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a bushel of corn fed to hogs on forage was 80 cents, after a 
$10.00 charge (per acre) had been paid for rent, taxes, etc.” 
Fall Rye.—Iive does not make so valuable a pasture as 
many other crops, and its main feature is its early growth. 
For supplying pasture very early in the spring, a small plot of 
rye can uften be used to good advantage. (Also see under “ Pork 
Production in the South,” Chapter XX VIT.) 
Sorghum.—Owing to its large yield and sureness of crop, 
sorghum is quite popular in the South as a feed for swine. At 
the Alabama Station (Bulletin 143), sorghum was used as a past- 
ure and soiling crop for hogs weighing 73 pounds each at the 
commencement of the test. The following statements are quoted 
from the bulletin: 
A ration of corn and sorghum alone is a very poor feed for either 
fattening hogs or for producing growth, neither feed furnishing enough 
protein or ash for hogs which are not completely matured. The sorghum 
might have made a better showing if the pigs used had been matured 
animals before the fattening period began. 
Under the conditions in which sorghum was fed in these experiments, 
it was found to he almost worthless as a supplement to either corn, or to 
a mixed ration of corn and cottonseed meal. 
Sorghum has probably one valuable place as a hog feed—to help carry 
the brood sows through the summer months economically when the pastures 
become short. 
The sorghum was not fed until the juice began to sweeten ; 
or until some of the heads began to turn black. The bulletin 
states that some farmers report success in pasturing hogs on 
sorghum when the plants are about one foot in height. 
The Arkansas Station reports favorably upon the use of sor- 
ghum for pigs, and recommends red clover or alfalfa for early 
pasture, followed by sorghum fed to pigs in pens, and the sor- 
ghum followed by peanut pasture. The pigs should be finished 
for market on a grain ration. 
Cow-peas.—The cow-pea flourishes in the South, where it 
gives exceptionally good results as a hog pasture. (Fig. 45.) 
It is frequently sown among corn with the last cultivation, and 
