250 FEEDING AND MANAGEMENT 



" Three-fourth bushel soy beans per acre, drilled, planted in 

 May, will furnish grazing from July to October. Supplemental 

 feed, 5 per cent sweet potatoes, 1 per cent corn and shorts. 



" Two bushels peanuts per acre, planted in April, May, or 

 June, will furnish grazing from August to November. Soy 

 beans may be drilled between rows of peanuts when laid by, and 

 the hogs allowed to harvest both. Supplemental feeds, 5 per 

 cent sweet potatoes, 1 per cent corn. 



" Eight thousand sweet potato plants per acre, planted in 

 April or May, will furnish grazing from September to November. 

 Wheat, rye, rape or clover can follow. Supplemental feeds, 

 peanut, soy bean, alfalfa, or pea hay. 



" One-half bushel chufas per acre, planted in April, May, or 

 June, will furnish grazing from August to IsTovember. Sup- 

 plemental feeds, 1 per cent corn, 5 per cent sweet potatoes. 



" Corn and cow-peas, Vi bushel of the former planted in 

 March or April, and II/2 bushels of the latter planted when the 

 corn is laid by, will be ready to graze or " hog down " during the 

 fall Supplemental feeds, 5 per cent beets, 5 per cent rutabagas. 



" One to one and one-half bushels wheat or rye per acre, 

 sown in September with 10 pounds red clover, will furnish graz- 

 ing from December to May. The wheat or rye should be mowed 

 off in March to give air to the clover. Well fertilized soil will be 

 required for a good yield of these grazing crops. Supplemental 

 feeds, 1 per cent corn, 5 per cent sweet potatoes. 



" Bermuda and Vetch : In this state, two periods of the year 

 are especially severe on grazing crops for hogs. One is in August, 

 when the weather is hot and dry and the pastures fail, and 

 the other in January and February, when it is very wet and the 

 hogs cut the soft ground. These conditions can be overcome by 

 planting cow-peas in May, which can be pastured in August, and 

 by sodding Bermuda grass with a good sprinkle of vetch for the 

 winter pasture. Our native Bermuda grass is easily grown by 

 planting tufts in moist ground 2 feet apart, when it soon covers 



