l64 THE BOOK OF ALFALFA 



time they were turned on the alfalfa until the last week in 

 June made a remarkable growth, besides gaining some- 

 what in flesh. They did well with their pigs, reared an 

 average of seven to each sow, and as sucklers they were a 

 sight to see. The pigs were the most attractive bunch ever 

 raised in Coffey county, as admitted by our breeding com- 

 petitors. We weighed a gilt from this lot when six 

 months and five days old, and her weight of two hundred 

 and twenty-five pounds was not above the average of the 

 whole lot. In our lifelong experience in rearing swine we 

 have found nothing of the grass kind for them that in 

 value approaches alfalfa/' 



A plat of thrifty, well-established alfalfa suitably 

 fenced and used for pasturing swine of whatever age can 

 scarcely fall short of being among the most profitable 

 parts of any farm upon which swine husbandry is given 

 attention. 



