. Productive swine husbandry. Swine. FATTENING 253 be rotated over poor clay and worn-out soils with some stable manure, as they will add fertilizer and produce fairly good graz- ing crops. " Permanent sod pastures are necessary for grazing during the very wet or very dry seasons of the year. " It requires very ricli, well manured, and thoroughly pre- pared soils to grow profitably the grain crops, sucli as barley, "., :<\M-. Phototjraph from Dr. F. M. Kanck, Mississippi Agricultural College. Fig. 56.—Duroc-Jersey pigs digging Johnson grass roots on a corn headland. This is a
. Productive swine husbandry. Swine. FATTENING 253 be rotated over poor clay and worn-out soils with some stable manure, as they will add fertilizer and produce fairly good graz- ing crops. " Permanent sod pastures are necessary for grazing during the very wet or very dry seasons of the year. " It requires very ricli, well manured, and thoroughly pre- pared soils to grow profitably the grain crops, sucli as barley, "., :<\M-. Phototjraph from Dr. F. M. Kanck, Mississippi Agricultural College. Fig. 56.—Duroc-Jersey pigs digging Johnson grass roots on a corn headland. This is an illustration of how hogs can turn waste material into value. Another t^-pe of portable fence is shown in the picture, but it is not so simple as the one designed by Dr. Ranck, Fig. 55. wheat, rye, etc., although oats sometimes grow fairly well on poor soils. " Whenever possible and practical, the crops should be har- vested by the hogs themselves. It is cheaper, and the exercise is ; (Figs. 55, 56, 57.) For hogs fed in pens without grazing crops during the finish- ing period of fattening, the writer of the circular recommends. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Day, George E. , 1863-. Philadelphia & London, J. B. Lippincott Company
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