Vetch and Wheat. Vetch and Oat*, or Vetch alone. These crops may be sown 

 in corn at the last cultivation for late pasture. If sown later they are used in 

 the spring months. 



English Rye-grQt*. Where the winter rains are jexcessive, a close, tough sod 

 is very desirable for winter pasture to prevent the soil' being puddled by the tramp- 

 ing of the hogs. It is one of the first grasses to start growth in the spring, and 

 one of the last to cease in the fall. It does not grow much in the summer drought. 

 however, but in a mild climate the close sod can be pastured all the rainy season. 



Winter Wheat. This crop furnishes excellent pasture for hogs. If the autumn 

 rains begin early enough in the fall to seed during the first part of September, it 

 may perhaps make some pasture the same year. It may be sown among the standing 

 corn at the time of the last cultivation. In any case, it makes a very early spring 

 pasture. It is used from the time the ground is settled until the grain begins to 

 head or until the hogs begin to chew the heads. 



Frame for A-shaped House. 



Grain-stubble. Xo matter how favourable the conditions during harvest much 

 grain will still be left on the. ground, and hogs should be turned in to make use 

 of this. 



WINTER FEEDS. 



Alfalfa and Clover Hay. If cut at the right time and well cured, these furnish 

 a most economical winter feed. The hay must not be coarse and woody, and the 

 leaves are the important part. If they are shattered off the hay is useless for 

 hogs. Hay may be fed to hogs in racks. But a better way is to chop it fine, mix 

 it with meal, and moisten the whole with as much water as it will absorb, allowing 

 it to soak for twelve hours. In cold weather the mixture should be heated, or hot 

 water used to warm it. with roots as noted below. 



Brood sows are able to winter well on good alfalfa or clover hay and roots, 

 with a very little grain. Fattening hogs make rapid gains on a ration of one-fourth 

 hay to three-fourths grata. 



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