Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1899-03-02

the srain fed lots 3.l9 ID. to make one
pound OF gain in live weight. "a
:. When fed in combination will
gram, skim milk has 90 per cent
greater feeding value than when fed
alone, 100 qb. of skirl milk taking the
, place of 1872 ID. of grain in the former
case and 14.2 10. in the latter.
4. The hogs fed on the milk and
grain ration made much more rapid
gains than either those fed on milk
alone on grain alone. The time re-
CURED to make 100 Id. of gain was 70
days for the hogs fed on milk and
grain, 116 days for those fed on grain
alone, and lat days when the food was
milk alone.
3. When the skim milk and grain
were fed In the proportion of 8 Id. of
skim milk to ID. of grain, the return
for the skim milk was greater than
when larger proportion was fed.
When I'd in the proportion of 2 Id. of
skim milk to Id. of grain, 100 ID. OF
milk took the place of 81 Id. of grain.
but when fed in the proportion of A
Id. of skim milk to ID. of grain. only
"a ID. were displaced.
6. Hogs fed on milk alone gained
very slowly, and did not keep In good
health; In some cases they were off
their feed so frequently that a change
OF feed had to be made. The milk and
grain fed hogs, however, without ex-
ceqtion, kept in good health.
Z. Young hogs fed on grain alone did
not do well and appeared to make poor
use of the food they ate. The hogs
on this ration required 2.92 Id. or d.
gestible matter to make Id. OF gain
at an average weight of 73 h., and
only 2.S3 ID. when they weighed 1877.
When the food was changed to milk
and grain, a marked Improvement was
effected In their growth and thrift
ness.
i 8. Those hogs fed on milk alone or
grain alone when on pasture, did much
better than hogs similarly fed 10 small
pens. The milk fed lot, on uasture,
gained 0.05 Id more per day and re-
quire 0.54 Id. less dry matter to 1 Id.
of gain than did the lot fed in pens,
pens. The milk fed lot, on pasture,
gained 03 Id. more per day and re-
CURED 0.SS ID. less of dry matter to
each pound of gain. On the other
hand, however the hogs fed mi.A and
grain in combination did better in the
pens, gaining 0O5 Id. more per day
than did those on pasture and required
practically the same amount Of food
to make pound of gain.
8. The appetite of the hogs and the
palatab.lity of the food seemed to have
a very beneficial effect upon the rapid
ity and economy of the gain. The
milk and grain fed hogs ate 037 lb.
more digestible matter per day than
those fed on milk alone. They gained
0.41 lb. per day more than those fed
on milk alone. They also required
051 10. less digestible matter for each
pound Of gain than did the hogs fed
grain alone, and OPT ID. less than the
hogs fed milk alone.
10. Young hogs are in every way the
more economic producers of pork. i he
hogs fed milk and grain required so
. per cent. more to grow a pound OF
live weight when they weighed from
200 to 255 ID. than they did when they
weighed from 3S to 100 h., and for
those hogs fed on grain alone the diff
ference in favor of the smaller weight
. was Sc per cent
The Hens Point of View.
The average farmer will tell you
poultry raising does not pay. He for
gets that his returns from the despised
hen are greater than those he would
: receive from his crops or his stock II
they were neglected in the same fash
ion as his poultry. Considering theii
opportunities, the fowls do wonder
: fully we'll.
For Beekeepers.
Thick, we'll refined honey will mo-
, granulate so rapidly as that which is
3 thin.
' "A large number of extra combs are
e necessary when extracted honey is the
: plan to be followed.
Bees are profitable because they
gather UP and store away that which
would otherwise be lost.
The best food for bees in winter y
/. thick clover honey, to which white
sugar strip may be added.
, Bees serve as active agents In thu
fertilization of plants and are not de
structive in the smallest degree.
No trash of any kind should be lef
on the Bottom boards. as this will fur
pish a good nest for the moth miller
Hives may be placed anywhere, higl
Il or low, wherever it is most convenien
to the beekeeper, as 1t makes no DIFF
ference to the bees.
Beekeeping, when combined VIII
fruit growing, enables one to procur
s a double crop from the same Ian
d without additional fertillzing.
|. Do not pull up covers that the bee
Il have closely sealed down. They wan
i their houses air tight at the top +
S prevent ventilation or cold draughts.
II One OF the best places to locate hive
e is in the orchard, as usually there tn
y bees will be less free from annoyance
Is and will be less liable to annoy ans
le thing else