8 BULLETIN 1143, U. S. DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE. 
BARLEY. 
The barley plats were somewhat affected by the hailstorm but 
recovered more completely than did the peas. 
The lot of hogs from the peas weighed 915 pounds when placed on 
the barley plat on August 8. The grain was well filled at this time, 
but the crop was not nearly as mature as in 1916. That it was more 
palatable than during the previous year was evidenced by the way 
the animals consumed the entire plants, rather than limiting them- 
selves to the grain. There were not enough pigs to harvest the whole 
acre while it was in this stage, so the forage was rather well matured 
by the end of the season. Though the hogs were kept on the plat 
until all the grain was consumed, it was apparent Mee they were 
getting little benefit from the matured barley and they were removed 
on August 22. 
A total gain of 60 pounds was made during the 14-day pasture 
period. This was an average daily gain of 0.71 of a pound per pig. 
The check plat yielded 16.2 bushels of mature grain per acre. 
Using this yield as an estimate of the grain consumed it appears that 
12.95 pounds of barley were required for 1 pound increase in weight. 
Rye, peas, and barley pastures returned a combined total of 497 
pounds gain in weight for six pigs in a period of 103 days. A total 
of 1,268 pounds of corn was fed as a supplement to the rye and pea 
pasturage. As was the case in 1916, the animals were not in a 
finished condition at the end of this season but had made a good 
srowth and fattened readily in the dry lot. 
CORN. 
Six spring pigs, totaling 442 pounds, were placed on the acre of 
corn on September 28. The corn was well ripened and was of a 
better quality than in 1916, though the yield was somewhat less. It 
required 17 days to hog-off the corn, and the animals were removed 
on October 15. During this period the total increase in the weight 
of the lot was 103 pounds, or 1.01 pounds per day for each pig. 
The acre check plat yielded 9.6 bushels of corn of good quality. 
Using this yield as a basis of calculation the gains were made at the 
rate of 5.22 pounds of corn per pound of gain. The corn crop was 
not large enough to finish the animals to a marketable size and 
condition. 
ALFALFA AND BROME-GRASS. 
The alfalfa and brome-grass crops were seeded in 1916 in l-acre 
plats. One plat of each was planted in rows 2 feet apart and one 
with rows 6 inches apart. In this bulletin the first is referred to as 
the row plat and the second as the broadcast plat. Good stands 
were obtained, and excellent pasturage was available in the spring of 
1917. A sufficient number of fall pigs was not available for grazing off 
these plats efficiently, but five pee ane a total weight of 438 pounds 
were given access to the 2 acres of alfalfa on May 16. On the same 
date five similar pigs, totaling 427 pounds, were placed on the 2 acres 
of brome-grass. A 2 per cent ration of corn was fed each lot daily. 
Both lots were carried on their respective pastures for a period of 
56 days, being removed on July 11. The forage on each plat having 
made more growth during this period than the*small number of pigs 
could consume, all plats except the brome-grass in rows were mowed. 
The 2 acres of alfalfa yielded 1,632 pounds of fair quality hay. 
The acre of broadcast brome-grass appeared to be more unpalatable 
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