366 The Feeding of Animals 



wheat middlings and corn meal, the latter constituting 

 the larger proportion of the grain food. 



At the present time much attention is given to 

 forage crops for swine. Clover, alfalfa, rape, sor- 

 ghum, rye and ordinary pasturage have all been found 

 to be adapted to hogs. When fed with grain, eco- 

 nomical and satisfactory production is secured. When 

 fed alone the growth is so slow as to be unsatis- 

 factory. In two experiments at the Wisconsin Ex- 

 periment Station, one acre of rape, when combined 

 with grain, proved to be equal to 2,767 Ibs. of corn 

 and shorts. Other observations show beyond question 

 that such feeding is practicable and under some con- 

 ditions profitable. Better results seem to follow when 

 the pigs are allowed to graze than when the fodder 

 crop is cut and fed to animals confined in pens. 



