148 RESULTS OF EXPERIMENTS IN SWINE FEEDING 
“Three pounds of rape seed (per acre) sown in corn at 
last cultivation, furnishes considerable succulent feed, which 
may take the place of high-priced shorts.” 
“Tt is not expected that all corn raised be fed off with 
hogs, but the amount they can clean up from the time it is 
nicely glazed until the weather becomes unfavorable may be 
economically fed in this way.” 
“Tlogs should not, as a rule, be turned intv more corn 
at one time than they can cat up clean in two or three weeks. 
The shorter period is preferable.” 
Best Conditions.—It is recommended that varieties of corn 
be grown that will mature sufficiently by the first of September, 
so as to prolong the feeding period. 
Pigs weighing from 100 to 140 pounds are best for the 
purpose. Small pigs are not suitable. 
The table which follows is designed to show, approximately, 
the number of days required to “ hog off” an acre of corn by a 
given number of pigs weighing 125 pounds. 
With corn shrunk to January 1, and yielding: 
30 bu.| 35 bu.| 40 bu.) 45 bu.} 50 bu.| 55 bu.| 60 bu.| 65 bu.} 70 bu. 
per per per per per per per per per 
acre. | acre. | acre. | acre. | acre. | acre. | acre. | acre. | acre. 
Days | Days | Days 
Will keep 10 hogs) 22.5 26.2 30.0 
Will keep 20 hogs) 11.2 13.1 15.0 
Days | Days | Days | Days | Days | Days 
33.7 37.5 41.2 45.0 48.7 52.5 
16.8 18.7 20.6 22.5 24.3 26.2 
Tests in Missouri—The Missouri Experiment Station 
(Bulletin 95) reports five tests in “ hogging off” corn. In two 
of the tests rye was sown among the corn at the last cultivation 
at the rate of one bushel per acre; in two other plots cow-peas 
were sown at the last cultivation at the rate of one bushel 
per acre; and in one plot rape was sown at the rate of 9 pounds 
per acre. The following table shows the principal details: 
