. Field crop production; a text-book for elementary courses in schools and brief courses in colleges. Agriculture. 80 FIELD CROP PRODUCTION small way, and usually only a part of the crop on a given farm can be " hogged down " to advantage. The yield of corn, of course, will determine the number of hogs per acre that can be profitably turned into a given area. Ten acres of good corn will carry 75 good sized hogs to advan- tage. It is advisable to divide the field by means of a temporary fence, thus confining the hogs to a small area, which method will insure less waste than would resu
. Field crop production; a text-book for elementary courses in schools and brief courses in colleges. Agriculture. 80 FIELD CROP PRODUCTION small way, and usually only a part of the crop on a given farm can be " hogged down " to advantage. The yield of corn, of course, will determine the number of hogs per acre that can be profitably turned into a given area. Ten acres of good corn will carry 75 good sized hogs to advan- tage. It is advisable to divide the field by means of a temporary fence, thus confining the hogs to a small area, which method will insure less waste than would result if they were given the run of the entire field. When the. Fig. 24. — A field of corn in shock. com has been well cleaned up, the feeding area can be extended by moving the temporary fence. When the field has been completely run over by the hogs that are being prepared for market, old hogs such as brood sows may be turned in to clean up the corn that has been left here and there over the field. When the farmer is pre- pared to harvest a part of the crop in this manner, it is to be recommended, since much labor is saved in the husking. Wet seasons are not favorable for " hogging down " corn, since the loss by waste is much greater than during the. 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 Livingston, George. New York, The Macmillan company
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