148 RESULTS OF EXPERIMENTS IN SWINE FEEDING 



" Three pounds of rape seed (per acre) sown in corn at 

 last cultivation, furnishes considerable succulent feed, which 

 may take the place of high-priced shorts." 



"It is not expected that all corn raised be fed off with 

 hogs, but the amount they can clean up from the time it is 

 nicely glazed until the weather becomes unfavorable may be 

 economically fed in this way." 



" Hogs should not, as a rule, be turned into more corn 

 at one time than they can cat up clean in two or three weeks. 

 The shorter period is preferable." 



Best Conditions. It is recommended that varieties of corn 

 be grown that will mature sufficiently by the first of September, 

 so as to prolong the feeding period. 



Pigs weighing from 100 to 140 pounds are best for the 

 purpose. Small pigs are not suitable. 



The table which follows is designed to show, approximately, 

 the number of days required to " hog off " an acre of corn by a 

 given number of pigs weighing 125 pounds. 



Tests in Missouri. The Missouri Experiment Station 

 (Bulletin 95) reports five tests in " hogging off " corn. In two 

 of the tests rye was sown among the corn at the last cultivation 

 at the rate of one bushel per acre; in two other plots cow-peas 

 were sown at the last cultivation at the rate of one bushel 

 per acre ; and in one plot rape was sown at the rate of 9 pounds 

 per acre. The following table 'shows the principal details: 



