196 RESULTS OF EXPERIMENTS IN SWINE FEEDING 
plement. The pasture lasted from September 13th to October 
25th, and the «nount of pork per acre accredited to the forage 
was 183.1 pounds. 
Hogginy Off Rye.*—The authors state that when rye is in- 
tended for “hogging off” purposes, it should be allowed to 
become thoroughly ripe, so that the heads crinkle down and 
droop near the ground. In three tests a supplementary ration 
of corn meal 6 parts and oil meal 1 part was fed at the rate 
of 1 pound per head per day. In two tests 16 hogs were 
pastured per acre, and in one test. 8 hogs per acre. The amount 
of pork accredited to an acre of rye in the three tests was 
215 pounds, 257 pounds, and 260 pounds respectively. With 
pork at 6 cents per pound, the returns are accounted about 
equal to the returns when the crop is sold as grain, but the 
fertility is retained under the pasturing system. 
General Conclusions.—Of the general conclusions given in 
the bulletin, the following are of special importance: 
1. “ The number of hogs which may be kept on each acre 
of forage will depend upon the abundance of forage, but in 
general not more than 10 to 12 head should be used.” 
2. “ The greatest returns have been obtained when grain 
was fed in addition to the forage at the rate of 2 to 3 per cent 
of the weight of the hogs per day. The amount fed per head 
per day should be increased as the hog increases in size.” 
3. “A very good plan in feeding 80 to 100 pound hogs on 
forage would be to feed, per head per day during May, 1.75 
pounds of grain; during June, 2 pounds grain; during July, 
3 pounds grain, and during August, 4 to 5 pounds grain.” 
4, “Gains made on forage are made at 20 to 30 per cent 
less cost than gains produced with grain and dry lot feeding. 
With pork at 6 cents, the average value of a bushel of corn 
fed to hogs in dry lot was 66 cents; and the average value of 
*The Ohio Experiment Station reports adversely upon hogging off 
rye, Station experiments showing it to be an unprofitable practice. 
