The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1901-02-22

horse Il has been found that the best
results from feeding follow where tie
animal b only allowed to drink prior
to q meal This Is = subject that 50
FAR as We are aware has not been SUI
hcieBtly considered a. regards the
MANAGEMENT Of hogs The stomach Or
the pig Is somewhat similar % that Of
the horse, 30 that II requires con-
paratively small amounts Of food a.
frequent intervals. is capacity Is but
from one and 0ne-hall TO tWo gallons
and. like that Of the horse. digestion
Of grain goes on therein rather than
IL the intestines. which IN the pig are
about Y feet long. counting large and
small lntestlnes together. L stands
70 reason that when the stomach con
talns that amount Of food which Il can
properly care for as regards digestion,
Il also contains the average supply o.
gastric Juice necessary for the perfect
digestion or the food so far as Il ls
carried out IN the stomach. II at this
time Of repletion. when digestion 81
going on. the hog is allowed 70 drink
all il cares to OF water. We must con-
clude that lozs Is entailed b. this act
The water taken into the stomach does
not all stay there. even when the stom-
ach Is empty. A large portion Of i
passes into the large intestines. 30 tnAt
water taken Just after a hearty meal
must Of necessity wash part Of the IN
digested food into the intestlnes, and
here It cannot possibly be aa fully d.
gested as It would have been IN the
stomach proper. We conclude, there
fore, that there Is a loss from feeding
corn meal and at the same time allow
ing the hogs 10 drink all the water
they care 70 take. II this idea Il cor
rect. then the proper way 70 feed
would be to give the hogs al the water
they want before feeding and keep the
water away from them after and hin
der them from drinking water until
the meal Is digested. II is a fact that
hogs require much less water when
fattenlng upon corn meal than they do
when living upon other meals. such
as rye or barley meal II they require
one part Of water when eating corn
meal they require one and three-quar-
ters parts Of water when eating barley
meal Although this Is the case, there
Is no evidence TO show that the water
Is required during the meal. but every
reason to show that Il should be given
before the meal 50 that It win not
wash out the contents OF the stomach
and remove undigesed food 20 the
bowels. Il would also seem likely
that undue diiution Of the gastric
juices by water taken during a meal
would tend to reduce the power they
have IN the digestion Of food, and
this would be an added argument
against allowing hogs drinking water
while feeding upon corn meal or other
dry rations When Il is remembered
that the fattenlng period Il a short
one-the shorter the better-the feeder
should do all IN hla power 20 have
the hogs assimilate the largest possi-
bic proportion Of the food nutrients
Of the meals consumed. The greatest
gain from amount OF food consumed is
made during the frst four or I've
weeks OF the fattsning period ana the
greater the gain made during this
period the better, for the reason that
after that period additional gain can
only Be made by the feeding Of a larger
amount OF food per hundred pounds
Of gain and the amount Of food con
sumed for each pound Of gain Increases
fast the longer the pigs are fed Our
argument IS. then. that during the
nrst period Of feeding upon corn meal
more than a. any other time. the h0sB
should not Be allowed to drink water
after or during the feeding time. e.
Il win tend 70 waste food. lessen the
amount Of food nutrients sasimiiated.
and 90 lessen the amount Of gain made
per hundred pounds Of food consumed.
Il should Be underntood that his
would apply equally 70 other foods
than corn when fattening piw. We
hope that readers OF ne FarmerT Re-
view viii put this idea into practice
and II possible test the truth Of tAs
theory By applying Il 70 two lots Of
hogs and weighing them ~ the end Of
given periods Of feeding