Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1892-01-06
nArloNs foR HOGS
An Exclusive Corn uiet Weakening IN
the rigs Homes

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the rir's Homes.
We have fed pigs with cornmod only,
while 20 other pigs Of the anne litter we
have iod ration % half corumeal, willis
Tor the other half was substituted Ia
some instances shorts. in others ground
peas. and In others skimmilk Wher,
we have fed shortf. peas or sklmmilk we
have found great differences In the ear
cases OF the pigs over the carcasscs Of
those fed on corn only. In general
may say that the bones Of pigs fed eS.
cluively on corn are something like goo
pounds weaker under the breaking test;
that the blood is az much NJ % per cent
less IN amount: that the lean meat g.
sometimes ~ much a. 2l per cent. lCia,
aud that tho kidneys aud liyeus are also
small
By the breaking test Is meant that the
thigh bone OF the hog Is placed upon two
iron edge, four inches apart, while the
breaking weight, consisting Of an irui'
plate set cdgoway., comes down from
above No as to rest upon the bone ut q
point midway between the two plates
upon which the boneis placed. 4 break.
ing strain Is then applied aud tine power
required noted. This work is done with
q machine used for testing tho strength
of materials. De 1t further said Ia ok
plnnntion Of these experiments that we
usually began with well fed pigs 90 OF
100 days old, aud that they were led
upon the different kinds of feed Tor from
100 10 40 days.
ifitis possible for NJ 10 weaken the
bones Of hogs 20 such an extent ~ have
Indicated 20 pinch the mu Giles and kid
pcys. 10 decrease tho amount II blood
flowing In the veins aud 70 shrivcl the
very muscles ot the body iiteli b. sys-
TEN of exclusive corn feeding In so short
time a. four or i've months, what must
be the dangers that beet swine rearing
In tho hands of men ignorant Of the COM
position aud character VI the foods they
arr fcciing' Supposiug that, instead Of
the large percentages have indicated, q
man wcakcns his hogs only 10 the extent
Of. say. pr cent by improper feeding.
what unfortunate results must follow "
pigs thus weakened become breeders,
which Ia turn are weakened. and this
condition carried on for a series Of gen
era,ions 1t will be made worse and
worse
II seems % me that In the great corn
region Of tho west We cannot b. too care
fui in studying the lessons have tried
90 bring ont IN this paper. and II we
properly understand them We have o key
% much % the complain. now prevalent
about tho hog lacking contribution.
How can ho-s oycriei on corn aud
uuderfol on everything elle have any
constitution whatever is tho proper ques-
ti1n 20 ask. IL seems % me And now
let 10 b. distinctly understood that do
not desire % detract ono iota from the
value % lndnn corn. 1t Is tho graudsst
crop W. raise and will always continue
TO los the le.uhug food plant, for which
purpose nothing on our farms can equal
IT, Because com Is 20 chcaply aud
ahundautly produced we hnyo committed
- gross error In feeding Il exclusively.
and 1t Is this exclusivcncss that I nm
talking against. and not Indian cor.-
Professor n. a. Henry, Wisconsin Asri.
cultural Experimental Station.