Evening Republican, Volume 20, Number 136, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 7 June 1916 — CLOVER MAKES FINE PASTURE FOR SWINE [ARTICLE]

CLOVER MAKES FINE PASTURE FOR SWINE

System Outlined Which Has Worked Well With Many Hog Growers in Minnesota.

Plenty of tender, nourishing hog pasture of good quality may be had during the entire season if clover is grown, say men at the Minnesota college of agriculture. As soon as the pigs are strong enough, the brood sows with their litters may be turned into a clover field. If one-third to half of the clover is mown about June 10, the hogs will eat the young shoots that spring up and .will not bother the uncut part of the field. The rest of the field may be cut at the regular haying time. By having the pasture welF stocked with pigs and calves one need not worry about taking care of the pasture for the rest of the summer. By fall the pigs ought to weigh from 50 to 80 pounds each. This system has worked well with many hog raisers in Minnesota. In a good season, one acre of pasture will provide feed for three brood sows and their pigs. Plenty of cot room and trough room with proper feeding facilities ought to be provided in each pasture. The cots should be from 20 to 40 rods from the feeding place, so that the pigs will get out into the pasture and take plenty of exercise.