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pounds of green hay, this experiment would show that such an 
acre of alfalfa, cut green and fed fresh, would produce some- 
thing like 2000 pounds of pork. Of course, this is fed in 
connection with corn, and a statement that an acre of green 
alfalfa would produce 2000 pounds of pork would be very mis- 
leading. Figuring on the basis of these two experiments, 
alfalfa hay, yielding four tons per acre (8000 pounds), would 
produce 1600 pounds of pork, and its value at 4 cents per 
pound would be something like $64.00 per acre; and green 
alfalfa producing ten tons per acre (20,000 pounds) would 
Fie. 44.—Alfalfa is good both for soiling and for hay for swine. 
produce 2000 pounds of pork, which, at 4 cents per pound, 
would be worth $80.00 per acre.” 
Kansas and Wyoming Trials.—The Kansas results from 
feeding alfalfa are about the most favorable of which the 
writer is aware. Very fair results were obtained at the 
Wyoming Experiment Station, where alfalfa hay and wheat 
were fed against wheat alone. In this experiment it required 
449 pounds of wheat for 100 pounds of gain where wheat was 
fed alone; and 319.3 pounds of wheat and 291.3 pounds of 
alfalfa for 100 pounds of gain where wheat and alfalfa hay 
were fed. On this basis, a ton of alfalfa hay would give 
