Payette enterprise. (Payette, Canyon Co., Idaho) 1909-1935, 1914-04-02

is desirable for economical gains, as
the hogs relish the young shoots best.
When the forage becomes too LANCE
to furnish desirable feed, an area
near the watering place is clipped
with mower. This should be large
enough to furnish the desired amount
of pasture In a few days the clipped
area produces a vigorous growth of
new shoots, upon which the hogs
feed without. materially disturbing
the rest of the meadow. II the area
first moved is not sufficient tofur-
nish the required feed, more of the
meadow is clipped as necessity may
demand. To prevent the stand Of
these clipped areas from becoming
injured by overgrazing, different por-
tions of the meadow are used in this
way from year to-year.
Grain Ration While Hogs Are on
Pasture.
While the cost of producing pork
may be reduced materially by the use
Of such roughage as alfalfa hay,
roots, or green pasture forage, it is
desirable to feed grain or other con-
centrated feed in addition. Mature,
dry brood sows are sometimes main
tanned in an apparently satisfactory
condition ON good pasture alone.
Young growing hogs, on the other
hand, usually become ungamly in
shape, big belhed, and thin in flesh
or stunted when compelled to sub
sist on pasture alone
How growers differ quite widely re-
garding the quantity of grain that
should be fed while on pasture. Some
feed a full ration, /. g., all the grain
the hog will consume. Others feed
medium ration, one that is equal
to about 2 to per cent of the live
weight of the hog. Still others pre-
| fer a light grain ration, one that is
equal to only about L per cent OF the
live weight of the hog. Occaslnoal-
" men are found who run young
shotes ON pasture without other
feed. This is a mistake, for it all
most invariably reuslts in stunted
hog. No fiexd and fast rule can be
laid down, for the supplemental grain
ration which should be fed in cen
junction with green pasture depends
upon number of factors, the more
important of which are ~ the age at
(which the hogs are to be lbarketed,
~, the price of grain, and ~ the
plentifulness and quality of the pas
ture.
The new bulletin describes in de-
tail how the rations for hogs of diff
ferent conditions and market ages
are to be varied.
In regard to the quality and abund-
ance of pasture, the scientists IN
their Investigations observed that
the men who were enthusiastic pork
producers fed liberal supplemental
grain ration to growing hogs when
on pasture while those who Thought
there was little profit in raising hogs
ran them largely on pasture without
other feed during the grazing season.
In most localities in the Pacific
northwest it is possible to provide
crops that may be hogged off during
several months of the busy season.
The crops generally used for this
purpose are wheat, field peas, corn
and barley. The bulletin gives III
formation in considerable detail re-
garding suitable pasture crops for
the different sections of Washing
ton and Oregon. 1t also contains
a number of illustrations. An easily
and cheaply constructed rack for
feeding hay to hogs is shown.
Farmers interested in developing
the hog industry in the Pacific north
west are advised to write for TINS
new bulletin (No. So, which can
be had free on application to the
United States department of asrf
culture at Washington, d. &.