St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1910-11-19
SOUTHERN HOG FEED
Necessity of Raising More Home
Grown Feeds for Profit.
Bulletin From Georgia Experiment
Station Points Out How Money
May Be Made Raising Swine
on Soy Beans and Peanuts.

In Bulletin 81 of the Georgia sta
ton, P. N. Flint Of the Georgia exper-
iment station maintains that, In view
Of the increasing price OF commercial
feedstuff. more homegrown feeds
must be used in order Ito make
money in growing swine" He insists
more attention should be given in the
south to the growing of beans, Span
ism peanuts, cowpeas and corn as hog
feed, and he reports experiments,
which show that pork can be pro-
duced more cheaply when soy beans,
Spanish peanuts and skim milk are
made part of the ration than when
corn and shorts alone are fed"
One lot of pigs Of an average
weight of II pounds were fed at the
beginning of the experiment 1913
pounds OF corn and shorts per pig.
The ration was gradually increased
until toward the end of the expert
ment they were consuming So pounds
per pig of corn only. No shorts were
fed during the last 48 days.
IN the case of second lot, at the
beginning of the experiment one-half
as much corn as of skim milk was fed,
namely, 2.3 pounds of corn and 4.6
pounds of skim milk per pig daily.
As the experiment progressed the pro-
portion of skim milk to corn was
gradually made smaller, and during
the latter part of the experiment five
pounds of corn and 81 pounds OF
skim milk per pig were fed"
Two other lots were fed the same
quantity of corn, but one consumed
one acre of soy beans and the other
one acre of Spanish peanuts. Early
and late varieties of soy beans were
planted, one-fourth acre of the early
variety and three-fourths acre of the
late variety. When feeding Of the
early variety was begun, July II, the
beans were we'll developed, but far
removed from being ripe.
THE early variety of the beans
showed smaller stalks and fewer
leaves than the late variety. The
early variety was ripe a week previ-
GUS to the time 1t was consumed"
Then feeding of the late variety
was begun August l, the pods having
just made their appearance, so during
that time the pigs consumed largely
leaves and stalks. BY September 1
the beans of this variety we're in the
dough stage and were ripe two weeks
previous to the close of the expert
ment, September 20. During the peri
cd the pigs were consuming largely
leaves and stalks. A larger quantity
Of corn was fed than during the last
four weeks of the experiment, when
there was plentiful supply of ma
tured beans in the pods; in fact, dur
ing the last two weeks the pigs were
fed but one pound per head of corn
daily, but were given all the beans
they would clean up. This was done
in order to dispose of the beans before
ripening and casting their seed. Ow-
ing to the dry weather during the lat
ter part Of the summer the beans did
not bear full crop.
When feeding Of the peanuts was
begun, July IL, they were not yet
through poisoning, but many pods
had formed and contained well devel.
oped seed.
AS with the soy beans, greater
quantity of corn was fed during the
early part of the experiment, while
the peanuts were developing, than
during the latter part, after the pea.
nuts had matured. By the middle of
August the pigs both in the peanut
and soy bean lot, were consuming
three pounds Of corn per pig daily
and a light ration of soy beans and
peanuts, while by the middle of Sep.
TENDER they were consuming but one
pound Of corn and a heavy ration OF
soy beans and peanuts. The peanuts
were well matured by September l.
The drought did not injure the peanuts
as much as it did the soy beans
hence in this experiment the peanuts
made the better showing.