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which could be accredited to each acre of forage eaten. With 
pork at 6 cents per pound there was returned per acre of blue 
grass forage an average of $17.12. The average amount of 
-grain per pound gain was 4.49 pounds. Profits from hogs on 
blue grass forage must be secured early in the season. The 
blue grass forage became dry and unfit for swine grazing 
purposes in August.” 
Alfalfaa— Under ordinary conditions alfalfa will forage 
from 10 to 20 shoats per acre. A new seeding should be 
pastured very lightly the first season. No larger number than 
ten shoats per acre or one sow and her litter should be used. 
After the first season as high as 20 head per acre or two sows 
and their litters may be pastured on it throughout the season.” 
Only one test was conducted with alfalfa, and this on newly 
seeded ground. The test was started with 12 hogs per acre, 
which number was reduced to 10 at the end of eight weeks. 
The hogs averaged 58.5 pounds at the commencement of the 
test, and were turned on the alfalfa when it was six inches 
high. ‘“ The average amount of grain required to produce a 
pound gain was 3.07 pounds. The amount of pork which 
could be accredited to the alfalfa forage was 596.8 pounds 
per acre. With pork at 6 cents the return per acre was $35.71.” 
fed Clover.—Two tests were conducted with red clover, and 
it is stated that clover will pasture from 8 to 12 shoats per 
acre. It is recommended not to pasture clover until it is 10 
inches high. The bulletin recommends feeding shoats about a 
pound of corn per head per day. 
“ A herd averaging 11 hogs was pastured for an average of 
130 days for the seasons of 1908 and 1910, and produced an 
average of 572.2 pounds. of pork that could be accredited to 
each acre of forage eaten. These experiments indicate that a 
value of 98 cents may be obtained for each bushel of corn fed to 
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