Show FEED FOR FATTENING SWINE largest daily gains in nebraska experiment peri ment were made on corn and cut alfalfa hay in nebraska last winter an experiment in feeding alfalfa as a for corn in feeding pigs showed that the largest daily gains were made on three fourths corn and one fourth shorts but a gain practically equlla lent was made at a lower cost where either cut or ground alfalfa was substituted tor shorts in the ration the cheapest gains were made on corn and cut alfalfa bran does not prove equal to elthes boorts or alfalfa when fed aa one quarter ot the ration to pigs A ration three fourths corn and one fourth alfalfa produces greater gaibl than when one half Is fed where alfalfa is raise on the farm and when there is no particular need to hasten growth in pigs a ration one halt alfalfa hay and one half corn may give cheaper gains than ft ben a heava ler corn ration Is fed hogs which have been raised largely on alfalfa pasture will learn to eat hay in winter without cutting with a machine and to depend largely upon it where only a limited grain ration Is fed but a ration wholly alfa ta does not beem to give economical abla experiment shows that cut or ground alfalfa can be substituted for shorts at tho bame price in fattening pigs |