. War service text-book for Indiana high schools . les are nolonger considered a luxury but a necessary and importantfood. The practise of preserving, canning, evaporating anddrying apples makes it possible to have this fruit throughoutthe whole year. The apple trees, too, occupy good landwhich should show some profitable returns at this timewhen every acre is called upon to do its share. Pasture Crops for Hogs Pastures have proved profitable in the production of show that gains on hogs, made with pas-ture crops are made at twenty to thirty per costthan gains pro
. War service text-book for Indiana high schools . les are nolonger considered a luxury but a necessary and importantfood. The practise of preserving, canning, evaporating anddrying apples makes it possible to have this fruit throughoutthe whole year. The apple trees, too, occupy good landwhich should show some profitable returns at this timewhen every acre is called upon to do its share. Pasture Crops for Hogs Pastures have proved profitable in the production of show that gains on hogs, made with pas-ture crops are made at twenty to thirty per costthan gains produced largely with grain alone. The increasedexercise, the succulent feed and the supply of protein, thebone and muscle producer, offered by good pastures are allconducive to the good health and rapid growth of youngpigs. Rape is one of the most satisfactory crops for early hogpasture when clover is not available. It closely resemblescabbage in appearance and manner of growth, except that itdoes not produce a head. It has large, coarse, succulent. o H (72 w Q fa o H u w fafa w wO n8 WAR SERVICE TEXT-BOOK leaves and ordinarily grows from twenty to thirty inches is a cool weather plant and can be sown early in thespring,—as soon as there is no further danger of severefrost. It will endure a pretty severe frost in the fall with-out injury and may be used for pasture late in the fall, pro-vided the hogs are kept off when it is frozen. It is usuallykilled by such winters as we have in Indiana. The cow-pea is a legume producing much forage and con-siderable grain. It requires about ninety days from thetime it is planted until it is developed sufficiently for pas-turing. However, varieties differ in this respect, and lateplantings develop more quickly than early plantings. It isready to pasture when the first pods shows signs of ripening. The Silo More than thirty thousand silos are in use at this time onIndiana farms. This number is increasing at the rate ofmore than five t
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