Show experiments with swine feeding on alfalfa hay in a test of methods of fattening pigs conducted by the new mexico station using two lots of 10 18 pigs each on alfalfa tiny liny one lot wa was fed a full ration of ground milo maize and a small quantity of milk while the other received a limited amount of these supplements the first lot avas as ready for market 30 days day earlier eailler than the other in another test with pigs on alfalfa tiny hay one lot ans was fed a mixture of nillo maize and mesquite beans beana 21 and the other lot had a full ration of ground mile maize the results indicate that with pork nt at 10 cents n pound mile maize per pounds and alfalfa hay bay DO 50 tents cents per hundred pounds mesquite beans ore are worth per pounds some difficulty was experienced in getting the beans properly ground for tile the pigs tills this avns vas best accomplished by grinding the beans and the grain together in the proportions wanted |