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Forty Years' Experience of a Practical Hog Man. 



either side. Pastures before being occupied in this man- 

 ner should be well set in grass at least a year before being 

 used as hog pasture. 



A small pen the same width as those on the inside 

 of the hog house should extend outward from the 

 pen sixteen or more feet, just for convenience, and gates 

 opening from these to the regular pasture, which 

 may be acre lots, half acre lots or much larger accord- 

 ing to whether the breeder cares to keep each sow and 

 litter separate after they go on grass. If half acre lots are 

 used each should have a sleeping house at the rear 

 end, and artificial shade if there is not natural shade in 



pigs in rape, an important forage crop. 



(Courtesy of Animal Husbandry Department, 

 Iowa State College of Agriculture.) 



each lot, for the comfort of the sow and litter during the 

 hot weather. They should come to the general house for 

 feeding. 



A mixture of clover, alfalfa, orchard grass and other 

 grasses makes the most ideal pasture. The lots should 

 be situated on either side of the general hog house. 

 Arrangements for watering should be made so that all 

 could drink from the central house. Small fields of for- 

 age should be grown where a large number of sows or 

 young hogs could be placed after weaning time, or those 

 that had already weaned their litters, or animals being 

 fitted for market that would not necessarily be obliged to 



