. Elementary agriculture. Agriculture. 44 ELEMEXTARY AGRICULTURE. ;'^-.,^^^ Fig. 27. Good feeders. weather just as people do. Pigs do well on pasture. We have learned that pigs fed on corn alone on blue grass pasture gain weight as rapidly as if they were fed a carefully balanced ration in a dry lot. But clover or alfalfa is better than blue grass or timothy pasture. (Fig. 24.) Corn fed on clover pasture is better than the more costly feed of corn and shorts in parts of two to one in a dry lot. Coarse, bulky foods do not suit hogs well. Wheat bran, corn-and-cob meal and oat feed are too bulky
. Elementary agriculture. Agriculture. 44 ELEMEXTARY AGRICULTURE. ;'^-.,^^^ Fig. 27. Good feeders. weather just as people do. Pigs do well on pasture. We have learned that pigs fed on corn alone on blue grass pasture gain weight as rapidly as if they were fed a carefully balanced ration in a dry lot. But clover or alfalfa is better than blue grass or timothy pasture. (Fig. 24.) Corn fed on clover pasture is better than the more costly feed of corn and shorts in parts of two to one in a dry lot. Coarse, bulky foods do not suit hogs well. Wheat bran, corn-and-cob meal and oat feed are too bulky to give the best results. It has been proven that corn soaked from one feeding time to the next is more easily digested. Rooting. Hogs relish herbs, roots, grubs, and mineral elements and they like to root for them in the soil. Rooting is good exercise for hogs, but it destroys grass and forage crops and the habit once acquired is difficult to eradicate. Hogs will do less rooting if fed wood ashes, charcoal, grit, and salt; but even then they are likely to root up the soil in cool, shady places. Often it is neces-. 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 Nida, William Lewis. [from old catalog]. Chicago, A. Flanagan company
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