188 RESULTS OF EXPERIMENTS IN SWINE FEEDING 
searecly 200 ponds of pork, which is ouly one-quarter as 
much pork as wax obtained at Kansas from a ton of alfalfa 
hay. It is well to remember, however, that alfalfa hay varies 
very much in quality, Well-cured, finestemmed, lcafy hay 
would be best for hog feeding, and coarse-stemmed hav that 
had been damaged more or less by the weather might have 
very little value for this purpose. Such a discrepancy as that 
noted between the Kansas and Wyoming results might easily 
be accounted for on the basis of different qualities of hay, and 
in the meantime we may regard the Kansas results as repre- 
senting the maximum returns from alfalfa. It is also worthy 
of note that in one Kansas experiment the amount of pork 
produced by a ton of alfalfa hay was only 235 pounds, an 
amount only slightly greater than that obtained at Wyoming, 
so that it would be safer to regard the 800 pounds of pork from 
a ton of alfalfa hay as a possibility, rather than as something 
which can be generally depended upon. 
The Wyoming Station also tried feeding young pigs, 
weighing from 60 to 70 pounds, a ration of 14 corn meal or 
wheat meal, and 24 alfalfa hay, but the pigs lost weight, and 
one died. On the other hand, mature sows were successfully 
maintained on a ration of alfalfa hav and turnips without 
other feed, indicating that alfalfa hay is best suited to pigs 
that are fairly well grown. 
Rape.—Rape is a crop which is highly recommended 
wherever it can be grown successfully. For hog pasture it is 
best sown in drills about 28 inches apart at tle rate of three 
pounds of seed per acre. It may also be sown broadcast. In 
most localities, it is safer not to sow until after the first of 
June. If there is enough moisture in the soil to germinate 
the seed, it is generally ready for pasture in about six weeks. 
Rape Compared with Alfalfa—The Kansas Experiment 
