258 FEEDING AND MANAGEMENT 
allowed a succession of forage crops, namely, 1 acre rye pasture, 
2 acres oat pasture, and 1 acre succotash pasture. The gain was 
16.47 pounds for every bushel of grain consumed. The suc- 
cotash, planted June 22nd, was composed of 2 bushels of oats, 
1 pound of rape, 30 pounds of cow-peas, 30 pounds of soy beans, 
and 2 pecks of corn. 
An important advantage in favor of pasturing hogs is the 
fact that practically none of the manure is wasted. 
Pasture for Breeding Stock.—It will not be found satis- 
factory to allow breeding sows with their litters to run in large 
pastures with other stock. This method is not fair to either the 
sow or her litter, because this is a critical time, and a little extra 
attention to the young pigs may make all the difference between 
growthy, profitable hogs, and unprofitable serubs. 
Dy. Tait Butler, in a bulletin published by the North Carolina 
Department of Agriculture, describes the pasture lots for breed- 
ing sows and their litters at the Iredell Test Farm of the Depart- 
ment of Agriculture. The portable farrowing pens are set in a 
grove so that they are sheltered from the extreme heat of the sun, 
each pen being set in a lot 100 feet square in the grove. Running 
out from each grove lot is a lot 100 feet wide by £50 feet long. 
These large lots are divided lengthwise, giving each sow and her 
litter two lots, each 50 feet wide by 450 feet long. One of these 
lots is in permanent pasture, preferably alfalfa, and the other 
is planted with some other pasture crop, so that the sow and her 
litter can be grazed alternately on the two lots. The long, nar- 
row lot is convenient to cultivate. No doubt it is not practicable 
for every swine breeder to follow the plan described above, but 
the principle is sound, and may suggest to the thoughtful man 
ways and means of improving the conditions for his breeding 
stock at a very critical period of their existence. 
Shade and Water.—Ample provision for shade and an abun- 
dant supply of pure drinking water are of great importance in 
keeping hogs healthy and thrifty. To compel hogs to drink from 
