Show PASTURE IRRIGATED WITH HOGS washington D C nov 16 by pasturing irrigated alfalfa i pasture with wit hors the adent ul in the huntley montina reclamation project experiment peri ment farm rel reports ports that he ot re i 1 10 at the rate of jf 76 75 to 88 per acre this estimated return he figures is e ui valent to 1084 per ton on ho he farm for the hay crop which vas harvested and consumed by lie ho hogs in discussing this experiment 11 a 1 1 rt of the work of that arm for 1916 1915 just issued by the U S department of agriculture he says in part this rotation consisted of orn lax flax ficeti and three years year A f alfalfa the third year nl alfa and the corn are arc harvested i y ho hogs s the object of this exi iio ment being to a certain tho the a 0 of alfalfa arid and corn crops crop ahen so BO harvested the alfalfa exper caper ment was divided into two periods april to july or the spring period and july to september or the summer period the plat ased d was divided into two equal portions portion and the hogs were pastured alternately ornately alt for ten lays days at i q time on oil each part this allows for more uniform growth and convenience in ili irrigating jn in addition 0 t tho the pasture the hogs hoga were given a n supplement try my ration of 2 pounds of corn borday per pounds of live weight on oil april five high grade duroe du roc jersey hop hogs weighing pounds were placed on oil the alfalfa plat on may it was found necessary to remove one hog as aa tho the supply of feed was hogs were taken july and on the same date eight pure bred duroc durcie jersey shoots shoats were placed on tho the plat these shoats having it a total initial weight of pounds remained on the pas turo ture until september during the two pa periods cods hods pounds of pork were produced the corn consumed during the season amounted to 1949 pounds and estimating tile the value of the pork at 7 cents per pound gives i a total return from the plat of the value of the corn led fed estimated ns as worth per pounds was ava 2430 2436 this thin leaves a net return from he alfalfa crop of 1897 for the plat which is at the rate of 75 38 per acre as compared with a net return of from a sim ilar experiment conducted in 1914 these results and also thone secured in 1913 and 1914 inde ate that the possibilities of pas wring turing I 1 alfalfa with hogs should beeche careful consideration by ahe farma farmer on the If project hogging corn four of the pigs used in the alfalfa pasturing experiment were transferred to the corn plat on october 1st ast 1915 at this ime me the corn was practically nil all matured twenty five days daya were required for the hogs to harvest the corn during this time the hogs gained tbs abs or an n average daily gain of pounds per hog the yield of the quarter acre plat was estimated to be 1310 bushela bush bus holi cla or 52 11 bushels per acre valuing pork at 7 cents abound the hogs hog S returned 1512 1612 per one quarter acro 01 0 per bushel for the corn consumed in other word the hogs clogs consumed 34 pounds of corn for each pound of gain in III tho the similar experiment conducted in 1914 hogs consumed pounds of corn for each pound of gain |