174 Pork Production 



TABLE XLVII. RESULTS FROM "HOGGING DOWN" RIPE RYE 



BLUE-GRASS : TIMOTHY 



Although blue-grass has its largest use as a pasture for 

 cattle or horses on the average farm, it may be employed 

 profitably for the pigs during the seasons when the usual 

 forage crops are not available. In the corn-belt especially, 

 it has proved of large value as an adjunct to corn on those 

 farms on which the production of forage crops and the 

 feeding of balanced rations have been given little or no 

 consideration. It is particularly valuable in the spring 

 and fall as a reserve, or addition, to the regular forage 

 crops. It may be grown on land not suitable for the 

 production of other forage crops, it is permanent, cheap, 

 and will supply green feed for a long grazing period. The 

 yield and quality of blue-grass, like that of any other 

 forage crop, varies widely with the kind of soil on which 

 it is grown, the favorableness of the season, and the man- 

 agement given it. Timothy has some value as a forage 

 crop, but its supply of protein is below that furnished by 

 either blue-grass or rye. 



