 

 furnish feed from early summer until late fall. Experiments 

 have shown that rape pasture is almost equal to alfalfa pasture. 



Mixtures of oats and rape, oats and field peas, and clover 

 and rape have given good returns. Cowpeas and Spanish pea- 

 nuts are good for fall use. Sweet sorghum can be pastured with 

 profit, since it is a heavy yielder and can be grown on land 

 that does not furnish enough moisture for rape. 



537. Sanitation and common diseases of hogs. No other farm 

 animal is so much abused by being kept in filthy quarters as is 

 the hog, and yet the animal is cleanly in its habits when given 



