Show production OF PORK most profitable use of alfalfa in ration Is problem extensive Extent ve experiment experiments made by ne me braka station tc throw light on subject summary of re suit secured Is I 1 given SY W 7 p SNYDER nebraska one of the chief problems before the pork producer Is that of the most profitable use of alfalfa in the fattening ration alfalfa Is the only source of cheap protein tor for feeding pur purposes available to our feeders it Is because of this condition that the feeding of alfalfa with a ith grain is so attracting the attention of the feeders the chief problems are in what form to feed the alfalfa and in what proportion to the grain ration during the past several years extensive experiments havo been made by the nebraska experiment station to throw light on this subject Tt proper standard from which to determine the moat most profitable ration la Is the amount of teed feed of a certain kind required to produce a martain increase in weight and the rate at which the increase 13 crease Is made these terms are the same in all parts nt the country while the cost of the various feeds will vary in almost every locality the results of the experiments for the beat methods ot of fattening hoo on corn and alt ufa hay and on corn alone are herewith given the feeding of or various proportions of alfalfa in a ration of corn as alfalfa hay bay as chopped hay and as meal india indicates ates that the rations rank as follows vieb the mcdo satisfactory ration viewed from the profit made per hog o at the top of at the list I 1 corn and alfalfa bay in a rack 2 nineta parts cors corn and 10 parts chopped alfalfa 3 ninety parts cora and 10 arts alfalfa meal 4 corn alone 5 seventy five parts parta corn and 25 parts alfalfa meal 6 seventy five parts corn and 25 parts chopped alfalfa 7 fifty parts corn and 50 parta parts chopped alfalfa 8 fifty parts corn and 60 50 parts alfalfa mal wal the first three rations stad staid closely together corn seems to havo i sta 17 alfalfa rick for hog hogs side and and view ilce ce between a ration of 10 parts part a alfalfa and 90 parta parts corn and a ration of 26 25 parts alfalfa and 75 parts corn of all the many rations tried ricce has been found the equal of corn and a small percentage of alfalfa alfalla pour four seasons records show that old 60 sows s being fattened on corn and aa alfalfa pasture gained two pounds per head dally daily ate 35 pounds corn for pounds gain and gave a net profit of over five cents ench dally daily A summary of the results of experiments indicates that the cost of feed to produce a pound market hog was 3 35 per pounds and that keeping the bog hog until it weighed pounds pound iner increased based the cost to 3 57 67 per pounds |