. Spring 1897 : permanent pastures and meadows. Nurseries (Horticulture) Minnesota Faribault Catalogs; Grasses Seeds Catalogs; Cereal grasses Seeds Catalogs; Vegetables Seeds Catalogs; Flowers Seeds Catalogs. It is a well known fact that hogs can be raised more profitably on Grass or Clover than on Corn only, and many farmers have paid very dearly for this bit of experience, when hog chol- era and similar diseases caused terrible losses to them, especially in tme Corn States. It has been demonstrated that hogs must have some- thing else to feed upon, especially while in the growing or developi
. Spring 1897 : permanent pastures and meadows. Nurseries (Horticulture) Minnesota Faribault Catalogs; Grasses Seeds Catalogs; Cereal grasses Seeds Catalogs; Vegetables Seeds Catalogs; Flowers Seeds Catalogs. It is a well known fact that hogs can be raised more profitably on Grass or Clover than on Corn only, and many farmers have paid very dearly for this bit of experience, when hog chol- era and similar diseases caused terrible losses to them, especially in tme Corn States. It has been demonstrated that hogs must have some- thing else to feed upon, especially while in the growing or developing stage, when Corn does more harm than good. Nothing will make hogs grow like a good pasture, well stocked with the natural Grasses and Clovers; but not only will they grow and keep healthy when they have the run of a good Clover-Grass Pasture, but they will grow fat upon it, so that but little corn is required to finish them off ready for market. A well known correspondent from Butler county, Ohio, says about this, in the Cultivator and Country Gentleman: "Hog cholera is preva- lent and very fatal, in some parts of this and adjoining counties, somo farmers losing their entire herds. Just so long as our farmers will persist in raising hogs on Corn alone, they may expect to lose them from this disease. Hogs need some coarse, bulky food just as much as horses and cattle do, and there are none of our domestic animals which have such good di- gestive organs, or that can so easily be kept healthy, if we only give them a fair ; Another correspondent writes to the same pa- per: "Clover and Grasses are cheaper feed. I can make cheaper hogs on Red Clover and Grasses than can be made on Corn during the summer. Corn is not the most economical food, will not even grow the cheapest hogs, leaving disease entirely out of the question; and I do not believe that it is the most convenient On our good Corn lands, Clover nearly always grows easily and luxuriantly. It would b
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