| Show HOG RATION MUST BE APTLY MADE the hog beg Is the most rapid gaining of all farm animals and because of this bis big ration must most not contain much coarse material to be worked over W r carroll chief of swine husbandry at the college of agriculture university of mols illinois points out even the best forage must most be canad ered merely as a side dish to the main ration but a very excellent and appetizing side dish at that abat in states around illinois at least corn Is the staff of the por porters kers life N nothing has been found which comes so near meeting most of the require meats of fat fattening boss bogs as corn corm on the other hand it Is equally true that the hog bog cannot tire lire by the staff acta of life alone fortunately Fortunate lr however no the shortcomings of corn as a hog bog feed can be corrected rather eastly easily it has been found that corn facts facks both to in the amount and quality of its proteins and mineral matter and that it does not carry some of the vitamin THa mInes eg needed by growing and fattening hogs it however supplements are added to take care of these three deaden debden clen cles there Is no other ration which Is so 90 nearly n arly perfect for hogs boss the deficiencies clendes of corn for fattening hogs boss can be corrected in fine shape and yet still leave the feeder a very simple ration which takes it a minimum of lot purchased teed feed and very little extra labor corn can be fed on oa the ear car until the pigs weigh to pounds when they get heavier then than that it usually pays to feed them shelled corn com As for pasture there Is no eln stogie le crop or combination of crops that Is better for hog bog pasture than alfalfa where soil and climatic conditions are suited salted to its growth it Is a legume that provides a long grazing season it supplies large amounts of very palatable forage it can be grazed throughout the season and it withstands drought well the man woe who has alfalfa for his hogs Is 13 giving them the highest advantage possible la in pasture feeding in n many sections of the corn belt late tall fall grazing of alfama al fali hurts the stand it Is advisable therefore fo e whenever possible to use an area for tall fail pasture that Is to be broken up op next nert in value to alfalfa come the clovers red clover has the advantage also of already being a part of the rotation on many farms sweet clover Is less palatable than the others but it will grow under a wide variety of soil conditions and also has the advantage that it can be pastured in the fall following a spring seeding it provides a large amount of forage in fact it is an aa extremely rant rank grow ing plant it will have to be watched the second ad year rear or else it Is likely to get too woody tor for hops bom if it shows signs of getting ahead of the animals it should be clipped with a very high stubble to induce new and tender growth of the non legumes rape Is the out standing forage for bogs boga it is practically equal to alfalfa while it lists although its grazing season Is much shorter the grasses and cereals are not as good as the legumes although they frequently are available when legumes are not if the grasses are kept down so the hogs always have a tender young growth these crops a are much better thin than they otherwise would be as their crude fiber increases rapidly with age |
