Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1898-11-04
Of Interest to Stockmen.
Kamr Corn, for Tsttenihik Pigs.

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A report sent out from the Kansas
Experiment Station says: Last winter
sixteen experiments were made at the
Kansas Agricultural College to test
the value of Kafiir corn as compared
with corn for fattening pigs and to
find the best methods Of feeding Kafhr
corn. With pigs seven and one-half
months old at the beginning OF the
experiment. averaging In weight lSS
pounds and fed seven weeks, the gains
per bushel of feed were as follows:
Pounds.
Whole Kaffir corn fed dry ........1o.3
Whole KafIir corn soaked AZ hours. S.S
Kaffir corn meal LII
Shelled corn fed dry..............12.3
Kaffir corn meal and corn meal,
equal parts NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.. .lz.o
Kafflr corn meal As, soy bean
meal 1-5 .................. .lo'S
All lots were in good marketable
order at the close Of the experiment.
With this class Of hogs 1877 bushels
of corn equaled 100 bushels Of Kafir
corn; the loss from soaking Kaffir corn
was II per cent and the gain from
| grinding was Is per cent, Which with
Kaffir corn at rs cents per bushel
would give az cents per bushel for
the grinding. With pigs six months
old at the beginning of the experiment,
average weight 1913 pounds and fed
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| feed were as follows:
Pounds.
Whole Kaflr corn fed dry........ SO
| Whole Kaffir corn soaked 4S hours. 7.3
Kafiir corn meal ............... S.4
| Shelled corn fed dry. LIZ
| Kaf1lr corn meal and corn meal,
equal parts ................... ILL
Kaffir corn meal As, soy bean
meal l-0 ............. ...'..''.' AS's
At the conclusion Of this trial the
last two lots were ready for the mar
ket, part Of the pigs fed Kafir corn
meal and shelled corn were market
able, while the others were in poor
condition. Those In poor condition
were put on rations of equal parts
Kafir corn meal and corn meal, and
Kafiir corn meal AS and soy bean
meal is, each lot having skimmilk,
and they fattened quickly. Pigs nine
and a half weeks old, averaging thir-
ty-flve pounds each, were given grain
and turned on alfalfa pasture for eight
weeks, ending January Z. Not con-
sidering the alfalfa, the gains per
bushel Of grain were as follows:
| Pounds
Kaffir corn meal. .................1 lbs
| Corn meal ..............'''... ''io.A
Kahir corn meal %, soy bean
meal 1-3 NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.. ..lS.V
Corn meal 2-3, soy bean meal 1-3. .l7.2
January II these pigs were taken
from the alfalfa pasture and fed for
eight weeks in pens, with gains per
bushel of grain as follows:
Pounds.
| Corn meal Observation-Disclosures. LILO
Kaflr corn meal %, soy bean
meal 1-3 ............... '..'''.' 'Ao'7
Corn meal 2-3, soy bean meal 1-3. los
| At the close of the experiment the
pigs fed Kafflr corn and corn averaged
respectively 10 and Ill pounds each
and were rough and lank. The pigs
fed Kafir and soy bean meals aver
aged 1854 pounds, those fed corn and
soy bean meals 1874 pounds, and both
lots were we'll rounded out and were
sold at good prices for light fat hogs:
These experiments show that Kafiir
corn Is similar to corn In fattening
qualities but not equal to 1t. That II
a small quantity of feed rich in pro-
tein, as alfalfa, soy beans or skim
milk. is added to the ration OF Kafhr
corn, good results are obtained. Kaff1r
corn has advantages over corn for
many parts of the state as crop to
raise for fattening pigs. On the col
lege farm for the last nine years the
average yield per acre per year FOR
Kafir corn has been 45.9 bushels and
for corn 34.2 bushels. Averaging the
results obtained from fattening pigs
six months of age and older, we have
for the college farm an average per
year per acre Of 454 pounds of pork
from Kafir corn and 402 pounds OF
pork from corn. In the western half
of the state the difference in favor OF
Kaffr corn Is much greater, as In
1897, in fields where corn yielded to
5 bushels per acre, the yield Of the