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Clover, Alfalfa or Cowpea Pasture for Hogs Following Cattle. 



It will require no experimental data to support the state- 

 ment that the hogs as well as the cattle will do better on past- 

 ures with as large a mixture as possible of clover. One of the 

 most profitable things that can be done in the average case would 

 be to provide a clover or alfalfa pasture of sufficient size to 

 accommodate the hogs so that they would graze on this clover 

 after having cleaned up the waste from the cattle, instead of 

 grazing on the steer pastures. 



This would tend to protect the steer grass from being 

 unduly soiled by the hogs, and would produce very largely in- 

 creased gains on the hogs. Another excellent plan would be 

 to provide, if possible, contiguous to the steer pasture, a small 

 field of cowpeas or soja beans upon which the hogs could be 

 turned by the middle of August or September, and have this 

 nitrogenous grain to supplement the corn they pick up after the 

 cattle. This would enable the hogs to be finished well and rap- 

 idly, and would make largely increased hog gains. 



A SUPPLEMENTAL GRAIN FOR HOGS FOLLOWING CATTLE. 



The profits from the use of some such supplemental feed as 

 middlings, linseed meal or tankage will be almost as striking 

 with hogs following cattle as when given to hogs fed 

 the grain direct. It is never profitable to feed straight corn to 

 hogs except when they are running on alfalfa, clover or soja 

 bean pasture. When following cattle on the ordinary bluegrass 

 pasture, therefore, and particularly when following cattle in a 

 dry lot, a small amount of old process linseed meal or of tankage, 

 or if these are not available, a limited amount of middlings, will 

 invariably add materially to the profits to be derived from the 

 hogs. This is very clearly shown by the results of a recent 

 experiment in Ohio,* when 1-3 Ib. of digested tankage was 

 given daily per head of hogs following cattle on corn and mixed 

 hay, in contrast with hogs following similarly fed cattle without 

 the tankage. The hogs having no tankage gained 808 pounds, 



*Ohio Exp. Sta. Cir. 73. 



