The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1898-09-24
KAFFIR CORN FOR HOGS
Results of Experiments at the HAN
haitian station


haitian station
Manhattan. Kan. Sept. 2s.-speclAA)-
The state agricultural experiment; station
has tust issued the following eulIetin re-
lsting to experiments with KAfir corn:
Las, winter sixteen experiments were
made al the Kansas Agricultural college 10
test the value OF KEfir corn a. compared
with corn for fattening pigs and TO and
the best methods Of feeding Kaar corn
With pigs seven and one-hsn months cd
at the beginning OF the experiment.. aver
aging IN weight las pounds and led seven
weeks the gains per bushel OF feed were
as follows:
Whole Kafir corn fed dry. 1913 pound;
Whole Kaar corn soaked forty eight hours
SIS pounds; Kafr corn meat III pounds;
shelled corn fed dry. laS pounds: kAnr
corn meal and corn meal equal partsl.
1913 pounds; Kalr corn meal go. SOY bean
meal 49,. 1873 pounds.
All lots were in good marketable order
at the close of the experiment With this
class OF hogs. S37 bushels OF corn equaisd
100 bushels OF Kafr corn; the Joss from
soaking KAhr corn was II per cent. and
the gain from grinding was IS per ent.
which, with kadr corn at p cents per
bushel would give sA cents per bushsl
! for the grinding.
/ With pigs months old AZ me beginning
OF the experiment. average weight II
( pounds and fed eleven weeks. fhs gains
4 per bushel OF feed were as follows:
: Whole Kadr corn fed dry. 90 pounds:
whole Kanr corn soaked forty eight hours.
/ 10 pounds; kafr corn meal. 50 pounds.
sholed corn fed dry. I-2 pounds; kzfr
corn meal and corn meal (eauai parts.
Ill pounds Kadr corn meal go. soy bean
meal u-9. 1872 pounds
Al the conclusion OF this trial the sast
two lots were ready FOR the market. part
OF the pigs Ted Kahr corn meal and shellsd
corn were marketable. while the others
were in poor condition Those in poor con-
dition were put on rat3ons Of equal parts
Kdr corn meal and corn meal. and kafir
corn meal 80 ard coy bean meal 90,
each lot having skim milk. and they fat
tened quickly.
I Pigs nine and a hair weeks old. avsrag-
| ing thlrty-fivs pounds each. we're given
grain and turned on Alfalfa pasture Tor
eight weeks. ending January 2. Not cen-
sidering the alfalfa, the gains per bushs
| OF grain were as follows:
KaAr corn meal. l2s POUNDS; corn meal.
121 pounds Kzhr corn meal CD. soy ban
meal 40. - pounds: corn Ineal 90. coy
bean meal u-gl. 17.2 pounds.
January II these Pigs we're tzksn from
the alfalfa pasture and I'D for eight weeks
In pens. with gs1ns Per bushsl x grain
as follows.
Kahr corn meal. IL pounds. corr nal
| iL5 pounes; KAHr corn uezl tz-sj. soy bean
meal CD. I5.f psgnes. corn meal G-D.
80 bean meal Cd. iss Doun1A
A. the close Of the experiment ths Prs
fed KaAr corn and corn averaged Fsspso-
lively 10 and IL pounds eaeh and w~rs
rough and lank The 3 - fs5 Kanr ard
coy bean meals averaged - pouuos. thoss
led rorn and aoy bean meals - p1sloos.
and both lofs acre well rounded cut snd
were sod a. good prices tor hzbg "a hogs.
These experiment a show nat kaar corn
E. similar 20 corn r. fztfsuinE 2sasitiss.
b, nos e.gszl 20 u. That Y snnaz gaan-
cty % fss6 m in protein. a. aifa-fa. ~
beans Or akirn-rnllk. - s6fs1 20 IL ra-
ton % Kasr corn, goo sshajts srs obtain
Cd Kzar corn nss aSvaatAzss aver corn
foY ruzny parts q q. s-ats - q crco 20
raise s0r sa--sn4oE pEs Or ne coAsEs
farm for rs 49, niss Tssrb ere average
yield PEI acre PER year hss bssa for KAeF
corn nls beer A. ? aas5sls AZ 'or olrr a
o1shsis. Avsrzx..g ne Fss-sias ostaanst
from 1st'sasnE p,xs al months % age and
oder ws hays fer re so!.sxs farm g.
ayeraEs gsr year esr zeFs 4 - 5-osnes =
oork from Ksnr corn s1a ~ 1osn1s %
PIX fr0rn cora = ~ Neszsrr s4sf a
,as s.z:s Ire e1srssss n tayos q EAsr
co-n = aBea greater. 80 n isgr. n nss1s
= nars earn yss6~s ors - ~Es tasssis asr
a>-s. sae yls-1 o: - KAsF corr sss =
oszsnsz
TIE soT ssan - on~ - - ~ S-ogfh-
resisting c-ros ard y fzSz~rs wl raNs
RS c-DS ~ ~sI &s Esef co-u ~ corr.
9gxs car - fatssss< gFoGtasiT n sEsrT
,4rf o. - s-&ts
carc,-E1 PzTro@1i was 1s~s,z 80 -sz
Tas B-.zsk szzSlrs sszsF&osE = 20 al
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