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great help at the time of the last cultivation of the corn 

 to sow some rye or rape, or both, in the com and let it get 

 a few inches high by the time the hogs would be turned 

 into the corn. This would be a help in balancing the 

 ration. It is also well if the field of corn is adjoining a 

 clover or alfalfa field, as either would have the same 

 tendency to make a quicker and a cheaper growth 

 than would the corn alone. If the field is large it will 

 be well to fence off by some kind of temporary fence, a 

 portion not too large, and let the hogs have that until it 

 is well worked down, preferably by the older hogs that 

 would be ready for market first and followed by the young- 

 er hogs or shotes that do not need so heavy a feeding of 





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Hogging Down Corn. 



corn. This is a very economical way of finishing up a 

 bunch of hogs for the market. 



Prof. Carmichael, University of Illinois, states that a 

 field had been planted with corn continuously for thirty- 

 three years and every year was "hogged down." 



Within the last year or two the owner desiring to learn 

 the condition of the soil and how much corn this particular 

 piece was producing after having been planted to corn for 

 thirty-three continuous years, measured off a piece before 

 turning in the hogs, and by actual measurement learned 

 that the land was producing over 100 bushels of corn to 

 the acre. 



