Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1903-05-05
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Drovers Journal With the present
wonderfully good prices which hogs
are bringing on this market it is a
comparatively easy matter for care
full feeder to secure reasonable mar
gin of profit, but our feeders realize
that the present prices are not likely
to be maintained. Mill feeds of all
kinds are unusually high in price and
will probably continue SO until after
the coming seasons corn crop has
been harvested. Without question the
corn crop of the middle west is the
foundation on which the breeding of
swine must depend. Most of our feed
ers have come to realize that, while
corn is king, it is mistaken policy to-
feed a ration composed entirely of
corn
All breeders and feeders recognize
that if healthy breeding stock is to be
grown other feeds than corn must be
used in part. The farmer with we'll
filed corn crib literally has starch and
fat ito burn" but the supply of pro-
tein is seriously deficient Much good
work has been done along the line of
Increasing the protein content but
more remains to be done before corn
will be anything like properly bal
anced food. In order to get a proper
" balanced ration from corn alone the
present average protein content would
have to be at least doubled. This may
come in time, but it is not yet
The man who is looking for profit
from his feeding operations should
carefully consider the feeding value of
the commercial feedstuffs within his
reach. Recent work done by the vari-
GUS state experiment stations has
shown clearly that some prepared
not only extravagant in price, but are
actually of no greater value than the
ordinary cereals grown on the farm.
In considering foods the feeder should
study carefully the composition. paying
particular attention to the protein con-
tent. The actual feeding value of the
various feedstuffs on the market may
2; be very nearly measured on the basis.
of protein content. Cotton-seed meal,
oilmeal the various gluten feeds and
the by-products of cereal foods are all
valuable on this basis.
clearinghouse by-product foods
which have so lately come upon the
market come in the same list with this
: last class. 1t is not likely that differ
sent brands of these foods will ever be
very numerous since they are depend
ing upon meat residues, blood and
1bone for their source. The manufac-
tuners are endeavoring to prepare
foods which will not only be palatable
for each class of farm animals, but
which will make valuable addition to
the various rations. They do not work
on the basis that one brand OF food
would be relished by all classes of
farm animals, but carefully study the
likes and dislikes of each class until
class.
OF all commercial foods on the mar
5ket at the present time tankage is at
tracing particular attention as a food
for hogs. This by-product, as shipped
out from the packing house, is in the
form of a dry meal, containing only 8
per cent moisture. 1t is shipped in
sacks and handled just as bran or
cornmeal might be. Many farmers
seem to be under the impression that
tanlage is in a semi-liquid condition
and must be shipped in water-tight
packages.
Professor Plumb commends Tankase.
Several experiment stations have al
ready undertaken work for the pur-
pose of determining the extent to
which tankage may be used in feeding
hogs. The Indiana experiment station
was the first in this country to do
any work along these lines. A careful
ly conducted experiment by Professor
20. S.. Plumb while director of the In
diana experiment led him to offer the
following observations:
AS feeding material for pigs tank
age offers certain advantages. 1t con-
tains a high per cent of protein and
ian amount of phosphoric acid that
materially eXcels that found in any
grain or by-products of animals The
phosphoric acid for pigs is useful in
4 building up bone structure & = y
while the protein has value univer-
sally recognized by feeders.
Especially with young pigs one
finds some feed of great advantage
that is rich in all the nutrients requil-
ed, that is digested and especially pal
atable. A years experience in
feeding tankage shows it the ideal
feed for this purpose. Blood, lungs,
4 ETC., are cooked together in large
tanks. The fat is drawn off and
the residue dried and ground. 1t con.
tains about double the protein found in
Soil meal, and is a very much better
ttfeed for pigs. 1t seems to be a per
fleet substitute for milk, pound of the
tankage costing less than cent and
"a quarter. having feed value equiva
slent to about three gallons of skim
milk for pigs. . y Tankage dissolves
almost instantly when put in water. II
should be fed in slop. Pigs fed upon
tankage show great muscular and
bone development, have rayenous ap
lspetites and are especially free from
Il equity and rheumatic troubles. y
Tankage is so dry that there is no dan
ger from worms or from decomposi
ton.
'.The animals fed consisted of six
h teen head of young pigs, which were
divided into four lots of four each
These were all pure bred animals, ant
each lot contained two Poland Chinas
and two Berkshires.
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