Show REDUCING COST OF PORK production wo i 41 r 01 r 1 I ry A A za I 1 1 4 ovy 91 al Q i 1 ari aa i 41 1 4 I 1 PIGS ON OAT AND PEA FORAGE from the united states department of agriculture the cost of p pork 0 rk Is reduced materially by the uso use of casturo and forage crops hut but it Is desirable to food feed groin grilla or other concentrated feed in in somo some sections of the country chero pastures are luxuriant mature hogs aro are maintained in an apparently antis satisfactory condition on pasture alone this practice should not bo be followed however lit in the case of young growing pigs because they will become thin in flesh and stunted it if compelled coin polled to live on pasture alone ilog hog raisers differ widely regarding tho the quantity of groin grain that hint should bo fed to hogs hoga while on pasture some solle beeders give them allther nil they will consume others feed a ration equal to about 2 to 3 per cent of tile tho live weight of the hog still others will allow pigs to run on pasture find and feed thein it I 1 per cent grain ration there Is no fixed tula governing the supplemental grain ration which should ho be fed lit in com combination bInn with forage the amount of grain fed depends upon tho the kind of pasture used the price of grain and tho the market pasture forage has n composition alfalfa clover vetch and peas furnish teed feed much richer lit in protein than most other crops where hogs are feeding on leguminous pas paci turo they require less concentrated ford feed than when grazing upon boule guin inous pasture such na am timothy or ori chard grass bermuda or bluegrass lit in the early curly stages of growth tho the cc acci reals rony may bo be classed na as nitrogenous forages A farmer inny have morel hogs than linn nta film pasture will ninino dalte when tills this is tile tho al CUSP alse se tile tho pus turo ture will lost last longer it if n tull full grain ration Is fed the moro grata grain it hog con the loss less forage lie ho will cut when grain la Is high it la Is ruther expensive to feed a supplemental grain ration at such times there la a great brent temptation to place tho the hogs hoga upon lins turo ture alone this will ever pay tor for it generally takes more booro and more time to oft tile tho haja thun it if they had been fed ft a liberal ration while ou on pit pasture sture tho the amount of grain used wll alfio depend upon tile length of time the feeder lias has lit in which to lit the hogs hoga for market clogs that anre marketed from ten to twelve months old are usually maintained on pasture alone during tho the grazing season if any grain brain Is given nt at all it la in very light in this way tile tho greater percentage of growth la Is made from tho the cheaply grown forage where rapid finishing Is desired the liberal uso use of grain la Is important |