12 BULLETIN 1148, U. S. DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE. 
the alfalfa pastures were stocked, but was warranted by the earlier 
and more rapid spring growth made by the .brome-grass. On this 
date the grass was 8 inches high. Hogs on the row plat weighed | 
764 pounds per acre, while those on the broadcast plat had an acre 
weight of 778 pounds. The forage carried each lot until July 9, a 
period of 70 days. At this time the pasturage was so coarse and 
unpalatable that satisfactory gains were not being made. The grass 
on the row plat was tall and coarse, while that on the broadcast plat 
was short and dry. 
Pigs on the row plat returned,an acre gain of 350 pounds, or a daily 
gain of 0.63 of a pound per pig. _The broadeast plat yielded 374 
pounds of gain per acre, or a daily average of 0.67 of a pound per 
pig. The corn consumed on each plat was 1,344 pounds. This was 
a ratio of 3.84 pounds of corn per pound of gain for the row plat 
and 3.59 pounds of corn per pound of gain for the broadcast plat. 
The results were somewhat in favor of the broadcast brome-grass. 
The unpastured halves of each plat were cut for hay on June 15. 
From the row plat 1,392 pounds of hay per acre were obtained, while 
the broadcast plat yielded 720 pounds of hay per acre. The check 
plat of brome-grass sown broadcast yielded 664 pounds of hay. 
RESULTS IN 1919. 
RYE. 
Conditions in 1919 were favorable for starting the pasture work 
about two weeks earlier than heretofore. Ten fall pigs with a 
total weigit of 1,103 pounds were placed on the acre of rye on April 
25, when the crop was about 7 inches high. The animals took to 
the forage readily and during the early part of the period made good 
gains. The season was very dry, and the growth of rye was checked 
to such an extent that the 10 pigs were able to keep the whole plat 
eaten off uniformly. This was the first year the oles did not need 
to be clipped to prevent the unpastured plants from maturing. 
At the end of 56 days the hogs were removed and placed on the 
plat of peas. The gains made amounted to 287 penises which was 
an average daily increase of 0.51 of a pound for each animal. The 
corn fed was 1,403 pounds, or a ratio of 4.89 pounds of grain per 
pound of gain. 
The check plat made 3.6 bushels per acre. 
PEAS. 
The crop of peas was severely damaged by drought, and but little 
forage was produced. The'10 pigs were placed on the plat on June 
20 when they weighed 1,390 pounds. The peas were in the green- 
pea stage and were readily eaten. 
The small crop cut the pasture period to seven days, the pigs 
being removed 6n Jy:ne 27. A gain of 77 pounds was made by the 
lot during this périod.” The average daily increase was 1.1 pounds 
per day per pig and was made with the aid of 207 pounds of corn 
supplementing the forage, a ratio of 1 pound of gain to 2.69 pounds 
of corn. 
The check plat of peas dried up before harvest, and no yield was 
obtained. 
A total gain of 364 pounds was made on the rye and pea plats 
' during the combined periods amounting to 63 days. A total of 
1,610 pounds of corn was consumed. 
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