Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1899-02-27

| pound Of gain IN live weight.
3. When fed in combination with
grain, skim milk has So per cent.
greater feeding value than when fed
alone, 100 qb. Of skim milk taking the
place of 1872 Id. Of grain in the former
case and 142 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-
quired to make 100 Id. of gain was 70
days for the hogs fed on milk and
grain, 116 days for those fed on grain
milk alone.
5. When the skim milk and grain
were fed in the proportion Of lb. of
skim milk to qb. Of grain, the return
for the skim milk was greater than
when larger proportion was fed.
When fed in the proportion of 2 lb. Of
skim milk to lb. of grain, 100 lb. Of
milk took the place of 81 ID. of grain,
but when fed in the proportion of
lb. 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-
ceDtion, kept in good health.
7. Young hogs fed on grain alone did
not do we'll and appeared to make poor
use of the food they ate. The hogs
on this ration required 2.92 lb. or d.
gestible matter to make 1 lb. of gain
at an average weight Of 70 h., and
only 2.83 10. when they weighed 127.
When the food was changed to milk
and grain, marked improvement was
effected in their growth and thrift
ness.
8. 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 lot, on uasture,
gained 0.O5 lb more per day and re-
quire 0.54 Id. less dry matter to 1 lb.
Of gain than did the lot fed in pens,
pens. The milk fed lot, on pasture,
gained 0.S Id. more per day and re-
quired 0.88 Id. less Of dry matter to
each pound Of gain. On the other
hand, however, the hogs fed mi.4A and
grain in combination did better in the
pens, gaining 0.O5 lib. 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
palatabiiity Of the food seemed to have
very beneficial effect upon the rapid
ity and economy of the gain. The
milk and grain fed hogs ate OBJ lb.
more digestible matter per day than
those fed on milk alone. They gained
0.41 Id. per day more than those fed
on milk alone. They also required
O.51 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. L he
hogs fed milk and grain required 62
per cent. more to grow pound Of
live weight when they weighed from
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weighed from SO 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 if
they were neglected in the same fash
ion as his poultry. Considering their
opportunities, the fowls do wonder
fully we'll.
For Beekeepers.
Thick, we'll refined honey will not
granulate so rapidly as that which is
thin.
"A large number of extra combs are
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 IS
thick clover honey, to which white
sugar strip may be added.
Bees serve as active agents in the
fertilization of plants and are not de-
structive in the smallest degree.
No trash of any kind should be left
on the bottom boards, as this will fur
nish a good nest for the moth miller.
Hives may be placed anywhere, high
or low, wherever it is most convenient
to the beekeeper, as it makes no diff
ference to the bees.
Beekeeping, when combined with
fruit growing, enables one to procure
a double crop from the same land
without additional fertilizing.
Do not pull up covers that the bees
have closely sealed down. They want
their houses air tight at the top to
prevent ventilation or cold draughts.
One of the best places to locate hives
is in the orchard, as usually there the