Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1916-02-09

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 ard in many cases the advantages are much greater. By a little thought and planning succession of crops
 can be provided which will give good
 grazing throughout the year. Every
 farmer should grow same hogs, and jovery farmer should endeavor to sup iply plenSy of forage crops for these lanimals. Our, trouble in the past has
 b5en that we have tried to raise our. hogs on csrn alone or else we have turned them out on mast to hustle fer themselves. Both of these meth- eds are wrong. The first one is too Expensive and the laite cne only |rroduces small amount of pork of a
 poor quality and the hogs are all l ways exposed to disease. The tests ci' the experiment stations and the lCxperience of successful farmers have shown that the cheapest and most Successful way of producing pork is with the maximum. amount of good pasture and minimum amount or corn. + Mir. Mcleod would suggest the fol- lowing crops with a given acreage to furnish a succession of grazing for
 q litter of eight pigs from early spring until marketed in January:
 First, dwarf Essex rape, two-fifths of aa acre, planted about February I, and ready for grazing about the 18th of April or the first of May; Amber sorghum, twc-flfths of an acre,
 planted about April 1 and ready to cut or sgraze about June. 15 or July |;
 third, Medium Yellow or Haberlandt Soy beans, two-fifths of an acre,
 planted about April 1 and ready t6 glaze about July 15 CT August l;
 Spanish peanuts, one acre, plan;ed April or, somewhat later and ready to graze by early fall. x | The acreage of crops as shown in ltfis outlina Is based upon an experi- nfSnt -tonercted. by. the Arkansas ex- pertinent station and reported in bul-
 lctin No. A., sln this test one SOW land her litter fof five pigs were used as the basis of the experiment. By a Succession of crop Of clover, sor-
 ghum and peanuts with little corn land bran the pigs were brought .a
 an average weight of 243 pounds at . est of 1kc per pound. Feed at that time, however, was, very much cEeaper than it is at the present time lbM even by using present day prices
 and figuring in the cost of growing f green crops and rent upon land, the
 pork under present day conditions could have been produced for less
 than three cents a pound. tWhen
 pork can be produced at this price
 there is no reason why every farmer in tho state should not only raise enough hogs for his own use but have la few to sell.
 In the outline suggested clover
 has not been used because there sre many, soils in the. stata. which will
 not grow this crop. The crop used
 in it's place is rape. Sone of the ex- perimsnt stations have shown that
 rape has just as high feeding value
 for hogs as clover. If however, q
 crop of red clever or crimson clover is growing on the farm either car take tho place of the crop suggested
 Rape should be planted as early ir February as the weather will permi'
 so as to furnish early grazing. It is as winter growing annual and vii
 stand considerable cold weather bu
 dies down during the hot, dry sum
 mer It requires a moist soil contain ing some clay and will not grow 0, sandy soil. If land is not suitable t; siits growth. oats. rye or wheat car
 be planted instead. These last named crops will be ready to graze in "a oI 90 days after planting.
 fl To fellow either of these crops !; quick growing sorghum is necessary Sorghum is not the best forags cro:
 but it is one that fits we'll into :; ! crop succession and can always b, f depsnded upon to produce some for
 age The amber sorghum has bee : used because at is an early maturin, Fl variety and will be ready flor use b. t. the time the rape begins to die down $ probably about June %. Some peopl : lrrefer to begin feeding the sorghum
 just a; the time the grain is in tn, l dough stage while others think bette $ results are secured by grazing whel l the plants are from l2 to Is inche l llugh. In the latter named stage th
 plants are young and succulent am $ lwiil be cleaned up by the hogs.
 k Soy beans or cowpeas can be use, ]. las the nsXt grazing crop These twl