FORAGE CROPS FOR HOGS IN KANSAS AND OKLAHOMA. 45 
The peanut can be planted the last of April or first of May in the 
latitude of the regions discussed in these pages and is ready to turn 
the hogs on by the last of August. 
In Colorado, in the sugar-beet district, hogs have been fed quite 
extensively on beets in the winter. Beets do not prove satisfactory 
when fed alone, but are used to some extent as part ration with grain. 
One farmer states that he saves a good supply each year to feed in 
the winter to his hogs to keep them in a healthy condition. 
In a feeding test at the Colorado Agricultural Experiment Station 
sugar beets proved to be wholly unsatisfactory when fed with grain. 
The cost per hundred pounds of gain of beets and barley fed hogs 
was $6.01; of beets and corn fed hogs, $7.22, the latter being higher 
than any other ration fed. 
PUMPKINS. 
Pumpkins are an excellent feed for keeping hogs in a healthy 
condition. Many farmers claim that the seeds of pumpkins will 
prevent worms in pigs and shoats and that a ration of pumpkins 
fed with grain will keep hogs thrifty and ‘give them a good appetite. 
A good many wagonloads can be grown on an acre of rich land. 
Stumpy land or low moist land will grow good pumpkins. 
PASTURE CROPS FOR DIFFERENT SEASONS. 
It is not the purpose of this bulletin to discuss the rotation of 
erops and its importance on the farm, but the aim is to briefly men- 
tion the forage crops that are adapted for hogs each month of the 
year in this region and to explain how they can be made to overlap 
each other, so that green pasture can be provided for each month 
in the southern part of the territory discussed and for the greater 
part of the year in the northern part.. Hog raisers know that some 
months of the year there is an abundance of pasture, while at other 
seasons there is very little, if any. At such times other feeds must 
be resorted to that will supply the deficiency. The extra feed re- 
quired is expensive and cuts down the margin of profit in pork 
production. 
Tt will not be practicable to name the crop that is best adapted to 
every locality for the different seasons, as each farmer must know his 
soil and conditions and adapt his crops to those conditions. The fol- 
lowing table will show the crops that may be ready for pasture in the 
months specified and the possible area of pasture provided, but the 
choice of one or more of these must be left to the farmer himself. 
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