SWINE FEEDING IN COLORADO. 
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at least, by the results of these experiments. We must de¬ 
cide whether we have forage crops and grains to properly 
raise and fatten hogs, or whether it would be advisable to 
ship in such foods. 
Unlike lambs, hogs will not consume a large amount of 
rough forage and make as profitable a gain therefrom, but 
they must be fed a more concentrated or less bulky ration. 
The stomach of the sheep holds only 30 to 34 quarts, while 
the stomach of the hog holds from 7 to 9 quarts. Under 
our conditions profitable, lamb feeding and profitable hog 
feeding must be different questions carried out along differ¬ 
ent lines. Lambs naturally fit into our system of farming 
to use up the surplus alfalfa hay. Unless we can feed home 
grown products to hogs with profit they will not fit into our 
conditions in the same way, though our pasture conditions 
for them are ideal. 
ALFALFA FOR PASTURE. 
It is essential in raising hogs to have some pasture grass 
for them. Especially is this true of the brood sows and the 
young pigs which need not only the green feed but the ex¬ 
ercise and sunshine out of doors. Alfalfa fulfills this re¬ 
quirement admirably, as it makes a forage which is perfect¬ 
ly safe for hogs to pasture, is nutritious, palatable, grows 
early in the spring and late in the fall. Alfalfa produces more 
green forage per acre than any other forage used for hog pas¬ 
ture in the central west. Colorado is credited with 799,611 
acres of this crop. It is essential to every ranch where mix¬ 
ed farming is carried on. Alfalfa is grown to such an ex¬ 
tent in the state that any farmer or stockman could spare a 
few acres for hog pasture. The value of an acre of alfalfa 
throughout the season for laying on pork has not been re¬ 
ported from any station, but long experience has taught 
practical hog raisers that a little corn or a small amount of 
other grain, together with good alfalfa pasture, will give 
excellent returns. Alfalfa alone seems to supply little more 
than a maintenance ration, but as such is very valuable. 
BEET PULP. 
With the growth of the sugar beet industry and the 
building of factories for the manufacture of beet sugar, 
within the state, an important by-product, beet pulp, has 
been added to the list of foods available to stock feeders. 
Pulp is made by cutting sugar beets up into shreds about one- 
half the size of an ordinary lead pencil in order to extract the 
sweet juices from them by allowing the mass of shredded 
