Buchanan County bulletin. [volume] (Independence, Iowa) 1869-1891, 1871-02-24

&Tt, Oh MdQuOkcCd, HAS Ueen dOuluS
valuable facts to this subject by his
careful experiments, which he gives
in late number Of the Excelsior.
And while we give the result of his
experiments, we hope it will lead
others, not only to observe his plan,
but to test his facts by careful trial.
He says:
"Having made a series of expert
ments in feeding hogs upon corn
prepared in different ways, | now
desire, through the agency of your
paper, to give the public the results.
/ commenced my experiments,
Oct. "a, 1870, by weighing twenty
hogs. With the exception Of four,
they were one year old in October
and September. They had been fed
two weeks previous to weighing tor
the experiment. The weight was
1910 pounds. They were put upon
the scales and weighed every Mon
day morning during the experiment.
There was also an accurate account
kept of the feed consumed each
week, reckoning So pounds tor
bushel of corn or meal. They were
fed in u tloored pen, and in troughs
SO arranged that no teed was vast
ed. Their sleeping apartments
were also well provided with wheat
straw. They also had the range OF
small lot. When they were ted
on dry feed they were well supplied
with water. They were fed rega-
larly three times per day. The ex-
periments were continued seventy
days, closing OH the second day OF
January, 1871, which day l sold
them for five cents per pound as a
basis for calculation in making up
my estimates. The sum total in
corn consumed in conducting my
the seventy days was
1872 bushels. The net gain on the
twenty hogs, 2,Sl7 lbs, u tritie over
two pounds per head per day. The
weight at the time OF selling was
1881 pounds. The result OF feeding
was us follows:
"They were fed twenty-eight days
on sheiled corn, and consumed
eighty-three bushels; made net
gam OF so pounds, which IS equiv
aicnt to los pounds per Lusbel,
which sold my corn thus fed at fi1ty
cents and Jour mill per bushel.
They were fed fourteen days on
meal, ground fine, and fed dry, and
forty-seven bushels; made
IA net gain OF 55o pounds, which Is
to ll.76 pounds to one
bushel OF corn, which brought ny
corn 10 50 cents mills per pushe..
"They were fed fourteen days On
meal mixed up with cold water;
and consumed $50 bushels; made a
net gain OF 7al pounds, this is
equivalent to 1917 pounds per
bushel. In this trial realized for
my corn Is cents s mills per bushel.
"They were ted fourteen days up
on cooked meal, and consumed 46a
bushels; their net gain was 500 lbs,
which is equivalent to 1896 pounds
per bushei; this sold my corn lor -
cents and mills per bushel. Now,
taking the two extremes, find go
81 cents and mills more per Ius.l-
ell for my corn by grinding ana
cooking, than when led Whole and
raw. After deductlng onc-seventl
for grinding, leaves y cents per
bushel. Now in making an esti-
mate on feeding 100 hogs for the
same length OF time 60 days., |
find | would net S245.62 more tor
my corn by cooking than by feeding
raw land after deducting one-seventh
for grinding.
"Had l ground and cooked the
food for my 20 hogs | would have
made Cos pounds more pork than l
did, which would have given me
$500 more had l cooked all the
food, then my hogs would have e t.
en- one-half bushcl of corn more, SO
| deduct Is cents which would just
leave s33 more profit. Had fed
whole corn for the 10 days, the 90
hogs would not have consumed as
much corn into "a bushels; at 80
cents bushel the corn saved would
bring 1892, but the lack in the gam
of the hogs would be 1871 pounds,
at five cents this would bring s69.37
deduct 1892, the cost for the less
amount of corn consumed, and We
have S6l.75 in favor Of cooked feed
on 20 hogs.
81 find it will require BILL bush
of raw corn to make $3.50 pounds
of pork, and only 1921 bushels when
cooked, Il difference ofll2.6 bushels
in favor of cooked feed.
an order to make the same num-
Der of pounds of pork in the same
length Of time, it will require 33s
hogs to consume sufficient quaint
ty of raw corn to equal 20 hogs fed
on cooked feed would be equivalent
to 100 hogs fed on raw corn. The
60 hogs would consume in 70 days
1911 bushels Of corn cooked, and
the 100 hogs fed on raw corn would
consume 1888 bushels to make an
equivalent amount of pork. In
writing this article my only object
is to give facts and figures.