288 FARM ANIMALS 
9. Pasture for pigs—Jhe great opportunity for mak- 
ing a profit out of pigs, especially when prices are low 
and grain products high, is to depend on the use of clover, 
cowpeas, soy beans, alfalfa and rape pastures. As the 
subject of pig feeding is studied, more conclusive be- 
comes the evidence that pasture crops go hand in hand 
with pork production. It should be the swine raiser’s 
aim as much to grow these forage crops as it is to grow 
the hog itself. Particularly is this true of the legume 
LEGUME PASTURES IDEAL FOR Pics 
For growing pigs, alfalfa, clover and other legumes are excellent forage crops. 
If these are not available, tender mixed grasses will serve. Corn or slop or both is 
advisable in addition to the green forage. 
crops. Alfalfa naturally comes first because of its highly 
digestible nutrients, its vigorous growth and consequent 
heavy yields, its long cycle of life and its land-improving 
benefits. In time alfalfa will be commonly grown in all 
sections. 
Hogs may be turned into an alfalfa or a clover field early in the 
spting and kept there through the season until frost, provided the 
acreage is large in proportion to the number of ‘animals, The 
tramping will not hurt the crop, and the grazing of the swine will 
not impair the feeding quality of the alfalfa when made into hay. 
When a large field is pastured a portion may be cut, to be fol- 
lowed a week or so later by another portion, and so until the field 
