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of green alfalfa and threw over to them. With no 
other food during summer the sows and pigs thrived 
quite well. They did not fatten at all, but the sows 
gave milk and the pigs grew. Later in the season 
when corn ripened they were given corn or squashes 
in addition to their alfalfa and then they fattened 
off readily. 
When hogs must be kept in pens they should have 
green stuff abundantly supplied. There is prob- 
ably nothing else so good for them as green alfalfa. 
It should not be allowed to get woody. It is probable 
that it is more profitable to cut the alfalfa green 
and feed to the hogs than it is to let them run on. 
it when land is worth $100 per acre and alfalfa hay 
commands $10 per ton. Where land is cheap and 
hay is cheap and alfalfa is a plant easily established 
it is no doubt better to pasture than to soil. 
Alfalfa for Poultry—When fowls are confined 
to yards they thrive much better when fed green 
stuff and there is nothing they relish more than 
green alfalfa. It is, moreover, an exceedingly rich 
and well chosen food for them, especially for laying 
hens and growing chicks. It may be fed to them 
whole or cut into very fine bits, when they will con- 
sume nearly all of it. 
