The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1911-08-24
FEED FOR GROWING PICS
Exercise and Properly Proportional
Ration important, as Well a.
Sanitary Conditions.
by F. G. King, Agricultural Expert,
mcnt Station, University of
Missouri.)

Missouri.)
The most successful farmers recog
nize and follow certain basic princi
Eies in farming and stock raising
These principles have been discov
cred and demonstrated by investiga
tors on agricultural subjects, unit
they can be stated and discussed with
a very certain degree of accuracy.
These facts are true especially in
the case OF the brood SOW and her lit
ter. The answers to list of Ques-
tons sent out to the most successful
hog raiSers of the state, showed that
they recognized the principles that led
| to success.
The brood SOW, as an example,
whether pregnant or sucking her
pigs, is called upon to manufacture
from common feeding stuff the bone
and muscle for her growing young,
In other words, she is machine
transforming one kind of material
into substance of the same material
but OF entirely different form. In
doing this, the machinery-her body
must be of the proper composition IN
order to furnish the finished product
the pig. with the necessary food ele
ments.
Or prime Importance to growing
pigs and all other growing animals, is
| The question of bone and muscle-form-
ing foods, For up to the age of four
months, the desire of the raiser is to
grow rather than to fatten the pig.
Only the food containing an abund-
ance Of ASH can furnish the nutrients
required for the formation of bone;
| only foods containing an abundance
OF protein can furnish the nutrients
necessary for the formation OF mus
Gle. SO the growing animal must
haze ration high in protein and
ash.
The fat and starchy feeds, and also
protein! are used for the production
Of energy and heat and for laying on
fat. in other words, the ash and pro
,cin feeds are used for making ma
chinery and repairing old tissues,
for fuel to run the machinery and for
storage of energy in the form OF fat.
AS the object of the breeder is to
grow rather than to fatten the pig or
pregnant SOW. the percentage of fat
forming feed should not be so great
as when the fattening period is
reached.
In addition to the question of food
nutrients which affect all growing an.
imals, there are other factors affect
ing the food of the brood SOW, one Of
which is the laxative effect of the
food given to the pregnant SOW. Not
only is she the provider of food but
her body is the guardian and pro.
tector of the unborn young. Any
cause that may result in a disarrange-
ment Of her body will probably re-
suit in death or serious injury to the
young \ food that constipates
pergnant SOW will cause weak, sick
ly litter. Not only must the food be
laxative, but the SOW must take
enough exercise to insure the proper
passage from her body Of all refuse
food material: This is such an i'm
success or failure of the litter. For
a SOW that can not have, during preg-
nancy, a free passage Of waste mat /
ter, can not produce a strong, healthy /
litter.
The question of the bulk of the feed !
Of
cially in the feeding of brood sows.
The appetite of an animal Is not sat
isfed until the stomach is full. A
food that is very concentrated, such
as the grains, contains so much nutri-
tive value that feeding so as to satisfy
the hunger on such feeds results In
the brood SOW getting very fat 1t is
not desirable to have this occur. The
only way to prevent it, and still sat
sly the appetite of the SOW, is to feed
4 more bulky ration. This is easily
during the grass season
when pasture is available, but in win
er it requires the feeding of more
han the very concentrated grains and
eeding stuffs.
The accompanying tahIe of the com.
position of the more common feeds
m the farm represents the different
desired for feeding stock.
The muscle and bone forming ele-
nents are represented by the protein 1
nd ash contents, respectively, and ;
he energy and fat producing ele
nentS by the starch and fat The {
ulk is represented by the fiber and s
iater content.
Per Cent of Composition. S
= y 70 J =