DRY-LAND PASTURE CROPS FOR HOGS. 23% 
Table 7 presents the combined returns from the several systems of 
the continuous pastures. 
TABLE 7.—Average returns from the several pastures or continuous pasture periods. 
: Weights of animals and feed 
Pasture period. (pounds). 
= | Years Num-| | Grain sup- 
Pasture. aver- ber of .. | plement. 
aged. | pigs.|..._ | Daily 
Date on. | Date off. | Days. Gain.) gain os 
| | per pig.| Total. | pound 
| of gain 
rr | —- | 
Rye, peas, and barley......... 6 | May 14] July 30 75 | 10.2| 462 0.60 |11,701 3.68 
PAERIR IN TOW Sic: oc ecnscccce es 4) May 16] July 11} (57) 5 ~} -2427| 10 | 2724 2.96 
Alfalfa sown broadcast........- 4 | 22d0ss22- --G0.....) 57} 6:8 | 270 | -69 | 2882 3. 25 
Brome-grass in rowS.....-....- ; 4| May 11| July 7} 58) 5.5} 214} 61 2851 3.92 
Brome-grass sown broade¢ast.. . AMS dors. | July | 56) 6 269 | .78 | 2895 3.11 
GOBH- rs sane. cox). eecosee: = | 4 | Sept. 21 | Oct. 10 20 |. .5.5.|° 119.) 1.147) SOFIE eae 
1 Corn fed on rye and peas. 2 Corn. 
3 Average yield of corn from the check plat, 865 pounds. This was converted into gains at the rate of 
7.44 pounds of corn for each pound of gain. 
The 3 acres of forage, consisting of rye, peas, and barley, when 
pastured consecutively carried an average of 10.2 pigs for an average 
grazing period of 77 days. During this time the gain made averaged 
462 pounds, or 0.6 of a pound per pig per day. ‘This gain was made 
at an expense of 3.68 pounds of corn for each pound of increase. 
Alfalfa in rows had a 4-year average of five pigs to the acre for a 
56-day period. They increased in weight 242 pounds and consumed 
724 pounds of corn. The average daily gain per pig was 0.78 of a 
pound, and the ratio of corn fed to gain is 2.96 to 1. 
An average of 6.8 pigs were supported for 56 days on an acre of 
alfalfa seeded broadcast. The average daily gain per pig was 0.69 
of apound. It required 3.25 pounds of corn as a supplement to make 
a pound of gain. 
The acre of brome-grass in rows carried an average of 5.5 pigs 
continuously for 58 days. The gains made averaged 214 pounds, or 
0.61 of a pound a day for each animal. It required 3.92 pounds of 
corn supplement to make 1 pound of gain. 
Brome-grass sown broadcast had a carrying capacity of six pigs 
for 55 days. This lot made 269 pounds of gain, an average daily 
gain of 0.78 of a pound per pig. Corn consumed was at the ratio of 
3.11 pounds of grain for every pound of gain. 
The acre of corn had a 4-year average of 5.5 pigs for 20 days. 
These gained 119 pounds during the period. The average daily 
gain was 1.19 pounds each. When the yields of the check plat of 
corn are taken as a basis for the grain ratio, 7.44 pounds of corn were 
required for each pound of gain. 
CONCLUSIONS. 
It is fully realized that the data so far obtained from these experi- 
ments are not conclusive and that the work must be carried on for a 
longer period of years before its value can become accurately estab- 
lished. The diversity of conditions affecting the procedure and the 
results of the experiment from year to year call for a careful study of 
each year as a unit. This is more necessary, perhaps, where the live 
stock is a factor to be considered along with the crop production than 
when only the crops are influenced. 
