The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-08-16

one of the farmers most profitable products since he Is capable or con- veying the waste from the dairy ana stock pen and waste products or all
 The practice of raising hogs on corn alone cannot result in much profit. certainly not until the yield per acre is greatly increased. It is known that Bermuda and Dallas grasses tpas. paium diiatatum,) Japan clover and on good land alfalfa, furnish excellent pasfurage for hogs. over a large porJ lion of the South and will last from May i to December 1, and will last for years. Rye rape, crimson and burr clovers, and turnips will furnish tenn porary grazing during the remainder of the season, if the hogs are changed from one pasture to another every few days. Over the greater portion of the South sorghum Is the best plant to grow for suppiementfng any shortage that might occur In summer pasturage. The cowpea, managoId, citror, pump kin. Sweet potato. chufa and Jerusalem artichoke will furnish food from Au- gust to May l.
 MT. B. O. Harris, Pendieton. s. C., states that 1t costs him only 1-z cents per pound, charging liberal rent for grazing land. to produce pork. His hogs are grazed on a pasture of Bermuda and Dallas grasses and Ja- pan clover from May 1 to December l. The hogs are fed on manalds tur- nips, citrons and rice meal in winter; while rice meal and skim. milk sup plement insufficient /pasturage during summer. The food ifs cooked in win- ter. Mir. Harris never feeds corn to hogs, because 1t Is too expensive.
 MT. J. D. B. Harmon, Lexington. s. O., raises hogs successfully on chufas, cowpeas, sweet potatoes. rye, and Sor-
 ghuml He practices the following rotation: First year. chufas; second year, cowpeas. followed by rye; third year, either sweet potatoes or sor- ghun. Chufas are planted in May; hogs are turned in on them October l. and if the supply of chufas Is sufi- cient the hogs are allowed to remain until May of the following year The hogs in roofing for the chufas during wet weather in winter render the soil unsuitable for cultivated crops the next season. On land oc- cupied by chufas. cowpeas are sown In June The compeas are allowed to ripen, then hogs are turned on the field, and they eat the peas from the vines. The land Is sown in rye in September and grazed during winter and early spring. When stalks begin to form the hogs are removed, to give the rye a chance to ripen, so that 1t
 
 under. The rye is then turned under. and the land planted to sorghum or sweet potatoes. MT. Harmon feeds green sorghum from July 15, to about December l. Potatoes are used in the field for his hogs from August to De- ceinber I. He digs all that the hogs cannot eat by December 1. After the first frost banks them and uses them for feed in winter.
 It will be noticed that Mfr. Harmon practices good rotation and has ann pie food for his hogs from August i to May i, with good Bermuda pas- ture planted to bur clover, and field of alfalfa, his hogs could have the range of good pasture the entire year.
 Dr. c. E. Smith. willston. s. C., raises hogs largely on cowpeas. pea nuts. chufas and Jerusalem artichokes. Hogs are turned on cowpeas about August 1. and allowed to remain un- til September l. They are then turn ed into the peanut field and allowed to remain until November 1 to Is; at which time they are turned into the chufa and artichoke field, where they remain until April 1. The cowpea and peanut fields are rotated but the "chokes' and chufas are planted on the same land year after year. He states that his method enables him to, secure good seand or -ohokes ana chufas every year.
 J. M Moss St. Matthews, s. C., grows sorghum, cowpeas, peanuts and sweet potatoes for hogs, and has an orchard of Hicks Everlasting mulberry trees. He considers that all these are prof. table plants for hogs.
 A Louisiana farmer sold to the value of SsSS from 2 i-4 acres of alfalfa and one acre of sorghum.
 It is hoped that the above sugges- tIons supplemented by facts demon strated by five practical men, will en- courage hog-raising in the South.--H. Benton, in Live Stock.