Show COST OF PRODUCING PORK REDUCED B USE OF PASTURE AND FORAGE CROPS 4 af Q A 44 YOUNG PIGS ON RAPE PASTURE arpard Pr pard by the th united states impart ment of agriculture although corn constitutes a large proportion of the tied aten hen to hogs bogs the cost of producing pork may be materially teri ally reduced by the use of pasture and forage crops supplemented by grains rape soy beans cow peanuts alfalfa closer cloner retell etch re oatt oat and canada field peas ans are all val forage crops for swine of any age in general the grain which Is suited to be fed with fill alia legumes Is corn and barley etc with fill the tile non legume plants a email small amount of attro nitrogenous tro genous feed such as or oil meal Is advisable As a general rule it rapid gains are desired a full ration of grain Is fed along with fill tho the forage but it if toot economy ionly in to feeding Is to be practiced sinal cr proportions of grain will mill be better lu ili some sections of the country where here pastures ins tures are luxuriant matuie links 1100 ar are in apparently tory condition on pasture alone this tills practice should be fol followed loed however in case of young growing groning pigs pig because they will mill become thin in flesh and blunted stunted if compelled to live on pasture alone in a feeding lest test extending over three summers at the missouri expert ment station et atlon forage choji 9 demonstrated their ulue ten tell pounds of gain maere ere accredited to each bushel of corn consumed before gains were more accredited to forage crop i groin grain was fed at the rate of 2 or 3 per cent of the weight of the hogs for each acre pastured alfalfa produced M 90 pounds of pork corn rape rope oats and anti clover sorghum blue grass 2 rie grain campeas cow peas and soy beans grain for hog hog ral misers diner differ widely regarding the quantity of grain that should be fed foil to bi hogs q while on pasture some feeders gho theia them all they will consume others about 2 to 3 per cent of the lle weight vel ht of lie the hog still others will allow pigs to run on pas lure ture and ferd them a I 1 per cent groin grain ration there Is no fixed flied rule govern ing trip the supplemental grain ration which should bo be fed in combination wh forage tho the amount of grain fed depends upon the kind of pastern paturi used the price of grain and the market when a farmer has more hogs than his pasture will mill accommodate nc the pas ture ak will III lust longer if a full grain ration Is fed nhen grain Is high it Is rather expensive to feed a supplemental grain ration at such times there 1 a great temptation to place the hogs upon pasture atone alone this practice will hardly ever i ay y for it generally takes more grain and more urn time tl to ah off the hogs than if it they had hail been fed a liberal ration while on pasture the anoint of grain used niso also will depend upon the length of time the feeder has in which to it nt the bogs for market itous that are marketed from ten to tm twelve elve months old are usually maintained nn pasture alone during luring the razing season if any grain Is given at all it Is very light in this way the greater perc entee tte of growth grouth Is nde wide from the cheaply brown grown forage orage A here raold finishing Is dedred de dred tho the liberal ue wie of amrain Is 1 important importance of posture Pr sture permanent pt aiso play nn an important rt in a fordge crop elon ion such pastures as rat r ifa ita the cloers blue arn Berti fida anal a number of have their greatest use during fhe the summer uni nier v cheo lien few tem vorady crops euch such as corn oy soy bran beans cop cal and velvet bean benns are avail able permanent pastures do not rint fur nish grating us as early in the spring as do the cereals but they grow better dur ne ng late and summer ami anti af at ford nn abundance of forage nt at a sea son when few other pasture crops are ready to graze A permanent pa pasture iture then takes the tile place cf of a rc reserve erve for age crop being called to furnish furril sh grazing abany at any time ume of the year when other pastures fall tall or are exhausted dry lot rations are not us usually itally aels satis factory front a financial tan com ordinarily forms the bs als kis of the ration with protein supplied from one if f the concentta con centra such as mill feeds oil meal soy ewans alfalfa or like here milk Is available aral lable it la Is fed to hog hogs to advantage advant axe t under present condition t much of aa kim milk alch natch has been given a turn thomaj now be manufactured ato ato cheese chesse ahen fed in the dry lot n common custom Is to se the pigs nil all the tile fea fed if they will mill clean up in a rason reasonably ablY short time for a rig pig weighing NeIgh Ing 15 to 50 pounds ahe a full ration fur for one day Is iq about six pounds of grain for each pounds of weight eight for larger pigs the ration mill 11 it grom sin smaller aller in 1 ro portion to eight until the SW to 30 34 pound pis pig hlll only consume a dally daily ration equal to about 24 2 I 1 1 or cent of his ills weight |