The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1882-12-29
Value Of Buttermilk for Pigs.

A subscriber in Nebraska asks for in
formation in regard to the value Of az
erage buttermilk as food for pigs anl
hogs; and also inquiries how much porl
100 pounds of buttermilk will make. oGi
Buttermilk is an. excellent food fol-
pigs as well as calves. 1t contains abou
10 per cent. of dry matter, and is com
posed of 3 per cent, albuminoidl
tcaseine); "a OF carbohydrates (mill
| sugar.: of fat-nutritile ratio 1:2.6
The proportion of muscle forming mat
ter is greater than in whole milk. ant
this deficiency of it renders buttermill
slightly constlpating.
! In the best creamery practice. per
haps the oil left in buttermilk may mo-
average | per cent, but the compost
Jon here given is considered fair av.
arage in general practice. Now these
constituents of buttermilk are in solu
ton. and all digestible. To feed it in
the most skillful manner would require
the admixture with it of food some
what laxative. This is found in the
best, condition in flaxseeh If three
quarters of pound of boiled faxseed
be mixed into 100 pounds of butter.
milk, it will very nearly restore the oil
in the proportion of natural milk, and
greatly improve the feeding value of the
buttermilk, keeping pigs or calves in
good health. and pushing them forward
almost as rapidly as new milk. Decor.
,ticated cotton seed would answer the
same purpose. The old style linseed.
oil meal2one pound to 100 pounds OF
buttermilk-will also prove a good ad.
1ition when faxseed is not easily OBJ
tanned! The object is to prevent consti-
patton. and the arrangement of health
which it causes. ~ w.
As to the question how much pork
100 pounds of average buttermilk will
make. our correspondent can see that
it will depend upon how it is fed, and
besides this, it will depend upon the
age and thrift of the pig to which it is
First. to compare it with the universal
pig food, corn. 100 pounds of buttermilk
has as much nutritive value as 10pOunds
Of corn. and is much better adapted to
growing young pigs than corn, Corn
has so much starch or carbonaceous
matter as to render it heating, produc-
ing feverish condition of the system.
Buttermilk. on the contrary, is q little
100 heterogeneous. as we have seen.
Take so pigs, at weaving age.
weighing 20 pounds, and, for the
first month they will put on 1 pound
live weight to II pounds of buttermilk
fed. We have had them do better than
this, when it was mixed with the flax
seed. as described. The next month it
will take a little more. and the next
more still. and so on; requiring.
up to 6 months old, an average of
about l6 pounds of buttermilk to each
pound gained in live weight. To make
The best profit on the buttermilk, pigs
should not be kept beyond months
old. The average gain in this method
Of feeding. through the whole time,
should not 60 below pounds gain in
live weight to 100 pounds of buttermilk
fed. We have made 6 pounds live
weight TO 100 pounds of buttermil and
skim-milk during 6 months feeding,
besides paying for the flaxseed added to
It, the pigs averaging 24O pounds at
months old. Hogs, year old or over,
will take 25 or more pounds of butter.
milk and skim-milk to put on l pound
i've weight. ,-rhu
Our correspondent will see, that to
make these gains, the pigs must be fed
n warm weather, Qrfin warm pens
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