St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1898-12-03

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equal parts. .1S.S
Kaffir corn meal IS. soy bean meal
LIS .................... .13.9
All lots were in good marketable or |
der at the close of the experiment. !
With this class of hogs s3.7 bushels Of |
corn equaled 100 bushels of Kafiir corn.
the loss from soaking Kaffir corn was
IL per cent. and the gain from grind |
ing was Is per cent. which with Kaffir
corn at % cents per bushel would give
3A cents for the grinding.
With pigs six months old at the BE-
ginning of the experiment, average
weight 123 pounds and fed II weeks,
the gains per bushel Of feed were as
follows:
Pounds.
Whole Kaffir corn fed dry. 9.5
Whole Kaffir corn soaked 4S hours. 7.3
Kaflir corn meal. al.................. 9.4
Shelled corn fed dry.
Eaf1ir corn meal and corn meal,
equal parts. I'LL
Kafiir corn meal As, soy bean meal
is .................... .I5.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 marketa-
BILE, while the other were in poor con-
dition. Those in poor condition were
put on rations of equal parts Kaffir
corn meal and corn meal, and Kaffir
corn meal As and soy bean meal Is.
each lot having skim-milk, and they
fattened quickly.
Pigs nine and half weeks old, av-
eraging IS pounds each, were given
grain and turned on alfalfa pasture
for eight weeks, ending January 2.
Not considering the alfalfa, the gains
ped bushel of grain were as follows:
Pounds.
Kafir corn meal. al..................12 .12.6
Corn meal. .13.1
Kaffir corn meal 2-3 soy bean meal
1-3 .lo'O
Corn meal 2-3, soy bean meal 1-3. $50
January II these pigs were taken
from the alfalfa pasturage and fed for
eight weeks in pens. with gains per-
bushel of grain as follows:
Pounds.
Kaffir corn meal. ..1O.l
Corn meal. .ll.o
Kaffir corn meal %, soy bean meal
1-3 .................... .1o.4
Corn meal 2-3, soy bean meal 1-3. .1s.6
At the close of the experiment the
pigs fed the Kaffir corn and corn ev-
eraged respectively 110 and111 pounds
each, and were rough and lank. The
pigs fed Kaffir and soy bean meals av-
eraged 164 pounds, those fed corn and
soy bean meals 154 pounds, and both
lots were well 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 it That ii
small quantity of feed rich in pro-
tein, as alfalfa, soy beans or skim
milk, is added to the ration of kaffir
corn. good results are obtained. Kaf-
fir corn has advantages over corn for
many parts of tie state as crop to
raise for fattening pigs. On the col
lege farm for the last nine years the
average yield per acre for Kaffir corn
has been 45.9 bushels, and for corn 34.2
bushels. Averaging the results OBJ
tanned from fattening pigs six months
of age and older, we have for the coli
lege farm an everage per year per acre
of 454 pounds of pork from Kaifir corn
and 402 pounds of pork from corn. In
the western half of the state the diff
ference in favor of Kaffir corn is much
| greater, as in 1897, in fields where corn
: Welded ] to 5 bushels per acre. the
Weld of the Kaffir corn was 25 bushelA
| The soy bean is one of the best
drought-resisting crops, and IL farm
ers will raise this crop as well as Kafir
corn or corn, pigs can be fattened
profitably in every part Of the state
/ Rural World.