Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1898-10-05
Kafir Corn for Fa,enino pos

were made at the Kansas Agricultural
College to test the value az Kaffir corr
as CO impaired with corn far fattenir
pigs and 10 6Dd the best methods IF
feeding Kaf1ir corn.
With ligs seven and one-ha'f
months old at the beginning of the
experiment, averaging in weight 183
pounds and fed seven weeks, the gains
per bushel of feed were as follows:
Pounds,
Whole Kaffir corn fed dry. JOB
Whole Kafiir corn soaked So hours s
Kaffir corn meal III
Sbeiled corn fed dry ...12.3
Kaftir corn meal and corn meal,
eqnal parts. Observation-Disclosures. II 3
Kaf4'r corn meal As, soy bean
meal 10. 10
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 Kaflir
corn, the loss from So aking Kaffir corn
Was II pr cent and the gain from
grinding was Is per cent, which with
Kaflir corn at % cents per bushel
would give 81 cents per busheI for tee
grinding.
With pigs six months old at the be-
ginning of the experiment, average
weight 1913 pounds and fed eleven
weeks, the gains per bushel of feed
were as follows:
Pounds
Whole Kaf1ir corn fed dry -. 9.5
Whole Katfir corn soaked 4S hours I 3
Kat1ir corn meal ........ "a
Shelled corn fed dry. .112
Katie corn meal and corn meal,
equal parts. Ill
Kaffir corn meal As, say bean
! ineai 10. ..... ID. Z
At the conclusion of this trial the
last two lots were ready for the market,
part of the pigs fed Kaflir corn meal
and shelled corn were marketable,
while the others were IN poor condi-
ton. Those in poor condition were
put on rations Of equal parts Kaffir
corn meal and corn meal, AMI X 4ffir
coin meal 40 and soy bean meal l 5,
each lot having skim milk, and they
fattened quickly.
Pigs Dine and a half weeks old,
averaging thirty five pounds each,
were given grain aud turned on alfal-
ia pasture for eight weeks, ending
January Not considering the al
falfa, the gains per bushel Of grain
were as follows:
Pounds
kaffir corn meal. 10. 6
Corn meal .13
Heffir corn meal 43, soy bean
meal Id. is. o
Corn meal 2-3, soy bean meal 1-3. .172
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.
kaffir corn meal. 10 4
Corn meal IL 5
kaffir corn meal 3 soy bean
meal 1-3. 4
Corn meal 2-3, soy bean meal 1-3.. Is. 6
At the close Of the experiment. the
pigs fed keffir cDrn AMI corn aver
aged respectively II 10 end IL pounds
: each and were rough and lank. The
pigs fed Katie and soy bean meals
averaged 164 pounds, those fed corn
J and say bean meals 154 pounds, and
both lots were we'll rounded out ard
were sold at good prices for light fat
hogs.
These experiments show that Kaffir
corn is similar to corn in fatteni ue
. qualities but not equal to it. That
If small quantity of feed rich in
protein, rs alfalsa, soy beans or SKIM
milk, is added to the ration of Kaffir
corn good results are obtained.
katfir corn has advantages over corn
for many parts OF the state IS crop
to raise for fat!ening pigs. On she
College farm for the last nine years
the average yield per acre per year
for Kaffir corn has been 45 8 bushels
and for corn 34.2 bushels. Averag-
ing the results obtained from fatten-
ing pigs SIX months of aga end older,
We have for tae College farm a..
average per Year per acre Of 454
ounds of pork from Kaffir corn aud
402 pounds Of polk from corn. In
the western half of the state the
difference in favor Of Kaffir corn is
much greater, as in 1897, in fs,ds
where corn yielded to bushels rer
acre the yield of the Kaffir corn
was 25 bushels.
The soy bean is one of the best
drouth-resistlug crops and if farm RS
will raise this crop as we'll as ksffir
corn or corn, pigs can be fattened
, profitaby IN every part of the state.