The Glasgow courier. [volume] (Glasgow, Mont.) 1913-current, 1915-02-19

required the least amount of srain to
make 100 pounds of gain. Wheat
should be ground and mixed with some
supplement, such as tankage, peas,
or soy-bean meal. The results OBJ
tanned from a number of tests have
proved this to be a good practice.
Barley Produces Best Pork
In Great Britain and northern Eur
ope barley takes the place OF corn
for pork production, leading all grains
in producing pork of fine quality, both
as to hardness and flavor. Consider
able study in the United States has
been made of the value of barley as
pig feed, and the results have shown
that is compares very favorably with
corn, but has a feeding value some
what below that of wheat. What this
grain may lack in feeding value, how
ever, it more than supplies in its ef-
feet in carcass. AS a high-grade pig
feed it far surpass any other grain,
and this fact makes possible the pro-
duction of pork of the first quality in
regions where barley is produced alb
undantly. Ground or rolled barley is
best fed in combination with wheat,
middlings, skim milk, roots, alfalfa,
etc.
Value of Rye.
Rye meal ranks a little below corn
and about equal to barley meal as a
feed for swine. Rye produces salts
factory pork, especially when it is
fed with other grains. 1t is an ex-
tremely heavy, concentrated feed, and
will usually give best results when
fed not to exceed one-third of a ra-
ton. In many sections rye is much
esteemed as pasture, especially where
the soils are rather light, and in such
instances "hogging off" proves pro-
ftable.
Alfalfa Pasture and Hay.
Since economical pork production
depends largely upon the consumption
of a great deal of cheaply grown feed,
the pasture should be managed SO
that the forage produced will be clean,
tender, and palatable. Many success
full hog raisers prefer to use such
crops as alfalfa and clover for both
pasture and hay at the same time
The number of hogs generally turned
into a field is so limited that the
usual crops of hay are made.
The newer irrigated sections have
thousands of acres in alfalfa which
may be utilized to great advantage
by -~pasturing with hogs. Alfalfa
while adapted to the same territory
as clover, has a much wider range Of
usefulness, for it succeeds with less
rainfall and on lighter soils than Glow
er. Where the land is to be usee
continuously for hog pasture for {
number of years, alfalfa easily stands
first. An acre Of alfalfa will keel
Is to 20 pigs during the summer, ant
with grain in addition will make yer!
profitable gains and a high qualit!
of pork.
l Alfalfa hay is often used for feed
, ing to hogs in the dry lot. 1t ma!
be fed whole, chopped, or ground. Th'
i. results of five years. work at the Ne
. braska Station indicate that for fat
tening hogs the way to feed alfalf'
hay most satisfactorily without grind
ing or chopping. While the cost o
producing pork may be reduced ma
terially. by the use Of alfalfa hay
or alfalfa pasture, it is desirable t.
feed grain or other concentrated fee
in addition. Alfalfa is too one-side'
for a ration unless supplemented wit
grain. Mature hogs, however, ar
maintained in apparently satisfactor'
condition on alfalfa alone.
Amount of Grain Fed With Pasture
Hog growers differ quite widel,
regarding. the quantity of grain tina
should be fed while on pasture. Som
feed a full grain ration; that is, a.
the hog will consume. Others feed
medium ration, one that is equal t
about 2 or 3 per cent of the live weigh
of the hog. Still others prefer a hgh
ration, one that is equal to about
per cent of the live weight of the hoe
No definite rule a be laid dow
as the amount of grain which shout
be fed with green pasture depend
upon (l) the price of grain, (2) tn
amount and quality of the pasture
and 81 the age at which the hog
are to be marketed. However, tn
feeding of 2 pounds of grain per ga
for each 100 pounds of live weight WI
usually give satisfactory results.
When the supplemental grain II
ton is expensive there is great tenn
tation to place the hogs upon an e.
H.