The gazette-times. [volume] (Heppner, Or.) 1912-1925, 1914-09-10

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N RICH, mellow land that retains
moisture well artichokes usually
yield better than potatoes. But
on land that dries out quickly the
yield is not very satisfactory.
The hogs are turned in late in the
fall about the time that alfalfa or
clover pasture is failing. Some allow
the hogs to work on the tubers at will
from the last Of October until MAY /.
Others prefer to use artichokes only in
the late fall and early spring, the hogs
being removed from the field during
the winter, when the ground is so wet
that their roofing will puddle the soil.
The hogs are returned to the field as
soon as the ground has settled in the
early spring. Used in this way arti-
chokes fill in two periods, the late fall
and early spring, when green feed is
scarce. As with the root crops, hogs
must also receive grain ration Of some
kind when feeding upon artichokes if
rapid gains are desired. When the
ground is frozen hard other feed must
be provided.
Many hog raisers use headed or
bundle wheat to carry dry brood sows
and young shotes through the winter
When feeding upon the unthrashed
grain the hogs get considerable rough
age in chewing the heads. They are
also compelled to eat more slowly and
to masticate their food better than
when feeding upon thrashed grain.
When the grain is fed in the straw
the thrashing bill is saved and the
hogs are kept busy during much of the
time. Unthrashed wheat and artichokes
or roots of some kind make good
combination for wintering hogs
In some localities field peas are
stacked and the unthrashed vines fed
to hogs during the late fall, winter
and early spring Mature pea grain is a
concentrated feed, very rich in pro-
tein. For this reason hogs should re-
ceive other feed in addition to the
peas to dilute the ration. Any of the
root crops, artichokes or potatoes are
excellent for this purpose.
Unthrashed Barley.
In using unthrashed bearded barley |
for winter feed for hogs, large guam
tity is thrown into the feed lot at a
time in order that the boards and ker
nels may become wet and soften. If
fed dry, the kernels are too hard to be
eaten readily.
Arid and Semiarid Districts.
The arid and semiarid districts may
arbitrarily be designated as that por-
ton of the wheat belt whose normal
precipitation is insufficient to grow al
falfa successfully. In much Of this re-
gion, however, alfalfa can be grown
profitably for hog pasture by keeping
the stand very thin and cultivating it
thoroughly in the late fall and early
spring If sown rather thinly in rows
about "a to SO inches apart and culti
vated occasionally during the spring
and summer, alfalfa will make profit
able hog pasture over a very wide ter
ritory now considered too dry for that
crop.
Wheat is used for hog pasture as
follows
.(1) As soon as the surface of the
ground is dry in the spring, about
April l, the hogs are turned into the
main crop of winter wheat that is
grown for market Some prefer to
use the winter wheat until it begins
to joint; that is, for about month
or six weeks. Others use it until the
hogs begin to chew the heads of
wheat, and still others harvest with
the hogs in the field.
(2) Spring wheat sown the last of
February or early in March is gem
Arally large enough for pasture. & To a