B. P. I.—317. 
FORAGE CROPS FOR HOGS IN KANSAS AND 
OKLAHOMA, 
By C. E. Quinn, Scientific Assistant, Farm Management Investigations. 
INTRODUCTION. 
Farmers are more and more realizing that pasture is necessary for 
the most economical production of pork. Those who are raising hogs 
and putting them on the market with the least cost have their entire 
farms fenced hog tight. This enables them to give the hogs the range 
of the meadows and fields when the crops have been harvested. Much 
that would otherwise be lost is thus saved by the hogs, for they are 
among the best gleaners of the waste grain, weeds, and insects in the 
fields. 
More hog pastures are fenced each year, more experimenting is 
being done, and there is more inquiry as to the best crops for pasture. 
These questions can not be answered intelligently without a know]l- 
edge of the conditions of soil and climate, the market, and the adapta- 
bility of crops to different sections of the country. 
The Office of Farm Management Investigations has undertaken to 
ascertain by a study of farm practice: (1) What crops have been 
found best for pasture for hogs in different localities; (2) the season 
during which these crops are available; (3) the number of stock they 
will pasture to the acre; (4) the value of this pasture in connection 
with other feeds; (5) the quantity of grain necéssary to produce a 
given amount of pork on different pastures; and (6) the cost of pro- 
ducing pork. 
While only a small beginning has been made, the demand for 
such knowledge and its importance to the swine industry of the coun- 
‘try has prompted the publishing of this information for each locality 
as 1t is obtained. 
CROPS USED IN KANSAS AND OKLAHOMA. 
During the past summer (1907) about 150 of the most successful 
swine growers and pork producers of Kansas and Oklahoma were 
interviewed on the subject of the crops used for feed. In southern 
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