The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1901-10-17

Something About Homes
This may seem 70 be a somewhat
trivial subject for consideration in the
swine department Of the paper, but
II Is taken up for the reason that II
Is Of first Importance TO breeders and
especially 20 young beginners, who
may not have given the natter atten-
ton A good deal has been said in
this department regarding the results
Of corn feeding 70 young animals, but
as yet we have not touched fully upon
the effect that corn feeding as a we'll
nigh exclusive ration has upon the
bony frame We often have breeders
complain that their hogs seem TO be
weak in the legs and that they tend
70 break down az the fetlock joints,
so that their "dew claws" touch the
ground when they walk This con-
dition Is too often considered to be
some disease. but is In fact a condi-
tion of the bone, which has been
brought on by errors IN feeding and
management Of the young growing
pig. Then II has been mentioned
here that the cause OF paralysis or
dropping down behind as farmers
often term Il Is due to the same feed
ing and methods OF management To
develop a normally composed. strong
bone the animal requires from birth
a fun supply Of all OF the requisites
for bone formation. Bone consists OF
a certain proportion OF both organic
and inorganic matters vegetable and
earthly mattersl. II either Be lacking
the bone is rendered proportionately
weak. This Is best seen IN "rachitis'
(bow legs) where the bones bend out
Of shape and the animal is usually
weak. dwarfed and deformed. In this
disease there is a lack Of earthly ma
terial and excess of organic matter.
The trouble known as big head or
"osteop0rosis" is akin 10 rachitls
(ricketsl. There Is. however very
common condition Of the bones OF
hogs which does not appear IN such
aggravated form as any OF the other
conditions which are known as actual
diseases OF the bones We refer 20
general lack OF strength which has
been suspected for years and was az
length proved 10 exist by Prof Henry
Of the Wisconsin Agricultural Expert
menf Station and others Different
lots Of hogs we're set apars and fed
with the idea 81 ascertaining whether
the food makes Manages 10 the ma
terial produced frm Il in the body.
Corn was used ~ an exclusive ration
for some Of the hogs and for others
mixture Of foods rich In protein
(nitrogenous matfers) The foods
used to furnish protein we're peas,
dried blood. middllngs and skim milk.
The result Of extended experiments
tion in this direction was that the
hogs fed on corn meal carbohydrate
food had more fat and less lean meat
than those fed on the protein ration
The latter @ots had most blood. larger
livers ane less leaf lard than the corn
fed hogs The bones OF the pro;eiL
fed hogs were far stronger than those
OF the corn fed lots A breaking
machine was used 10 test the strength
OF the bones making il possible to de-
termine this exactly IN each case. In
one Of the Wisconsin trials the bones
OF the corn fed pigs broke at $50
pounds on the average and those OF
the pigs fed milk. blood and middlings
at sos pounds. These weights are Tor
each 100 pounds Of dressed carcass
and show IN favor Of the mixed ration
by 30 per cent. In other experiments
Il was found that where pigs are fed
an exclusive ration Of corn that some
thing can be accomplished In offset
ting iis effects upon the bones by mix
ing hard wood ashes or bone meal in
the food. Three lots Of pigs we're fed
on corn as an exclusive ration. One
Of the lots got corn alone. one OF the
other lots get bone meal and corn, and
the remaining lot corn and ~ood ash
es. The result was that while none Of
the pigs were fully uourished the con.
dition Of those getting wood ashes or
bone meal was much superior TO that
Of the lot fed corn only The latter
became 80 Fat their iowls and bellies
nearly touched the ground. On
slaughter the different lots showed no
difference in proportion Of fst to lean
OF in size or weight OF internal or
gans. The bones. however. we're very
different The average breaking
strength Of bones of pigs fed corn only
was sol pounds. Of those fed corn and
wood ashes. 5sl pounds; OF those fed
corn and bone meal. $50 pounds. On
the bones It was further
found that there was so per cent more
ash flnorranic matterl IN the bones
Of pigs FED bone meal or wood ashes
along with corn than in the bones Of
pigs FED corn only further. the use
Of bone meal and wood ashes saved