4 BULLETIN 488, U. S. DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE. 



use of the pasture than wh$n grain is fed both morning and evening, 

 as is usually the case. "When not fed until evening, the hogs become 

 hungry and will graze during the cool hours of the evening, even 

 after the grain is eaten. Again, if the hogs are not fed grain in the 

 morning they will stay out on pasture until the heat of the sun drives 

 them to shade. The method of feeding grain once a day also saves 

 labor. 



During the pasturing season two sets of hogs were used. Fall- 

 farrowed shotes were used during the first period and spring-far- 

 rowed pigs during the second period. In 1914 this plan was not fol- 

 lowed strictly, as it was necessary to use a few fall-farrowed pigs 



Fig. 1. — Five fall-farrowed shotes on alfalfa pasture supplemented with a 2.3 per 

 cent ration of corn during the first period in 1913. These shotes in 61 days gained 

 381 pounds from one-fourth of an acre of alfalfa pasture and 1,047 pounds of corn. 



throughout the season, owing to the loss of spring pigs from cholera. 

 The reason for using two sets of hogs is that fall-farrowed pigs when 

 fed a liberal grain ration are ready for market about July 15, and 

 April-farrowed pigs are not large enough to utilize the pasture much 

 before that date. 



EXPERIMENTS IN 1013. 



Five thrifty fall-farrowed shotes, weighing a total of 544 pounds, 

 were turned on a quarter-acre plat of second-year alfalfa on May 2. 

 The five shotes were all the plat would carry. They were removed 

 from the plat on July 2, when they weighed a total of 925 pounds, 

 having gained 381 pounds during the 01 days they were on the plat. 

 "While on pasture these hogs were fed 1.047 pounds of corn, at the 



