forage. Hogs weighing SO Ib. and over produce better results on pasture than 

 smaller pigs. 



To keep down weeds and make the growth come on evenly, the pasture is clipped 

 - on as the hogs are removed. In the irrigation belt the water should be turned 

 on as soon as the hogs are taken off. The surface of 'the ground then dries, and 

 the hogs are not so much inclined to root as when it is wet. 



A-shaped Portable House. 



uring the Meadoic. By another method the hay meadow can be utilized for 

 hog pasture and still grow hay at the same time. In this case the number of hogs 

 must be limited and have a large area to run over, so as not to injure the stand. 

 When the growth begins to get coarse an area near the feeding or watering place 

 should be mowed, and when the young shoots on this piece start up the hogs will 

 leave the rest of the field alone. 



Hogging off Crops. This means turning the hogs into a standing field of ripe, 

 or nearly ripe, wheat, barley or peas. This is perhaps a wasteful practice, but under 

 good management it has given good r the labour of caring for the hogs and 



the cost of harvesting and feeding the crops is saved and the manure well distributed. 



ep hillside unsuited for the binder has returned ?1S per acre through hogging 

 off barley. 



Field-peas are one of the most satisfact< - to harvest with hogs. Peas 



are excellent feed, and the hogs are very fond of them. They gather them with 

 bat little waste under good management. The hogs should be turned in as soon as 

 the last pods are pretty well matured. They are better confined by movable fences 



uall areas to last two or three weeks at a time. They may have rape or kale 

 at the same time to balance the ration. 



Wheat is ready to hog down from the stiff-dough stage onwards for from four 

 to six weeks. A soft variety of wheat with a beardless club-head is most suitable. 

 It does not shatter so readily, and there are no beards to make the hogs' mouth sore. 



Clover. Red clover for well-drained soils and alsike clover for wet lands will 

 be found very satisfactory pasture crops in the rainy districts of the Province. 

 This crop makes its maximum growth during April. May. and June, and after hay- 

 time the meadows can be used. 



Alfalfa. In the Upper Country and in all districts where the rainfall is scanty 

 this perennial will supply an abundance of forage more nutritious than clover. It 

 grows during the entire season, producing an abundance of feed from early spring 

 till late fall, year after year. The Department of Agriculture will send a bulletin 



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