Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1891-03-13
LIVE STOCK THAT PAYS.
COME EXPERIMENTS IN VARYING
THE FOOD OF SWINE.

Corn Meal and skim mink aud Harley
aud skim Miik-Corn Ia the Most yaiu-
abb. ." a Patching Food. but Harley
Bu'ids bone aud Muscie--yariety.
Professor W. A. Henry. OF tlie Wis.
consin Experiment station, hrs been ex-
perimcn,ing with barley as feed as com.
pared with corn.
The purpose Of this experiment was
TO determine the value Of barley In com.
parison with corn for hog feeding. In
the nrst trial ten hogs, fourteen IN .rths
old, were divided into two lots Of five
each. To the first lot was fed barley
meal, while the second received corn
meal. Tho experiment continued eight
weeks, during which time the first lot
Of hogs consumed o.s3e pounds Of barley
meal. and gained col pounds. In the
same time tho second lot Of hogs con.
sumcd J,loO pounds Of corn meal. and
gained 'i3 pounds. From this we find
that; Lot l required AL pounds Of bar.
ley meal for 100 pounds gain. Lot . re-.
quired 49, pounds VI corn meal for 100
pounds gain.
This shows tina, II required 90 pounds,
or = per cent. morn barley meal than corn
meal TO produce 100 pounds OF gain. In
this experiment both feeds were soaked
with water. II was found that IL ~
qrnrcd about 0 pounds Of water TO prop
erly soak pound Of barley meal, while
n pound Of corn meal required hut 2
pounds Of water. Tho hogs fed on
barley meal consumed 30 pounds Of
water daily with tho feed. while the
huga on corn meal consumed 90 pounds
daily. Even with this largo amount Of
water In tho feed tho barley hogs drank
. pounds extra daily from n separate
trough. while tho corn meal hogs drank
but thrcc-fourths Of a pound.
In the next experiment tho pigs were
about five months old at tho beginning
Of tho trial. There were six pigs In each
lot. Lot was fed barley meal and
sweet akin milk; lot .. corn meal aud
sweet skim milk. The experiment lasted
nine weeks, during which time lot con.
sumcd ! 1908 pounds Of barley meal. .i0l
pounds Of sweet skim mill; and gnined
COZ pounds. In the zane time lot con.
fnmed 1907 pounds Of corn meal. 2,ina
pounds Of sweet skim milk aud gained
b9i pounds. Lot I consumed $50 pounds
az barley meal aud sos pounds Of sweet
akin milk for 100 pounds Of gain. Lot .
consumed 800 pounds Of corn meal aud
S1i pounds Of sweet skim milk for 100
pounds Of gain.
Again. there IL n difference Of about 8
pr cent IN favor Of the corn. These cx.
perimcnts showed that when feeding bar.
Icy caro- should be taken TO prepare tho
food no as TO render u palatble. Hogs
viii eat corn meal In almost any shape
dry, wet. and even sour: when feb bar
ley meal their preference calls for con.
siderable soaking IN comparatively
large amount Of water. Our results show
that barley Is not quite 10 valuable as
corn. pound for pound, for laying on fat.
but wo must remember that corn has
very high feeding value In such cases ~
thls. One prime mo for barley Is In CIV.
Ing tho farmer an additional variety Of
feed.
A rtle we havo too few kinds Of
feed upon our farms, and wo rely too
much on corn. In barley we have
feed capable Of building up bone and
muscle ard serving generally useful
purpose on the farm. In California II
Is the almost universal horse feed, aud no
animals have more endurance than
horses raised and fei on rolled barley.
Barley 10 the common grain feed Of Eng.
land and north Enropc. In tho light Of
these facts, why should our farmers
longer harbor any prejudice against IA