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FATTENING HOGS ON ALFALFA IN NEBRASKA. 



The Nebraska Experiment Station has just issued Bulle- 

 tin Xo. 123 with the above named title. 



Part I gives the results of fattening hogs on corn and 

 alfalfa hay. In the -experiments reported, the hogs were 

 fed the following rations. The proportions of alfalfa and 

 corn are given by weight. 



Corn and alfalfa hay in a rack. 



Corn 9 parts, chopped alfalfa 1 part. 



Corn 9 parts, alfalfa-meal 1 part. 



Corn only. 



Corn 3 parts, alfalfa-meal 1 part. 



Corn 3 parts, chopped alfalfa 1 part. 



Corn 1 part, chopped alfalfa 1 part. 



Corn 1 part, alfalfa-meal 1 part. 



The hogs were given all the feed they would eat twice 

 daily. Part of the experiment was repeated three times and 

 part of it four times. There were ten spring shoats used in 

 each lot. The feeding period began about November 1, when 

 the shoats weighed 135 pounds each, and continued for three 

 months, at which time the average weight ranged from 190 

 pounds for those fed one-half alfalfa and one-half corn to 

 283 for those fed one part alfalfa and nine parts corn. 



The prices used in computing the results were the av- 

 erage prices for corn and for hogs at the North Platte Sub- 

 station during the six years preceding 1911. The price of 

 corn was 47 cts. per bushel. The price of hogs when put 

 into the experiment and when taken out was $5.90 per 100 

 Ibs. The price of alfalfa hay was $8.00 per ton, of chopped 

 alfalfa $10.00 per ton, and of alfalfa-meal $15.00 per ton. 

 The only item of cost taken into account is the feed. The 

 labor and investment, being about equal for all lots, is not 

 considered. 



The corn was ground for all the hogs. The chopped 

 alfalfa and the alfalfa-meal were mixed with the ground corn. 

 All feed was moistened in the trough. The hogs were fed 

 from the first of November until the first of February, or 

 three months. 



The rations are arranged above according to the profit 

 on the pigs fattened on each ration. The most profitable 



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