Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1920-02-13
CROPS ADAPTED TO GRAZING
DOWN BY HOGS

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The general interest aroused in the
subject of raising hogs on grazing
| crops explains the reason for pre-
senting the plan outlined below. The
data presented indicate the nature
and character of the crops which
may be planted, the best date for
seeding. the kind Of crop used, the
amount of seed to plant per acre and
the carrying capacity of the different
| crops. The facts presented repre-
| sent information accumulated through
series of years and present it in
succinct form which is invaluable
| to every hog-raiser in Georgia. 1t
! is important that our readers pre-
serve this information. Anyone fol-
| lowing the planting plan suggested
| can raise and mature a nice bunch
| of hogs on the farm at very low
cost If this is done, a part of the
loss which might otherwise be suf-
! fered by the depredations of the
weevil will be overcome. Remember
! that we are still spending from $1O,-
| 900, 900 to SIS, 100000 year for meat
produced in other sections of the
country. Let us eliminate this drain
| on our financial resources. We can
do it and thereby add to the perma-
nent prosperity of our people.
/. Pasture and grazing crops along
with two-thirds of pound of con-
Centrates per day make the cheapest
pork because they add succulence, are
palatable and also act as a filler.
Green Pastures Best
| 2. Green pastures and grazing
crops are more palatable than dry
grazing crops because of the chloro-
phyn they contain and because of
their succulence q. e., the green
stuff contains a large amount of
water. Reports from experiment sta
! lions in the United States show that
| the cheapest gains are made by feed
| ing wo-thirds, of a pound of con-
centrates per day to hogs on pasture.
| Legume pastures seem to be SUI
perior to the common grasses.
8. In both north and south Geor-
gia green grazing may be had the
most of the year.
4. Alfalfa where 1t can be grown
has the advantage over other crops
as it can be both pastured and used
as a hay crop. 1t is also a soiling
| crop. Rape Dwarf Essex Is liked
very well by hogs and because it
can be planted most any time of the
year and because Of the yield per
acre ranks next to alfalfa. Oats and
| rye for late fall, winter and spring
grazing are good crops. They serve
also as good cover crops for the
soil. The Georgia farmer is just
| beginning to learn the value of win
ter cover crops. Spring grazing of
oats and rye will decrease the yield
of grain about five bushels per acre.
5. Early summer crops such as
sorghum and millet, can be had at
time when other green feed is quite
scarce. Turn the hogs in on these
crops when from six to eight inches
high. Do not let the growth become
rank, for hogs like the green, tender
part best.
Feed Crops for Hogs
6 Soy beans, velvet beans and
| peanuts, where possible to grow
them, make fine feed for hogs. Soy
beans seem to be best adapted to
north Georgia conditions, while the
peanuts and velvet beans seem to
be south Georgia crops. These three
crops are valuable because they are
legumes. They contain heterogeneous
food elements, which, when supple
mented with such carbOnaceous feeds
as corn shorts, ETC., make rapid ana
economical gains on hogs. Soy beans
besides being a good crop for hogs
are good vegetable for humans.
Matured velvet beans do not seem
to be as palatable for hogs as soy
beans and peanuts. Then, too, they
are very hard. Hogs following cat
tie in a bean field seem to do bet
ter than when the cattle are not
there.
Peanuts are a very good crop for
hogs. However, the nuts contain an
oil which produces soft pork and
the meat is not as we'll liked by the
packers because of it's shrinkage due
to the oil dripping from the carcass.
At present prices it Is most proftta-
BILE to sell the peanuts to the oil mills
and buy back the peanut meal. Pea
nut vine hay with or without nuts
is relished by all kinds Of farm live
stock For late summer grazing,
field or so of early Dent corn and
peanuts make a very good pasture
for hogs.
7. In planning crops for hogs on