IRRIGATED FIELD CROPS FOR HOG PASTURING. 37 
neighborhood of 600 pounds. These results compare not unfavorably 
with those obtained by hogging corn, when the costs of production 
of these crops are considered. It is to be remembered, however, that 
in some districts where corn grows well, field peas do not do as well 
as in cooler localities less favorable to corn. Field peas are particu- 
larly valuable as a crop for hogging off when the commoner grain 
feeds are high priced and the swine grower is seeking a substitute for 
them. \ 
Horse beans are used satisfactorily in a few irrigated districts, 
but the crop is to be regarded as in the experimental stage for 
irrigation farmers generally. This crop appears to be especially 
susceptible to the attacks of certain fungous diseases. 
While grain sorghum, particularly milo, is used to some extent in 
the Southwest for hogging off purposes, its chief value in swine pro- 
duction probably lies in its usefulness as a supplement to alfalfa 
pasture and as a finishing feed. When used in either of these ways 
the grain is cracked or ground, and its feeding value is believed to be 
higher than when the grain is fed whole, as in hogging. 
