Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1916-07-28

= The advantage of using grazing crops
need not be especially emphasized II
Is clear at the outset that they enable
hogs TO be kept out in the open, and
they are therefore less likely to be at
, tackled by disease since they live under
the most sanitary conditions possible.
All one needs to do is to supply them
4 with an abundance of pure water aud
such supplemental grains as may be
necessary to those seasons Of the year
when the grazing crops are least nu-
tritious or are not yielding any grain TO
speak OF because Of their immaturity.
OF course. IL will often be advisable 20
feed grain as asupplement when hogs
are on grazing crops, and particularly
would this be true OF the brood sow,
but that this can be done economically
las been demonstrated over and over
again In Mississippi. for instance, 4
SOW grazed on Emmer during the winter
season was fed on a mixture of equal
! parts OF corn and chops. receiving four
TO Eve pounds per day. The amount Of
this feed consumed cost s1.75. and after
allowing for the rent Of the land. labor
for attendants. and interest on the in
vestment at per cent. it was found
that the SOW and her litter OF ten pigs
cost about s25.34. In other words. the
ten pigs at weaving time weighed $50
pounds and cost S2.33, or approximately
four cents per pound
According TO a study of the results
obtained by the boys pig clubs in GeDr-
efa and Nebraska. IL appears that the
pigs maintained in Georgia made about
as large gains as those fed in Nebraska
at a cost Of approximately ) cents per
pound OF gain as compared with 4 I
cents in Nebraska Since these figures
represent the results obtained by a lars
number OF boys. they may be regarded
as fairly reliable and indicate the pos
Efbflities OF pork production in Georgia
where a judicious rotation Of grazing
crops IS employed
Below will be found a table setting
forth some OF the principal crops which
can be grown 10 advantage for pork pro
duction- These crops are classed under
four heads-thOse adapted for spring
grazing. summer grazing. fall grains
and winter grazing II viii be observ-
ed that there arefive crops in each group,
and that the dates OF planting extend
from January 18th TO November list
The table also shows the amount If
grain to SOW per acre and the approSi-
mate time at which the hogs should be
turned on the crop. II shows the mum
Der OF hogs which an acre Of ground
planted in each OF the above crops VIII
carry and thele myth OF the grazing
. perlOu- II viii De observed AoE AhsAdilIf'
that an acre in some Of the crops will
not carry more than FIVE hogs. while
others will carry from twenty TO thir-
~. and that the grazing period varies
from Is to 20 days to $50 TO $50 days
The table also shows the cost of seed
per acre
e II Is important to remember that this
table has been prepared to meet the sea
sonal conditions prevailing in middle
Georgia. Alabama and other southern
states Many OF these crops when plar--
ed in the coastal plains area should he
sown from two 20 four weeks earlier
) than the dates given In the table. aah
--Some could he sown later in the fall than
November In the Piedmont section and
the mountainous area OF the south most
of these crops can be grown with sue
cess. but as a rule they should Dr
planted from two to four weeks later