The Lubbock avalanche. (Lubbock, Tex.) 1909-1922, 1922-05-16


forage crop will supply all Of thcs,
essentials, but alfalfa, the clover.
and rape come the nearest. Tn,
cloverr are adapted 90 large rang,
Of climate and variety Of soil
which makes them very popular a.
hog pasture In that respect. Alfalfa
and clover are staple forage and
hay crops. They can be grazcd IN
the spring, summer and fall; thcr
fed as chopped hay during the win
ter months.
More pasturage viii be secured II
the hogs are not turned on the
clover until II has made a good
start in the spring. The hogs relish
red clover when il is green or prior
20 July or August when II ripcns
and begins 20 get woody. When the
clover is growing rapidly shoats do
best with about one pound Of grain,
such as corn, per head per day, but
when II gets dry Il would be better
20 feed them three TO five pounds
per day Clover in bloom win need
no supplementary feed. Hogs will
eat enough TO make a gain OF three
fourths Of pound per one hun
bred pounds Of live weight per thy
from the clover alone.
Missouri IN some experiments with
hogs on medium red clover, ala "a,
blue grass, and rape, oats and cloveE
Oattcr three a mixture) obtained
some very interesting results. They
found that alfalfa produced 5968
pounds Of pork per acre Of pasture
worth S4l.7S If pork sold for Z
cents per pound, its advantages are,
remains in the ground, for long
time. has long growing season,
yields are large, rcsists drouth, and
has n high protein and lime content,
which is important In some cases
two cuttings Of hay may be secured
Red clover produced 5727 pounds of
pork worth S40.05 while blue grass
produced only 295.2 pounds Of u0rk
valued az S20.66. Red clover is
shorter lived, has p shorter grow ing
season and is not rs high in pro-
tein content as alfalfa but pigs mahe
almost a. good gains II Is very
much superior 10 blue grass accord
ing 10 their results Red clover
gave an increased income Of s1941
as compared TO blue grass
In an experiment reported in Boil
letin 05 Of the Missouri station, re-
suits indicate that corn is worth 96
cents per bushel when fed 10 hogs
running on clover il the rent Of the
land Is $40 per acre. An acre Of
clover will carry between IL and
Is shoats Of 30 or rs pounds.
An acre Of fifty bushel corn land
devoted to good forage, with corn
at so cents per hushel and hogs 5
cents per pound, returns from thirty
10 eighty dollars per acre, net profit
when grazed with pigs. according
10 Iowa bulletin 1876. They found
that the cost Of a 100 pound gain,
all expenses, included, with corn at
fifty cents per bushel, on young
pigs with best forage, alfalfa, rape
and the clovers, runs from S2.SS 90
1896; with older and heavier hogs
from s4.23 70 s5.3l per 100 pounds
gain.
Dry lot gains are slower and more
costly No greater opportunity exists
for cheapening pork production IN
Iowa and Illinois than through The
general use and adoption of sue
cessful forage crop system IN the
growing and fattening u spring
pigs
On the basis Of net profit ~ an
acre, Iowa found that medium red
clover yields the greatest profit
with late rape very close second
A protein supplement pays Il prices
are high otherwise Il IS not eco.
nomical
AT the Illinois Experiment station
gains were cheaper and more hay
was secured from an acre Of clover
than from an acre of alfalfa. Grain
was fed as a supplement 20 the pas
ture crops Attempts TO carry the
spring pigs through the summer with
no grain or alfalfa and rape IN
1917 were unsuccessful Two or
three Digs died The loss Of a part
Of the pigs and the small gains may
make il inadvisable TO follow the
"no-grain" method
On the farm, we found that shoats
running in clover field made very
satisfactory gains when fed about
one-half ration Of corn without a
protein supplement. The pigs were
thrifty and when fattened proved
to fatten quicker than any previous
bunch of hogs. In Colorado, where
grain is high they expect 90 make
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