The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1908-11-11
SOME GOOD ADVICE
DON'T FATTEN HOGS on CORN
ALONE.
You Are Losing Money II You Have
Not Planted Some Legumes for
Them, Says a Bulletin.

Bulletin Ne. 143 Of the Alabama
Experiment Station, gives the results
OF three-year feeding test, conduct
ed with ninety hogs, and compares
the results of feeding corn alone and
with other feeds.
Some very interesting facts were
brought out by this experiment. For
example, 1t cost to make one hun
dred pounds Of gain on the hogs
used in the test, S7.63 when corn
alone was fed; s5.75 when the ration
was two-thirds corn and one-third
cottonseed meal; so.1S when it was
nine parts corn to one Of tankage.
and S5.l1 when il consisted of corn
and cowpeas half and half. when |
corn was fed alone but 48 cents was
realized for each bushel used" To |
iced 7-cent corn proftably one must,
II he feeds corn alone, get seven
cents live weight for his hogs.
Cottonseed meal gave good results,
reducing the cost per hundred pounds
| OF gain to s5.7o. when used for one
third of the ration. There is dan
ger In It's use, however, and one who
feeds 1t must be prepared to assume
this risk. -Four deaths occurred az
result Of the use OF cottonsee,l
meal; but all these took place after
the hogs had been taken off thu
meal and placed on other feeds.
This suggests that something YET
is to be learned about the effects or
cottonseed meal on the internal ma
chlnery Of pig.
| Tankage proved to be cheap and
satisfactory feed. Hogs fed on one
part tankage to nine parts corn meal
made gain Of 1.04 pounds per day,
the same as those fed on the corn
and cottonseed meal. Those fed On
corn alone gained only SO Of a
pound daily. The cost per hundred
pounds Of gain was also reduced
s2.45 by the use of the tankage.
Cowpeas are profitable feed
when they cost eighty cents to q dol
lar per bushel. After they reach
: s1.O5 they cease to pay. They were
fed with an equal quantity of corn
The cheapest gains were obtained
j from the use Of corn along witt
peanut and soy bean pastures. II
make one hundred pounds Of pors
with peanut pasture cost only
! s2.14, and with soy bean pasture
r s2.74. This Is after taking the cos
|. of raising the crop into account ant
4 crediting 1t with the fertility sdde.
, to the soil. This was estimated a
: $3.50 per acre In each case
: Sorghum and chufa pastures use
b in connection with corn made a yer.
: poor showing. The hogs grazed II
= he sorghum gained only .37 of /:
6 pound daily when fed on corn alone
Il and .46 Of pound daily when fe
g on the corn and cottonseed mea
: combination. In the first case th.
) gain cost s11.90 per hundred pound
; and In the second, s77s. Chufa!
= and corn gave a gain Of only e:
) Of pound per day and cost S8.8'
) per hundred pounds Of grain. Tht
: cost Of raising them was charged tn
: same as with the legumes; but NJ
s credit was given for any returns the.
= made to the soil, for, alas! ther.
V was nothing to credit.
e A good long sermon-several o
:: them for that matter-might b.
+" preached from this text; but what
: the use? These are the results 0
Z actual and accurate experiments
II The question is: VIII you try to fat
ten your hogs on one-side6 ration
as corn alone IS, or will you supple
ment 1t Win cottonseed meal, tank
age, or some other nitrogenous iced
n Then next year will you or not hav
a peanut, cowpea or a soy bear
pasture for your hogs?