Table of Contents 



CHAPTER VII 



PAGES 



FEEDING AND CARE OP GROWING AND FATTENING PIGS 128-152 



The weight and type of pig desired by the market . 128-130 



General systems of handling and feeding . . . 130-132 



Food demands of the growing and fattening pig . 132 



Corn as a pig feed 133-141 



Experiments demonstrating the deficiencies of 

 corn alone as a feed for growing and fatten- 

 ing pigs 133-141 



The advantages of forage crops .... 141-152 



Dry lot versus forage feeding .... 141-146 

 Feeding skim-milk on forage . . . .146 



Corn alone versus corn and forage . . . 147-148 



Summary of benefits from growing forage crops . 148-152 



CHAPTER VIII 



CHOOSING A FORAGE CROP: EXPERIMENTAL FEEDING 



TRIALS 153-193 



Essentials of an ideal forage .... 153-154 



Medium red clover ....... 154-157 



Clover versus alfalfa 155-156 



Clover versus rape ...... 156-157 



Other clovers 157-158 



Alfalfa 159-162 



Alfalfa versus rape ...... 159-161 



Alfalfa versus sweet clover ..... 161-162 



Dwarf Essex rape 162-166 



Early versus late rape and other forages . . 164-165 



Winter rape . . . . . . . 165-166 



Combinations : Canadian field peas, oats, clover, rape 166-170 



Forage mixtures for fall pigs .... 167-169 



Oats versus other forages ..... 169-170 



Rye* 170-174 



Rye as a winter forage 171-172 



"Hogging-down" ripe rye 172-174 



Blue-grass: timothy . . . . . . . 174-177 



Blue-grass and timothy versus clover and alfalfa 175-177 



