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These Hampshire brood sows are thriving on a legume pasture, which reduces their need for other feed. °
S' " · 1 eentrates for use · · · ‘ · Gi
Ave expcnblvc LO I # ~ the same during the gestation period. The farrowmg
by growing Pigs; mukg gygatgp ugg of records of the sows are summarized as follows: "
Rye pasture Dry I0t
Number of sows ............,.................r..... 11 9 3
Av. no. airs farrowed ...................,...... 9.9 9.1
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Av. no. 31 s farrowed alive .................. 9.1 8.4
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Av. birth weight per litter, lb .............. 29.6 27.4 E~
Av. birth weight per pig, lb ................ 3.0 3.0
Total feed fed per sow, lb .................. 730.0 857.() 4.4
    Total feed cost per sow° ...................... $24.15 $30.00 Ll
Feed cost per live pig° ........................ S 2.65 S 3.57
° Gestatioir sow ration cost $3.50 per ewt. Cost of the pasture was LJ
liy (1. E, BARN!-IART and T. W. (IATHEY MM ¤¤¢1¤d<>d ¤¤ fhv feed CML
I _ I k I I I It should be noted that the sows grazing the rye
Hog lmu {Wl `0m(Fu“1` OV? OO H tw EVN] pasture tarrowed more p1g'S and at the same time c
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fllgu of goof prtfm Ol )r({0( `0w5’ ffven E Olug required less grain and supplement than the sows lll
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ful ul {_lW‘m °_ tu lnmlhu V‘mtqf¤(S _ EO ( C in the dry lot. On the basis of the total feed cost per 5
as ‘· ‘*‘ fs.   J N e szt 1. · ~ .
prtstnnk or giowipg pig}; Leéllt €‘\1;€1N?l nt. alt G Sow, the acm of Balbo rye saved $64.35 WOffh of *
ly mm 1 \hH°" lmm wgfillmf ufr hgmml U fl? in feed. That the rye provided valuable nutrients for the _
fmt lmstuu hm )( {mm] U Y UU Mflf ‘m( Wll at brood sows having access to it is suggested by the
{um lfilfdtfl l°w"l("m° df ViUltft*§" W gf Y $1 UM W fact they farrowed 0.7 of a pig more per litter than ig.
noot Isows tialn 1) any ot ter c ass o logs. tl}? Othgrsl
During the fall of 1954 twentv brood sows were ¤
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evenly divided at breeding and placed in either a AI ¤ 0* 0 mo 'X u"€ 1
field of approximately one acre of Balbo rye or a For further study of the use of pasture by brood ‘
dry lot of the same size. The rye had been cross sows, 20 bred sows were divided equally and placed 1
drilled at the rate of 4 bushels per acre in August in two fields of a legume mixture of alfalfa and Ladino
   
and had produced a good heavy growth when the clover. Each field was 1.3 acres in size. The sows ’
sows were turned in on it the first of November. The were all mature and had been bred about 20 days. g .
sows were hand-fed twice a day a well balanced They remained on pasture until they were due to far- L
complete mixed ration. ;\ simple mineral mixture was row. ()ne group was fed 2 pounds of a complete
self fed both groups of sows. The daily amount of mixed ration and the other group was fed 4 pounds *
feed fed eaeli group of sows was regulated so that of the same ration each day. All sows were self-fed a
the sows on rye and those in the dry lot gained about simple mineral mixture. f*
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