The Goodland republic. [volume] (Goodland, Kan.) 1891-1907, 1891-10-23
tn he FARM AND no ME-.
EXPERIMENTS MADE ON THE
FEEDING OF HOGS.
chs value OF Various Foods In the Grow
lag OF Hogs-&sd ucinK the MIX
Raising CoIts-FArm Notes
and Home HInta.
ReAdinR HcRN.

Tie following Is summary of ex-
periments made by the Illinois expert
ment station at Champaign during the
years 1888. 1889 and 1890:
In eight trials In which corn only
vas fed aside from salt and coal SLACK,
pigs varying In average weight from
SIS TO ego pounds and kept in pens or
small lots with grass gaining at the
rate Of from 10. 40 TO 14.73 pounds per
bushel Sc pounds shell corn. the
average gain being 1886 pounds
The rate OF gain for food eaten In pro-
portion to weight decreased after four
70 six weeks feeding with corn only.
The corn eaten per day varied from
3 Al pounds eaten by pigs averaging
50. So pounds to 1911 pounds, eaten
BY pigs Weighing 81 pounds The
weight varied from l. 80 pounds eaten
by pigs fed "a days and averaging 2O7
pounds In weight to 5.19 pounds
eaten by pigs averaging 65. 90 pounds.
In one case in the fourth week of pen
feed'p two pigs gained 3.2t pounds
each per day-at the rate of Is. 81
pounds per bushel of corn. This was
the greatest gain per day and was also
tue best rate OF gain in the trial
There seemed to be no constant rela-
ton between the weight OF the pigs or
the season OF the year. and the food
eaten or the gains made.
In four TRIALS, pigs fed all they
would eat of shelled corn with blue
grass pasturage ate !. 2t6.5 pounds of
corE and gained sos pounds. which
was at the rate of 12,O4 pounds gain
per bushel OF corn Pigs under like
conditions except that they were fed
but half as much corn. ute 2.19O
pounds OF corn and gained 500 pounds
which was at tho rate OF II. 93 pounds
per busheL
After periods varying from six to
nine weeks, the pigs which had been
fed on half ration of corn on pasture
were given a full feed OF corn. the
others being fed as before. In three,
trials lasting four or five weeks each,
the pigs which had had a full feed OF corn
throughout ate l. 80 pounds of corn
and gained S29 pounds. which was at
the rate of 10.11 pounds per bushel
Those which had been fed half feed
of corn In the first part Of the trials
ate 2.O76.6 pounds OF corn In the
second part gained 1862. 5 pounds which
was at the rate OF 1873 pounds per
busheL Those fed corn only ate L.
ga pounds OF corn and gained 224
pounds which was at the rate OF 7.44
pounds per busheL In two trials pigs
fed soaked corn ate more and gained
more than those fed dry corn. In one
trial they gained more and In one less
in proportion to food eaten than those
fed dry corn. The differences were
not great in either case.
Two pigs in q two-acre pasture In
which three yearling steers were fed
corn, gained In "a weeks 1876 pounds
In q second trial two pigs with like
conditions gained 23I pounds in 81
veeks- In neither case was the gain
large. In each case the pigs at the
close OF the trial were in good condi-
ton for full feeding and made large
gains when so fed.
A trial OF apple pomace as food for
pigs resulted unsatisfactory. The
pomace kept we'll; chemical analysis
OF it showed an apparently good com
position for feeding purposes but the
pigs ate very little OF the ppmace