Show COMPLETE SYSTEM OF HOGGING OFF CHO Z a I 1 healthy sow ord nd utter litter i v 1 lv l K v the united state states depart Dept rt rn nt at of 0 agriculture the familiar practice of hogging bogging off crops has been developed by experts in the baited state i department of into a scientific system of farm management inaDa gement which it la is said will minimize la in those sections and abose earms to which it Is adapted he the cost of harrett harvest labor reduced to its simplest terms this system which bich is described in full in farmer farmers bulletin no so A corn delt system of farming na aich saves Il harvest arvest labor by hogging down crops consists of a four or five year rotation rot Atlon of corn coni rye and a mix ture PI pt trover and end timothy one or two y years ears A farm managed on this vin ys ya tea tem should consist ot of four or five fields nell of from 0 to 10 0 acres each and II 11 is desirable that all the fields should be of ar the same sir farms shaid eh ald be laid out in accordance cor dance with the fellow ing plan i 1 corn coryll rast year to ti be hogge hogged off 2 eurn second year to tx be cut ant rye I 1 3 rye nyo and ara tou bouc gr cloer clo er hogsed on off ani ad 4 cloer and nd in timothy pastured red timothy timoth end and claier por for hay or pas pa lan above is 1 plan of 0 a tarn fann ran run on a five vear rotation roLt llon in field no I 1 the first year coni corn Is 13 grown and hogged off as soon as it la is ripe this Is generally from september I 1 to september 10 1 the corn la Is for the last time it Is usually ts desirable to sow eoy soy beans or rape tape in order that the hogs bogs may have while gathering the corn and aleo also because euch such a crop sip e plies valuable humus which can be turned back into the soil 14 o 0 the be following spring this field Is prepared for sec ond year corn and becomes field no 2 I 1 a the illustration feld no 2 Is as we have hire seen devoted to second year corn which Is cot not hogged bogged on off but harvested by hand here rye Is eown sown in the fai fall under favorable conditions thia this can be done while hile the corn Is still standing but if necessary it Is not too late after the corn has been cut and shocked rye may be town much later than wheat beat and this Is one of its great advantages in a rotation such as is I 1 now being described field no 3 ts is devoted to rye throughout t tl 0 o entire seaon season in the spring it Is pastured by the hogs as long as it Is palatable affording emeel lent tot pasturage especially tor for youna hogs and brood sowa when the rye becomes bomes tough and the hogs bogs cease to relish it they shield be removed and not returned to the field until two weeks after the rye ha has ripened T th should then be allowed to gather ft entire crop and to graze upon ft clover hat that has young come an UP vi i it field no so I 1 Is devoted entirely f t bog hog pasture N hen do clo cr er ani and U 4 othy are planted I 1 0 ge t h r th o 0 graze principally on the cloter 1 i leave most of or the timothy to tx ci to for bay in the five year r ha ever field no 6 1 13 depend ii I 1 jb furnish the principal supply of othall hay h the horse horses and cows th P re khouli come some surplus and this ct t coune courte c 4 be bold sold late in the fiill fall the tell plowed for first year corn and la it th 1 following spring it takes its place h the rotation a hem kem no I 1 under such a system hoe bogs cra the principal income 1 1 I hey are tu tim in on the rye as early as pos sll the spring and there they long as the tho past lre Is tender g thought tho the blood sows k taken to other In closures as aoa the spring pigs can be 44 i thero thera bred for fall litters early earl is may when the rye probably ces afford good pasture the hog hogs a i turned into field no 4 devoted first year clover and timothy V ift the addition of a reasonably rason ably 11 alb corn ration they feed on this uta middle of july or two beks after rye has ripened hen they are tan tar back into the rye field and allowed allowe db hog it all down without other teed tho the time the rye Is harvested the e en in field no I 1 Is ready for the t a if none of the sleek stock Is bold sold before hogs will gather all al the corn by vember I 1 in this way with ailt it 4 ly no labor and very little atten tio the entire herd Is furnished with 1 pe turo lure and grain feed throughout tk spring cummer summer anil and tall fall b addition there is the cum corn from 1144 no 2 which Is harve eted ani and 14 hogged down and the surplus from fields no 4 and 5 ovier this system the only bial t when outside labor Is to during the hay harval on a fan tam a hundred acres it is not probable I 1 this will amount to more than days hired labor which ia Is acet much less than is required by th the tens terns of farm manAg emertt in general use As for the cash IBM it may be said that roughly peal rye ultimately brings the same turns whether it la Is hogged don dowl 0 cut and threshed and said sold la iha latter cast however ther there Is 1 SO cost of labor to be consider considered save this is the main obe I 1 I 1 at of system described |