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‘‘Hogging Down’’ Corn 
ee plan of “hogging down” corn is an 
old practice in this section. The great 
gain is, of course, in the saving of the labor 
of gathering the corn; but it is also claimed 
that the hogs will fatten faster than in yards 
and that their running in the field will be 
a benefit to the land. In a twenty-acre 
field which produces about thirty-five bushels 
to the acre it has been found that a hundred 
pigs turned loose in the field at one hundred 
and twenty-five pounds, within eight weeks 
will weigh on the average two hundred 
pounds. 
It has its advantages and its disadvantages. 
Some regard it as a profitable practice; 
others do not. As in most cases profit 
is governed largely by individual circum- 
stances. The saving of labor is, of course, 
a considerable item; but against this must 
be placed the inevitable waste of corn. This 
may be very small or decidedly large, de- 
pending chiefly on weather conditions. In 
fair weather the pigs will get most of the 
corn, but in rainy seasons they will trample 
much of it into the ground where it will decay 
and be lost. It may safely be said in passing 
that no one who has tried this method would 
think it good practice to turn a hundred hogs 
into a twenty-acre field. Over such a large 
area they would naturally tear down a great 
deal more corn than they could use within 
a reasonable time. The right way would 
be to cut the field into four lots, and let the 
hogs clean up one lot ata time. The benefit 
to the land depends largely on the prevailing 
weather conditions. Leaving the stalks and 
the manure on the land is necessarily help- 
ful; and the rooting of the pigs may be 
advantageous when the soil is dry. When 
it is wet, however, their trampling, rooting 
and wallowing will be injurious. 
As to whether the pigs will fatten faster 
in the field than in a yard is an open question. 
It is good for a pig to root in the dirt, but 
there are times when this rooting hinders, 
instead of helps the fattening process. Too 
much exercise is not conducive to rapid 
fattening, and a twenty-acre range would 
tend to the development of muscle rather 
than of fat. In a lot the swine are likely 
to be fed on corn alone, while in a field they 
will secure more or less animal food, and if 
the corn has been supplemented by a hberal 
sowing of cowpeas or rape, will get a much 
better balanced ration. Certain it is that 
a gain of seventy-five hundred pounds of 
pork on seven hundred bushels of corn 
with the hogs doing their own gather- 
ing is a very good record indeed; too good, 
in fact, to be counted on under ordinary 
conditions. 
In conclusion it may. be said that where 
this method is to be followed the better plan 
is to have comparatively small fields; and 
to plant cowpeas or rape or pumpkins with 
the corn. For best results, too, there should 
be a lot nearby where the hogs can be driven 
if protracted rainy weather comes. For 
during such weather it is not good for either 
the land or the pigs to have them loose in 
the fields. 
Tennessee 
E. E. MILLER. 
