FARMERS^ BULLETIN 874. 



local communities as well as iji the larg'er cities and the various coast 

 resorts. As regards feeds, corn is being grown successfully in the 

 P^ast, and in some sections the average yield per acre is greater than 

 that of the Middle West. Clover, blue grass, and many other forage 

 crops especially adapted for swhio production grow rapidly in nearly 

 every section of the East. In the trucking sections there is wasted 

 aainually a vast quantity of unmarketable products that might be 

 used with profit in feedhig hogs. The dairy districts offer an advan- 

 tage to the hog raiser by furnishing such by-products as skim milk 

 and buttermilk, which are especially relished and profitably utilized 

 by gTowing pigs. 



In the extreme West the alfalfa of the irrigated valleys and the 

 clover of the coast districts offer a splendid foundation for successful 

 l)ork production. In most of these regions there is an abundance of 

 small gTam, particidarly barley, that may often be fed economically, 

 while iji some localities corn is a successful crop. 



LOCATION OF FARM FOR HOG RAISING. 



The selection of a region is not of paramount importance in hog 

 raismg m the United States, for swine are successfully and profitably 

 grown in practically all localities and on almost any type of soil; 

 stiU, if the breeder is free to choose a location the following poijits 

 should be considered. 



Tig. 2.— Swine harvest successfully and profitably a great variety of farm crops. Forage crops at the 

 Bureau of Animal Industry Experimental Farm at Boltsville, Md., ready to be pastured. 



