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(By Geo. C. Herring)
Hog prices have now reached a lower level and there is nothing in sight to indicate a return to the high prices of recent years. If profits are t,o Ire maintained, or even approached, it will have to be done by using good management practices and economical methods of feeding.
One of the practices that will help in the more efficient production of hogs is the growing and use of good pastures. When we talk abort good pastures, let's talk -about the best—-Ladino clover. Until Ladino came along, alfalfa was always considered tops as a hog pasture. Experimental results and the results farmers are getting indicate pretty clearly that Ladino is a superior crop. Tests at the Indiana Experiment Station, for example, showed pigs put on 100 pounds of gain while on Ladino clover, with 320 pounds of concentrates. On alfalfa it took 340 pounds of concentrates to do the same job.
Morrison in his book, “Feeds and Feeding reports the results of 30 experiments in which market pigs were full fed grain and a protein supplement with and without pasture. On the average the pigs on pasture gained one-fourth pound more per head per day and did it with near ten
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