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plat yielded 5.7 bushels of thrashed grain. Taking this yield as 
representative of that on the pastured plat, it required 2.01 pounds 
of barley to produce a pound of gain. 
The yield of both barley plats was somewhat reduced by the hail- 
storm of July 4. It appeared that the pastured plat was not as 
severely damaged as the Ratvestad one. 
The three crops added 552 pounds of gain to the initial weight of 
the 15 pigs in a goes of 74 days. Corn fed during the periods on 
rye and peas totaled 2,312 pounds. 
CORN. 
A comparatively large yield of corn was available for hogging-down 
in 1920. The grain was nearly mature when six spring pigs were 
given access to the plat on September 18. The pigs weighed 387 
pounds on this date and were in good condition to make rapid gains. 
A pasture period of 41 days was required to harvest the corn. During 
this time the pigs put on a total of 248 pounds, an individual gain 
of 1.01 pounds daily. As a supplement*to the corn fed, the hogs 
consumed 79 pounds of alfalfa hay fed in racks. 
The check plat of corn yielded 14.4 bushels of grain to the acre. 
Assuming this yield to be representative of that on the pastured 
lat, each pound of gain required 3.25 pounds of corn. When the 
ae were removed from the plat on October 29 they were not in a 
finished condition. 
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ALFALFA. 
Stands on both the row and broadcast seeded alfalfa plats had been 
considerably reduced by the drought and pasturing of 1919. The late 
spring did not permit turning the hogs into the alfalfa fields until May 
28. At this time the alfalfa on each plat was about 10 inches high. 
Though somewhat higher than usual for pasturing, the alfalfa having 
had plenty of moisture was very succulent and readily eaten by the pigs. 
The stand on the row plat appeared to be less than on the broad- 
cast plat. The row alfalfa was therefore allotted four animals while 
the broadcast plat received six. 
As the season advanced the areas where the alfalfa had died out 
became very weedy, and the plats had to be mowed to keep the weeds 
from maturing. The pigs were removed on July 9, as it was evident 
that further grazing would be injurious to the pasture and produce 
expensive gains in weight. | 
A total gain of 105 pounds was made by the four pigs on the row 
alfalfa plat during the 42-day period. This averaged a daily gain of 
0.63 of a pound for each animal. The lot of six pigs on the broadcast 
plat made a gain of 142 pounds, or 0.56 of a pound aday each. Corn 
totaling 302 pounds was fed to the pigs on the row plat, and 450 
Tes of corn were consumed by the animals on the broadcast plat. 
zains were produced on the row plat at the rate of 2.88 pounds of 
corn per pound of gain, while on the broadcast plat 3.17 pounds of 
corn were required to produce a pound of gain. 
An acre of row alfalfa seeded in 1918 and cut for hay this season 
yielded 2,260 pounds. The acre check plat of broadcast alfalfa cut for 
hay yielded 1,146 pounds. 
BROME-GRASS. 
The brome-grass pastures suffered more severely during 1919 than 
did the alfalfa. An estimate of the stand of each plat made previous 
to starting the grazing season indicated a stand survival of but 60 per 
