| Show GRAZING HOGS ON IRRIGATED ALFALFA 4 IR N 44 k kaz I 1 P W P SP JOE S 51 t U 1 a 0 HOGS GRAZING ON WESTERN reclamation 1 prepared by the united states department of agriculture by pasturing hogs on alfalfa on the truckee carson reclamation project farm in western INI nevada evada greater returns were received in 1015 1915 than could be expected from the same alfalfa made into hay the gat gains as made by the hom hoes on the other hand were much cheaper than could be expected from keeping the animals in feeding pens the hog bog raising experiment was begun in may 1915 one quarter of an acre of alfalfa was used this plot was subdivided and the pigs were changed alfalfa rack in use from one pasture to the other each week ten pigs were used in the experiment peri ment five of them being grade dubocs and five grade berkshires they were of 0 fair quality but three of the lot did not do well while on ae he pasture the pigs were fed daily a supplementary nipple rupple ration of rolled barley at the rate of two pounds of grain for or each pounds of live weight they also had access to a mixture of condiments including slacked coal caal and fait the pasturing period extended from hay 16 to september 18 during the early part of the season the pasture produced more feed than the pigs could con Bunie surrie but later it was kept so short that after september I 1 the growth of me fee pigs was retarded materially the pigs were each weighed every week throughout the season in the summary the value assigned to the rolled barley Is 30 per ton and the value of the increase in live weight of df the t pigs Is assumed to be 7 cents a pound the results are computed on the basis odthe acre unit though only a ter of an acre was actually used results of pasturing hogs on alfalfa with a 2 per cent ration of on the truckee carson experiment farm 1916 floss 0 on n alfalfa pounds initial eight per acre itco final weight per acre total gain per der acre in days 1912 grain fed for each pound of gain SI 31 hogs iro s on alfalfa value gain at 7 cents per pound lal 81 84 baxley barley f fed e d net gain y per acre the same report gives results of tests with eight varieties of wheat five varieties of barley eighteen varieties Tarlet les of of tomatoes tomatoes and four varieties onions the experiment with two varieties of mangels indicated that the golden tankard variety gives larger yields in the section than the long red mangel and that barnyard manure Is very valuable in growing this crop on land the golden tankard gave a yield of tons per acre while on land the average yield was tons in the onion experiments a fertilizer test seemed to indicate that a complete fertilizer composed of all three gave better results than potassium sulphate ammonium sulphate or add acid phosphate when applied separately |
