12 Forty Years' Experience of a Practical Hog Man. 



nothing that will combine with this as well as Dwarf Essex 

 rape drilled in between the rows just after the last cul- 

 tivation of the corn. By the time the corn is ready to turn 

 the hogs on you have an 'ideal ration in the same field; or 

 aye sown with the rape also makes a good combination." 



No greater opportunity exists for cheapening pork 

 production than through the general adoption of a forage 

 crop system for spring pigs. 



Where alfalfa pasture is used in this climate it should 

 uot be pastured earlier than May 1st nor later than Novem- 

 ber, as it must have enough growth after pasturing to make 

 a cover crop for the winter. Where rape pasture is used 

 it will be found good at any time during the growing sea- 

 son and furnish abundant pasture after the clovers are 

 dry and dead; in fact will furnish good pasture until 

 freezing weather comes. It can be used either for pastur- 

 ing or for "soiling," that is cutting and carrying to the 

 lot where the pigs are kept if they are not turned into 

 the field.- 



Young hogs can be pushed very fast by having this good 

 rape pasture' and ear corn, plus one-tenth of the corn in 

 meat meal or best quality tankage. This meat meal or 

 tankage is a great- help in furnishing the necessary protein 

 and has a tendency to stop the inclination for rooting that 

 many pigs have when on clover or alfalfa. 



When hogs and pigs are in winter quarters with no suc- 

 culent feed such as pasture, the other feeds may be supple- 

 mented by using a good quality of third cutting alfalfa 

 which is greener and better than that of former cuttings. 

 This may be fed whole in racks made for the purpose to 

 save waste, or it may be run through a cutting machine and 

 chaffed, and then mixed 2 parts chaffed alfalfa, one part 

 shelled corn and one part oats, thoroughly mixed and ground 

 through a steel burr grinder, which is better than any 

 other for this kind of a mixture. If desired a little mid- 

 dlings may be added and a little tankage to make a balanced 

 ration and a complete one. This may be fed dry in 

 troughs where there would be no waste, or can be steamed 

 a little and thoroughly mixed so that all particles of the 

 ground feed and alfalfa are well mixed. This makes an 

 ideal feed in the winter for brood sows or growing sows. 



