. Feeds and feeding abridged : the essentials of the feeding, care, and management of farm animals, including poultry : adapted and condensed from Feeds and feeding (16th ed.). Feeds; Animal nutrition. 370 FEEDS AND FEEDING, ABRIDGED concentrates, it is a question of prime importance to find how much of them should be fed to pigs on pasture. It is never profitable to force young pigs to live on pasture alone, for even on the best alfalfa, clover, or rape pasture they barely maintain their weight. Except in districts of the West where alfalfa is abundant and grain unusually high in price, it is
. Feeds and feeding abridged : the essentials of the feeding, care, and management of farm animals, including poultry : adapted and condensed from Feeds and feeding (16th ed.). Feeds; Animal nutrition. 370 FEEDS AND FEEDING, ABRIDGED concentrates, it is a question of prime importance to find how much of them should be fed to pigs on pasture. It is never profitable to force young pigs to live on pasture alone, for even on the best alfalfa, clover, or rape pasture they barely maintain their weight. Except in districts of the West where alfalfa is abundant and grain unusually high in price, it is usually most profitable to feed 2 lbs. or more of. Pig. 104.—Alfalfa Excels as a Pasture for Pigs Where alfalfa thrives, it is the best permanent pasture for pigs, on account of the rapid gains it will produce and the large number of pigs it will carry per acre. (From The Field.) corn daily per 100 lbs. of pigs than to feed less, even when the pigs are on good pasture. Full-grown brood sows not suckling pigs will fatten with less grain while on pasture than will growing pigs. Alfalfa pasture.—Wherever it thrives alfalfa is the best perma- nent pasture crop for pigs, as these animals do not bloat. It provides pasturage during a longer season than any other single crop, starting early in the spring and remaining green and succulent in late sum- mer when bluegrass has dried up and even clover grows hard and woody. Since the heavy pasturing of alfalfa is injurious to the stand, the number of pigs should be restricted and the plants allowed to grow up, being cut for hay 2 or 3 times a year. In tests at the Iowa Sta- tion by Evvard and Kennedy " in which pigs were fed corn and tank- " Iowa Bui. 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 Henry, W. A. (William Arnon), 1850-1932; Morrison, F
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