IRRIGATED FIELD CROPS FOR HOG PASTURING. 
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Table X. — Results secured with three lots of pigs on irrigated alfalfa pasture 
supplemented with, a 2 per cent ration of cracked milo on the Yuma Experi- 
ment Farm in 1916 and 1917. 
Time. 
Num- 
ber of 
pigs. 
Aver- 
age 
initial 
weight. 
Area 
of 
pas- 
ture. 
Time 
of 
test. 
Gain (pounds). 
Aver- 
age 
carry- 
ing 
capacity 
per 
acre. 
Grain 
Pigs. 
Total 
per 
acre. 
Per 
acre 
per 
day. 
Per 
Pig 
per 
day. 
fed per 
100 
pounds 
of gain. 
Lot 1 
Spring, 1916 
6 
6 
Pounds. 
59 
71 
Acres. 
0.25 
.25 
Days. 
56 
126 
1,060 
2,376 
19 
19 
o.ae 
.80 
Pounds. 
1,896 
2,892 
Pounds. 
222 
Lot 2 
Summer, 1916 
All season, 1916 
243 
.25 
182 
3,436 
19 
237 
Spring, 1917 
Lot 3 
16 
58 
.75 
120 
1,868 
15 
.77 
2.168 
240 
The results obtained with cracked milo as a pasture supplement at 
Yuma compare very favorably with those secured with corn and 
barley in similar tests conducted at the other experiment farms. 
PASTURING ALFALFA SUPPLEMENTED WITH WHEAT AND SHORTS. 
Generally speaking, the use of wheat as a hog feed has not been 
extensively adopted by irrigation farmers. In some districts, how- 
ever, wheat has been produced more extensively than barley or corn, 
and in these districts the crop has been fed to hogs rather commonly. 
Feeding unmarketable or low-grade wheat to hogs also has been 
rather widely practiced in some districts, and some use has been 
made of shorts for the same purpose. The results secured in three 
tests in which wheat was used as a supplement to alfalfa pasture and 
in two tests in which shorts were used are summarized in Table XL 
Lots 1, 2, and 4 were on the Tieton Reclamation Project, lot 3 on 
the Uncompahgr© Reclamation Project, and lot 5 on the Belle 
Fourche Experiment Farm. The wheat used was cracked or ground 
in each instance. The gain per acre of alfalfa pasture was de- 
termined in only one case; so this item is omitted from the table. 
Table XI. — Results secured with five lots of pigs on irrigated alfalfa pasture 
supplemented in three instances with wheat and in two instances tvith shorts 
on three reclamation projects. 
Pigs. 
Supplement. 
Grain 
ration. 
Number 
of pigs. 
Average 
initial 
weight. 
Time of 
test. 
Gain per 
pig per 
day. 
Grain fed 
per 100 
pounds 
of gain. 
Lot 1 
Wheat... 
Per cent. 
1.00 
6.40 
2.08 
3.80 
2.00 
7 
12 
11 
5 
7 
Pounds. 
40 
114 
118 
66 
48 
Days. 
49 
24 
30 
62 
36 
Pounds. 
0.82 
2.58 
1.10 
.96 
.53 
Pounds. 
99 
Lot 2 
do .. 
319 
Lot 3 
do 
256 
Lot 4 
Shorts... 
331 
Lot5 
do 
203 
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