who raise swine means larger litters of pigs, a reduction in the present 

 heavy death-rate of the young and the more rapid growth of sturdy, 

 vigorous young hogs that will finally fatten more quickly and on less 

 corn than under the still too common system of well-nigh continuous 

 corn feeding from birth to slaughter." 



Growing legumes and roots will so improve the soil that all of the feed 

 from this source which is fed to the pig is produced at small cost. Fields 

 as well as pigs will be benefited by this rational expansion which should 

 rapidly come in our system of pork production through combining the 

 feeding of legumes and roots with the proper use of corn and the other 

 cereal grains. 



Peanuts 



Peanuts are regarded in the South as a very desirable feed for pigs. 

 They requu'e no more attention than corn and the production of nuts is 

 very large. The pigs are turned in the field when the beans are matured. 



At the Alabama Station, Gray, Duggar and Ridgeway fed three lots 

 of 61-pound pigs for 60 days upon the rations shown in the table fol- 

 lowing to determine the value of peanuts in supplementing corn for fat- 

 tening pigs. 



PEANUTS AS A SUPPLEMENT TO CORN 



The table shows that pigs fed 3.8 pounds corn gained only 0.7 pounds 

 daily, while those getting 1.6 pounds of corn daily and foraging in the 

 peanut field, gained 0.9 pounds. Lot 3, fed two parts corn and one part 

 cotton-seed meal while in the peanut field made slightly larger gains 

 than Lot 2 on corn and peanuts. It was found that one acre of good 

 peanuts was equal to about 3,200 pounds of corn in feeding value. 



The Arkansas Station reports the following: 



One acre of peanuts gave 1,252 pounds gain. One acre of corn gave 

 436 pounds gain. 



Peanuts, being rich in protein, should be supplemented with corn to 

 secure hard, sweet pork. The digestible nutrients in 100 pounds of 

 peanut kernels are: crude protein, 25.1 pounds; carbohydrates, 13.7 

 pounds, and fat, 35.6 pounds. 



