Show forage crops for hogs most economical plan th use of forage crops in hog production has been advocated and recognized for ft a long time by experimental stations and the agricultural colleges and many farmers have found the they y could not afford to raise hogs it if pastures were not used recent experiments in south dakota indicate that pigs pigi self belt fed on corn and on pastures of alfalfa rape and bluegrass will make mabb arreater dally daily gain than those fed in a dry lot this gain might be only 25 of a pound per day but when realizing that it Is the aim of every feeder r to have his hogs reach n weight of to pounds in the shortest possible time tile tho importance of pasture cannot be overlooked overlook id the experiment conducted at the indicated that over a period required for I 1 50 pound pig pie to reach the farhet weight of pounds those which had bad use of forage farag e crops made it u caving of 25 days as compared with those on dry lot iol it la 13 also claimed that pigs on good pasture make more economical gains these aarts farts seen seem to be borne out in ili the lie eap exp experiment ariment in comparing the amount of corn and required per r 01 pounds of live weight it Is that a distinct saving financial r as well as with labor can be made by S the use of good pasture |