. Elements of agriculture, southern and western. Agriculture; Agriculture. 278 ELKMEXTS OF AGRICULTURE four pounds of digestible food to each pound gained will be needed ; and in growing from two hundred to three hundred weight, probably five or six pounds will be re- quired. So it can readily be sejn tliat hogs should not be grown very large, if we wisli to make most Fig. 101. — Razor-backs for want of Feed Pasture for Hogs. — Pasture is very necessary in order to raise hogs cheaply. Many people keep hogs in a dry lot and fatten them on corn. Corn has not enough pro- tein, or muscle-
. Elements of agriculture, southern and western. Agriculture; Agriculture. 278 ELKMEXTS OF AGRICULTURE four pounds of digestible food to each pound gained will be needed ; and in growing from two hundred to three hundred weight, probably five or six pounds will be re- quired. So it can readily be sejn tliat hogs should not be grown very large, if we wisli to make most Fig. 101. — Razor-backs for want of Feed Pasture for Hogs. — Pasture is very necessary in order to raise hogs cheaply. Many people keep hogs in a dry lot and fatten them on corn. Corn has not enough pro- tein, or muscle-making material, to cause young hogs to grow economically or rapidly. Pork rfijsed on high-priced corn, fed in a dry lot, cer- tainly costs over ten cents a pound. One or two pounds of corn will usually make, when fed to young hogs run- ning on good green pasture like vetch, clover, alfalfa, or rape, a pound of 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 Welborn, W. C; Ness, H; Sanborn, Charles Emerson, 1877-; Marstellar, R. P. New York, The Macmillan company
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