Show Quality Pasture Cuts Swine Feeding Costs Feed Costs Reportedly Can Be Cut 30 Per Cent Hog feeding costs can be cut down as much as 30 per cent with high quality legume reports the middle west soil improvement In citing a recent statement by University of Wisconsin animal husbandry These specialists point out that an acre of good pasture will save pounds of grain and to pounds of protein In fattening hogs for They say that If you don't want to push your pigs they can eat enough pasture to save 30 per cent in feeding And even I Good pasture provides hogs with high low cost It gives them needed vitamins and particularly If they are fed all the grain they will pasture will save at least IS per cent in Among high protein pastures are red Ladino clover and rye for late fall and early How big a pasture yield you get depends on how well the legumes are Agronomists recommend adding phosphate and potash to new legume They recommend top-dressing older established fields in summer or fall with phosphate and potash to help keep the growth thick and Top-dressed fertilizer helps the legumes come through the winter in better the plant food is there in the soil ready to be used by the roots when spring growth |