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Pork Production 



TABLE XLV. WINTER RYE VERSUS DRY LOT FEEDING 



"Hogging down" ripe rye. 



The following interesting comparison was made in an 

 experiment conducted at the Iowa Station in 191 1. 1 One 

 plot of rye was "hogged down" by turning in the pigs 

 when it was ripe and the stalks beginning to crinkle 

 down, which was July 7. In the second lot a comparable 

 area of green rye was grazed from September 22 to 

 November 21. The pigs in the ripe rye averaged 69 

 pounds when turned in, while those on the green rye 

 averaged 36 pounds. The results are condensed in 

 Table XLVI. 



The rye in lot I was very heavy and estimated to 

 yield 41 bushels to the acre. Although the rye grain 

 when properly supplemented is a good feed, the results 

 of this test would indicate that the practice of "hogging 

 down" the ripened crop is unprofitable. The authors 

 of the experiment stated it would have been much more 



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