Devils Lake inter-ocean. (Devils Lake, N.D.) 1909-1915, 1912-09-27
CAN SUBSTITUTE BARLEY OR
4 SMALL GRAINS FOR CORN lin IN
As 81 FINISHING HOGS.

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4 SMALL 6 RAINS FOR CORN lin
s. FINISHING 4 oGs.
$tBy 3. J. Thomp Asst. Prof. tof
\ ls Animal Hus bandry, N. D. Agri.
S5s5 sass3 CoIlege.)
In the northern part Of the state, in
some localities, the enthusiastic farm
:ers and stockmen tried this year to-
increase the corn yield Of the state
by planting more than usual. But I'M
fortunately weather conditions may
not permit Of its making a good yield
and some few farmers will have to
plan on finishing their hogs without
the use Of corn ~. h (: s;5sIi2
This of course is not new system
Of feeding swine. It has been done
for years. In North Dakota We have
many small grains that can be used
most successfully for feeding swine.
We have found at this station that,
barley makes very high quality Of
pork as compared with pork made
from corn. 9'3, "a II a II. III sa
l#& The small grains and especially the
barley has long been used for the pro
duction Of bacon, and in some of the
Older countries across the ocean they
/ feed no corn and still produce some,
OF the most palatable sides Of bacon
! and pork imaginable. 4; I; 5 si3
I# 1906 two. lots Of pigs were fed in
comparison, one was fed on barley
and shorts; the other on corn and
shorts. The mixture was fed In each
case part OF shorts to parts Of bar
ley for lot /, and l part Of shorts to 4
parts Of corn in lot IL N. s=.t s524 e G.
\ The lots Of pigs were practically
. months OF age, when the experiment
L was started and this was the finishing
or fattening period in the pigs life. Il
1 The results OF this trial showed that
It took IS per cent more Of the barley
:. feed than it did Of the corn ration to
produce an equal amount Of gain on
. the pigs. ja Us IS :i5 ~ s:$ NJ @
I at some Of the other stations tests
have been conducted which have
, found barley almost equal to corn
! when ground and fed in various pro.
! portions to swine. Is; u 8{s a Il ls 81
i EN- At the present price of barley and
!. the rainy days at barley cutting time
!. We are bound TO have some barley
J, stained SO that it will bring a low
J, price on the market, vet Z it can be
4 FED. to5very great advantage and made
!, into the best kind Of pork, The far:
) orite way Of feeding barley it seems
) at present. is. have it crushed OF
j ground and then mixed Just at feeding
!, 4 time with shorts and made into q
!: thick slop. 55i:,3
] Rye also does very well as a grain
ration for pigs. but it is notSso good
i All feed as barley . /, It lis best to feed
i rye ground in thick slop with shorts
l Tor middlings. ;8
Z Rejected wheat, ma es a good feed
II for swine when fed with shorts or
Il mniitdgdling. AT the station here we found
1.-The l gains made on pigs to be nearly
n as & much When the lot was fed a mix
ture ofSssshorts parttl5 and rejected
X wheat % parts as that { made by a SINH
II laar,s# Lotto igs when fed IL part Of
D shorts to part Of corn. Is In each
u case the he feed was round The con
clusion At the end Of the test was that
|tts required s.s per cent more rejected
q wheat than corn to produce an equal
!. amount ms " Of s: gain on the d
d S3 y great many ines The farmer can
81 feed some Of the h s mall Isl aims in
conju ton with shorts 81 mid dlings
4 and some Of the feeds rich il, protein
Il M aterial to very good ad vantage and
Eprofit. D: &C
a 53 he feeder should never neglect tc
ID feed 5a ariety Of feeds when lit is pos
Esible for him to do so + or instance,
Iif$the feeder will feed mi xture of
harley ground a parts and X horts 81
Y part with greunds alfalfa or Ct over II
part he he normal Get a greater
I, gain on the cunt of feed consumed
Il tharn$if the cloyer Of Italia were ne
glected:
We find On our ding trials with
pigs that I've get better results feed
\, Ing 4 mixture of 81 5 feeds when
linked An prof. portion t. finish OF fatten
n pigs than We Il do Feeding a mixture Of
4. two or three feeds h
I We feed, Or try to feed. q part Of
protein (muscle building feed to
& about 5 to 10 parts of carbonhyd rates
or fat producing feed during their
fattening Of finishing period,
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