THE HOG [NDUSTRY. 1<>I 
Peanut andchufa pasture compared with graii Continued. 
Total feed eaten 
Area grazed and ra1 Ion. 
Spanish peanuts grazed, one-half grain ration 
Spanish peanuts grazed 
Chut' as grazed, one-half grain ration.. 
Full grain ration. 
Area 
grazed. 
Sq. /< et. 
8,344 
12,448 
7,937 
( iiiiin 
eaten, 
Pounds. 
152 
152 
304 
Grain per 
LOO pounds 
gain. 
I 'oil lllls. 
L88 
L92 
4:51 
Pasturage 
on I acre 
lor a UNI. 
pound 
shoat. 
Day 8. 
850 
163 
827 
This experiment shows the best returns when grain was fed with 
these crops. Grazing peanuts alone was very unsatisfaetor} 7 . The 
return per acre of peanuts and ehufas, with pork at 4 cents per pound, 
was estimated, where grain was fed, at $9.50 and $9.G2, respectively. 
The pigs on peanut pasture alone returned only $3.03 per acre for the 
crop. Those on pasture with grain made much more rapid and eco- 
nomical gains than those on grain only. 
The last column of the table is especially interesting. With a small 
amount of grain it is evident that pasture will be available for a much 
longer period than when no grain is fed. 
Grazing sorghum and cowpeas. — Duggar rt fed four lots of 3 pigs 
each for five weeks to compare the value of sorghum and cowpea pas- 
ture with a grain ration. Lot I was hurdled on drilled sorghum which 
was in the dough and ripening stages and received a half grain ration 
of a mixture, b}^ weight, of corn meal 2 parts and cowpea meal 1 part. 
Lot II was placed in a pen in which sorghum was growing and had, 
in addition, enough ripe Spanish peanuts to constitute a half ration 
of peanuts. Lot III was hurdled on drilled Whip-poor-will cowpeas 
on which part of the pods were ripe and received no grain. Lot IV 
was confined in a bare pen and given the grain mixture given Lot I 
in such amount as the pigs would eat up clean. The following table 
shows the results : 
Grazing pigs on sorghum and cowpeas. 
Num- 
ber of 
pigs. 
Average 
weight at 
beginning. 
Total 
gain. 
Num- 
ber of 
days 
fed. 
Average 
daily 
gain. 
Total feed eaten. 
Grain 
per 100 
pounds 
gain. 
Ration. 
Area 
grazed. 
Grain 
eaten. 
Grain 1 
Grazed sorghum J 
Spanish peanuts 1 
Pounds. 
59 
59 
57 
64 
Pounds. 
75 
54 
51 
- 124 
35 
35 
35 
35 
Pounds. 
0.71 
.51 
.48 
1.18 
Sq. feet. 
4. 872 
4.872 
17,964 
Poll nils. 
244 
Pounds. 
328 
Grazed sorghum J 
Grazed ripe cowpeas. 3 
Grain. 
464 
374 
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