Show VALUABLE CRUP CROP FOR SWINE hogs of all ages agea relish cut alfalfa when fed in slop and make excellent growth I 1 have found that alfalfa makes inq of the labost valuable crops tor for alt tl hog grower therIt Is pastured or cut up finely and fed with ground feed writes john 11 dunlay in the farm stock and home last winter when were selling around 30 per ton I 1 cut alfalfa in a cutting box and fed with the warm slop to all my hogs that did not have access to blue grass or the rye fields cloge of all ages relished the cut alfalfa when fed in the slop and they made mad a fine growth the alfalfa was cut to about one half an inch in length and then scalded before being mixed with tho the ground feed I 1 usually put the cut alfalfa in a largo large galvanized tank and pour boiling water over it it la Is then left to stand over night and it covered will be warm the next morning I 1 want io to purchase a feed grinde bat hat will grind alfalfa into a coarse meal and if I 1 do thlu thin I 1 think the hogs will find it even more palatable al falfa contains about the same a mount amount of protein as found in the best and at the same time it seems e ems to act as a tonic for all the hoga hog t that h 1 have access to it it is not too lato late to sow alfalfa and it will pay you ou to sow at least a small patch even it you only feed the hoge bogs the cured hay during the winte months when they do not get green teed feed when there is a good supply of alfalfa it makes the best of forage crops for hogs of all ages alfalfa I 1 when past pastured ared should be allowed to get a good start and should not be pastured the first season in this way it gets geta a good start and is able tg stand pasturing better the next year it Is well to ring the hogs or take them from the alfalfa field I 1 it t the ground gets wet or muddy |