Show alfa alfalfa afa pasture Is superior for swine has no equal in palatability and protein in palatability and in production introduction of protein alfalfa has no equal as an pasture crop for hogs alfalfa hay I 1 la a ft a profitable hog feed during the wl winter anter months says E Q tilling riling animal husbandry iuan iaan kansas state agricultural college after spring litters have been weaned benned brood will do well on alfalfa pasture and a light grain ra kioa A hog ralser raiser will find it profitable to feed corn liberally to lo him spring litters white while on alfalfa pasture they wll will hen be ready tor for the f tall all market which Is usually higher than the winter market t according to riling filing at the kansas experiment station CO 50 pound pigs which were fed corn with alfalfa pasture gained three times its as much pr per day as hogs re ceiling corn alone in a dry lot the arst group required only 45 pounds of corn to make inake a pound of gain whereas the second group required 1125 pounds even when amell a well balanced ration was fed the pigs on the alfalfa gained 44 per cent more per day then pigs fed the same grain ration in a dry lot the first drat of these groups required 38 35 pounds p 0 u nd s 0 of f grain gr it 1 n t to 0 produce p ro duc e a pound n d of pou go gain 1 a w while h li e t the i 0 s second e co n d group 0 it p required q u ired 40 45 pounds alfalfa pasture should not be grazed too closely it la IS better to have to a largo large acreage so that it can be cut about twice and yield one ondo fourth or one half a crop of hay this ac acreage creage will of course vary with the rainfall |