PASTURE AND SOILING CROPS 199 
an acre was planted on May 19th with 70 pounds of tubers. 
The tubers were planted about four inches deep, in rows 24 
inches apart, and in hills about 20 inches apart in the rows. Six 
pigs, averaging a little over 100 pounds each, were turned into 
the plot on October 3 and allowed to harvest the crop, which 
lasted them three weeks. They were fed a light meal ration 
while eating the tubers. The six pigs gained 197 pounds 
in three weeks, and consumed only 189 pounds of meal. This 
is a most extraordinary result, but it must be remembered that 
the experiment lasted a very short time. The experiment in- 
dicates possibilities for this crop. Pigs eat artichokes greedily. 
Peanuts (Pasture).—Bulletin 143 of the Alabama Station 
gives results of three years’ work with peanuts as a pasture crop. 
Unfortunately, the peanuts produced a normal crop only one 
year out of the three, due to the fact that labor could not be 
procured to work the crops after they were put in. 
In the test with a normal crop of peanuts, it required 560 
pounds of corn fed alone to produce 100 pounds of pork, but 
with hogs fed corn on peanut pasture, it required 177 pounds 
corn and 0.12 acre peanuts to produce 100 pounds of pork. 
The average of three years shows the amount of feed for 
100 pounds gain in weight to be as follows: 
Corn alone «sse% ives eaedenecadgants 611 lbs. corn. 
Corn and peanut pasture ............. 148 lbs. corn, 0.45 acre peanuts. 
The writers of the bulletin state: ‘‘ As a whole, peanut past- 
ure was found to be more useful than any other pasture tried. 
Pork was made at a good profit when peanut pasture was used 
in conjunction with corn.” 
Of course this does not mean that other pasture crops do 
not occupy an important place because peanuts are available 
for only a limited time. 
Attention is called again to the injurious influence of peanuts 
-upon the quality of pork, and the fact that the hogs should have, 
at least, several weeks of grain feeding before going to market. 
