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Show WASTE PLACES ON THE FARM Progressive Farmers Are Making First-Class First-Class Hog Pastures of Land Once Thought Worthless. I Most of the large and many of the small farms in the arid West have more or less poor land. Some of this is rocky hilly country, some damp alkaline soils and other sections are cut up with washes and ditches. Most of these are not being utilized. What can we do to help in a practical way? A number of progressive farmers -have made first-class hog pastures of these formerly waste places by sowing common sweet clover. They say hogs relish it and make about as good gains is on alfalfa if pastured young. Oth-jrs Oth-jrs have planted sweet clover for iheep pasture, taking care of the few .'arm sheep which are always a source of profit on such farms. Some have been utilizing these places for dairy calves, colts or any other animal avail-ible. avail-ible. This is worth trying out. If the farm-;r farm-;r wants to grow sweet clover and loes not want to pasture it, then he nay cut it young for hay or produce seed which at present is bringing a jig price on the market. . . i |