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raised to $1.59, $1.69, and $3.35, respectively (estimating the cost 

 of making the crop at $8 an acre). 



The Southern Yellow variety of bean was used in all cases. 

 Other varieties can he used if it is desired that the grazing period 

 should be extended. For instance, the Hollybrook variety is ready 

 for grazing two or three weeks before the Southern Yellow, although 

 planted at the same time. (F. B. 411.) 



Soy beans will furnish pasture for hogs during the latter part 

 of August and September, and the green and ripening beans when 

 harvested by the hogs in this way make an excellent feed. The beans 

 when fed in a ration consisting of one part beans and three to five 

 parts of corn or Kafir corn, as shown by the Kansas Agricultural Ex- 

 periment Station, make a very profitable ration for fattening hogs. 

 (F. B. 331.) 



The soy bean is regarded as somewhat better adapted for finish- 

 ing a bunch of hogs than the cowpea ; at the same time if one does 

 not care to bother with so many different crops, the cowpea may be 

 used instead with satisfactory results. (Mo. B. 79.) 



Canada Field Peas.- The seeding is done in April or early in 

 May, and the crop can be pastured by midsummer. The best season 

 for pasturing is when the peas have formed, the stock being allowed 

 to harvest the crop. Hogs make a very thorough harvesting, clean- 

 ing up the peas and the vines quite thoroughly. What vines are left 

 on the ground, together with the manure, enrich the soil and add 

 more humus to it. In addition to this the labor of harvesting is 

 saved. (F. B. 33.) 



Peanuts. Other things being equal, legumes should always be 

 made use of when planning a succession of crops for hogs, on account 

 of their favorable influence in building up soils. Peanuts range among 

 the exceedingly valuable leguminous hog crops. Many farmers are 

 already aware of their high feeding value, and they are used in those 

 few sections of the South that at the present time are producing more 

 pork than is used at home. As a rule, when a hog-producing section 

 is found in the South, a peanut-growing section is also found. This 

 plant, used along with soy beans, affords a long summer and fall 

 grazing season. It is a very valuable crop for fattening hogs. It 

 should also be remembered in this connection that these hog-grazing 

 crops do not cost a cent to harvest ; the hogs save the expense by con- 

 suming the crops in the field. Again, when the hog grazes on the 

 crop there is practically no danger of losing it on account of con- 

 tinued rain at harvesting time. (F. B. 411.) 



As a whole, peanut pasture was found to be more useful than 

 any other pasture tried. Notwithstanding the fact that the peanut 

 pastures were not good two years out of the three they still gave ex- 

 cellent results. Pork was made at a good profit when peanut pasture 

 was used in conjunction with corn. (Ala. B. 143.) 



Spanish peanuts fed alone yielded a larger gain than corn fed 

 alone. The results indicated that an acre of peanuts of a yield of 

 forty bushels would produce approximately $18.40 worth of pork at 

 $6.25 per 100 pounds. With pork at $9 per 100 pounds the same 



