IRRIGATED FIELD CROPS FOR HOG PASTURING. IG 
Taste X.—Resulis secured with three lots of pigs on irrigated alfalfa pasture 
supplemented with a 2 per cent ration of cracked milo on the Yuma Haperi- 
ment Farm in 1916 and 1917. 
| Gain (pounds). Aver- 
age Grain 
Num- NE area Time ae a erty: fed per 
Pigs. Time. ber of | -.o- of er er ing 100 
pigs. Eaatial eee test. otal acre | pig | capacity} pounds 
Sallie : aber per | per per of gain. 
* | day.| day.| acre. 
Pounds. |Acres.| Days. Pounds. | Pounds. 
OL Ween ces - Spring. 1916202255. -5- 6 59 | 0. 25 56 | 1,060 19 |} 0.72 1,896 222 
ote easeeee Summer, 19160 22-22. - | 6 71 «20 126 | 2,376 19 - 80 2, 892 243 
Lots land 2-_| Allseason, 1916_-...-.|.-....|.2...-.-: . 25 182 | 3, 486 1 Seorel ane oes ae 237 
ose Spunes1Gli7es- ss eee | 16 | |) 375 | TH) |) LBA TN Oe || DGS 240 
The results obtained with cracked milo as a pasture supplement at 
Yuma compare very favorably with those secured with corn and 
barley in similar tests conducted at the other experiment farms. 
PASTURING ALFALFA SUPPLEMENTED WITH WHEAT AND SHORTS. 
Generally speaking, the use of wheat as a hog feed has not been 
extensively adopted by irrigation farmers. In some districts, how- 
ever, wheat has been produced more extensively than barley or corn, 
and in these districts the crop has been fed to hogs rather commonly. 
Feeding unmarketable or low-grade wheat to hogs also has been 
rather widely practiced in some districts, and some use has been 
made of shorts for the same purpose. The results secured in three 
tests in which wheat was used as a supplement to alfalfa pasture and 
in two tests in which shorts were used are summarized in Table XI. 
Lots 1, 2, and 4 were on the Tieton Reclamation Project, lot 3 on 
the Uncompahgre Reclamation Project, and lot’ 5 on the Belle 
Fourche Experiment Farm. The wheat used was cracked or ground 
in each instance. The gain per acre of alfalfa pasture was de- 
termined in only one case; so this item is omitted from the table. 
TABLE XI.—fesults secured with five lots of pigs on inrigated alfalfa pasture 
supplemented in three instances with wheat and in tivo instances with shorts 
on three reclamation projects. 
: Grain fed 
ee ~ ] 78) rns Gain per 
ie : | Grain | Number Average Time of | 7 per 100 
Pigs. | Supplement. | ration. | of pigs. Bear test. Da pounds 
ele Ay: of gain. | 
peat | | Ba Oe ew 
Per cent. | Pounds.) Days. | Pounds. | Pounds. 
11 gy ae ee WIGS Dares fete nists er ort ott / 1. 00 7 40 49 0.82 99 
LO Be ae See Re OOn Lee es. J Sout 6.40 | 12 114 24 2.58 319 
Ly Tt OS ea a EE AGIs, sas ee. Ise 2.00 | 11 118 30 1.10 256 
ES | SHORES a2 peti oie ont eh 3.30 5 66 62 96 331 
ROU Doe. ss ote ote fa Ba pyar pte Rat Foe 2. 00 7 48 36 53 203 
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