Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1898-09-09

grain fed hogs, however. without cx-
ception, kept In good health.
"a Young hogs fed on grain alone
ala not do well and appeared to make
poor use Of the food they ate. The
hogs on this ration required 2.g2 pounds
Of digestlbic matter TO make one pound
of gain at an average weight OF 10
pounds. and only ass pounds when they
weighed 1871 pounds. When the food
was changed to milk and grain a
marked Improvement was effected In
their growth and thriftlness tsee
pages 207, 2iT and 22S).
% Those hogs fed on milk alone or
grain alone when ON pasture. did
! much better than hogs similarly fed In
small pens. The milk fed bot, on pas
turc, gained .05 pounds more per day
and required "a pounds less dry matter
10 one pound % grain than ala the lot
led In pens. and the grain fed lot. on
pasture. gained q pounds more per day
ana required IS pounds less of dry mat
ter 20 each pound Of grain. on the
other hand, however, the hogs fed milk
and grain In combination ala better In
The pens. gaining .0i pounds more per
day than dld those on pasture and re-
qulrcd practically the same amount Of
food TO make p pound u grain.
tgl The appetite u the hogs and the
palaiahiiity Of the food seemed TO have
q very benenciai efioct upon the rap
idliy and economy OF the gain. The
milk and grain fed hogs ate 81 pounds
more dlEcstlblo matter per day than
thoso fed on grain alone. and lac
pounds more than those Ted on milk
alone. They gained ~ pounds per day
moro than the hogs fed grain alone
and 20 pounds more than those fed
milk alone. They also required 81
pounds less dircatiblo matter FOR each
sF HU 49, FHA
grain alone and 20 pounds less than
the hogs led milk alone
O0l Young hogs are In every way the
more economic produccra OF pork Tho
hogs fed milk and grain required 60
per cent more 10 grow a pound u live
weight when they weighed from 200 10
2i5 pounds, than they ala when they
those hogs fed on grain alone the DIFF
fornce In favor Of the smaller weight
was % per cent
90 EXPERIMENTS IN CALF
FEEDtNG.-SUMMARY.
uO Calves may DO raised very profit
ably on skim milk whom Il n properly
fed.
90 From tho standpoint Of gain In
live weight and quality NJ meat. whole
milk IL the best food Tor calves, but Il
probably fed. Butter fat has been
worth icc. per pound. Tho gain In
live weight OF these calves az tc. per
pound returns but iO.7c. per pound for
the butter fat fed at De-. per pound for
the gain but Nc. per pound
O Tho calves whoHs rationH were
composed largely OF skim milk. white
they gained one-haif pound less Per
day yet required practically the same
amount of dry matter 20 each pound
u gain aa did those fed on whole milk
they made Just as good use Of the
food.
90 The calves fed whole milk alone
gave a greater proportion Of dressed
meat 20 live weight than did those
fed ON skim milk. and also gave more
tat on the carcass.
90 Young calvca. M 60 az months
of age. required less milk and less dry
matter 20 each pound of gain than ala
the hogs, when the calves were nvc
and six months old. however. more dry
matter was required, but at least half
N Il was hay.
ts) when fed 60 calves. fully M
large financial returns were obtained
Tor the skim milk as when fed 10 hogs.
With the gain In live weight az &C. per
pound. the calves rg,urncd eac. per
hundred pounds for the skim milk and
the hogs ease n the gain In live
weight was worth Be-. per pound. the
calves would return &c. ps one hun
drcd pounds more for tho milk than
would the hogs.