26 BULLETIN 1752, U. S. DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE. 
CORN. 
In some of the tests here reported the corn has been hogged off 
without any supplementary feed being used with the corn. In 
others, the corn was supplemented in various ways. The hogs usually 
were turned into the cornfields at about the time the corn was well 
dented. They remained there for varying lengths of time, depending 
on the size of the field, the number and size of the hogs, and the quan- 
tity of feed available. Usually the period ranged from 20 to 40 
days, but sometimes it was 60 days or longer. A view of a field in 
which hogging was continued into the late autumn is shown in 
figure 5. } 
Hogging corn without supplementary feed—The results secured 
with 23 lots of hogs which harvested corn without supplementary 
feed have been tabulated. These tests were made at the Scottsbluff, 
Huntley, and Belle Fourche Experiment Farms, and in cooperation 
with farmers on the North Platte and Huntley Reclamation Proj- 
ects. The results are shown in Table XVII. 
TasleE XVII.—Results secured by hogging corn without supplementary feeds on 
four reclamation projects during the 5-year period from 1912 to 1916, in- 
clusive. 
Gain (pounds). Estimated—! 
f eau ar Area | Time Corn 
Location and lot of hogs. | Year. ae || Satire aoe : gt Total zee ae Yield cone 
pigs. | weight. } iil ieee Gere ere ee | oat ani 
acre.| Por | Pe | acre. | Bet 
y. | day. pounds 
of gain. 
Pounds. | Acres.|Days. Bushels.| Pounds. 
7 117 | 0.25 16 | 628 39 | 1.40 56 499, 
6 91 ~25 28 {1,012 36 | 1.50 83 460 
4 63 25 49 |1, 048 21 | 1.31 82 438 
3 89 33 77 | 810 10 | 1.17 70 496 
3 89 33 77 \1,020 13 | 1.44 81 444 
3 75 25 19| 212 11 -91 26 687 
3 80 33 55 | 666 AW i IY ee ee eos ones 
3 68 33 55 | 483 Uh biel ee ees a eat 
5 94 25 23 | 840 37 | 1.85 67 446 
4 84 25 23 768 33 | 2.06 60 437 
4 86 25 22 | 896 41 | 2.56 50 324 
4 86 25 25 | 864 34 | 2.16 52 340 
4 95 25 20 | 672 34 | 2.10 60 500 
TO tas SEs ete 1912 2 85 25 26 | 340 13 | 1.62 29 477 
TMOG W SS se ees nee ee see 1913 8 51 25 11 560 51 | 1.60 34 340 
OG Gee Sys ls Screen 1914 4 107 25 20 | 582 29 | 1.80 35 337 
AYO) Ft Uy eA Na 1915 5 81 25 15 | 548 36 | 1.80 40 409 
OTH Sess eae OS ers 1915 12 62 50 10} 451 45 | 1.87 34 422 
NG OG IO ae ee screlsisicer ass 1916 3 104 25 24] 518 21 |} 1.80 59 638 
Ot 20628. ede eS ee 1916 3 100 25 24 | 350 14 | 1.29 45 750 
Motes cess Sak eecene 1916 3 112 25 27 | 562 21 | 1.86 60 498 
North Platte project: 
Moti 2 ese ace ceases aane 1915 38 152] 3.60 25 | 580 23 | 2.19 57 548 
Huntley project: g ; 
Oba Sse eacetee a cs ees 1915 67 100 | 13.40 27 | 183 7 | 1.40 14 435 
1 Fractions are omitted from figures showing estimated yields but are included in the calculations of the 
corn consumed per 100 pounds of gain. 
The data shown in Table XVII involved 198 hogs and about 23 
acres of corn. It will be observed that most of the fields were small, 
