Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1913-12-18
EVlIO TALKS ON
FEEDING SWINE
TELLS snort COURSE OF RE.
Suits OF EXPERIMENTS At
AMEs FEEDING STATION. 4
oEscRlsEs RESULTS
WITH BALANCED RATioNs
Head Of College Experimental Feeding
station Gives Instructive Talk on
Values Of Different Feeds and Ra.
lions For Young, and Old Hes@
aw.et Glover Feeding Dsseribsd.

lions For Young, and Old Hes@
sws,t Glover Feeding Described.
An interesting and very instructive
tax on feeding live stock, n par'icu-
larry feeding hogs. was given before
the meme short course classes by Pror'
John Evvard, head Of the livestock
Experiment feedan9 station OF Iowa
State College. WsdnssdaS afternoon
Professor Evvard discussed the aues-
tion. OF feeding fsom the eaaperasnce OF
the experiment station. gained thru q
great many experiments with many
animals Of different asea.&
Tho subject was % large that no did
not attempt to 60 Into details except
REGARDING the feeding experiments WIN
hoxs. Corn on the cob was. he SAID.
he ost profitable and best corn feeo
forsyoune hogs. like shoates OF Is 20
100 pounds weight. The gains made on
ear corn. a. compared with SHIELDED
corn. ground corn and corn n COD
ground. were greatest with a corn.
Tho cost OF feeding sal corn val less
than he other methods Of feeding, he
said.
shslIsd For Old Hogs.
This did not hold good. he said. in
the feedins experiments with old and
heavier hogs. He said h same gen.
eral fact holds good that the older,
and especially the fatter, animals OF
any. kind get. the more they have to Do
coaxed to eat and pet:ed along n tae:z
feeding. The old fat hog does 20 take
to ear corn az greedtly as the younger
animal 1t worries the old hog to gel
he corn of the ear he has to work
too hard. and he has to be ON his Feet
too much. The old. fat hog should be
allowed to lie down as much 40 posi-
BILE.
The Ames experiments show that
shelled corn soaked was the best feed
for old, fat sows. They ate more OF It
than they dA Of q corn, and more OF
It than they did OF ground corn. and
made larger pcoportionate gains. The
old hogs, It might be stated. had run
on pasture during the summer.
Roushass For Hogs.
Professor Evvard placed alfalfa, red
clover or rape. blue grass and white
clover. and sweet clover during the
frst year Of its growth. in the order
named. as the best roughage for hogs.
Hessaid hogs could be brought thru
ehehper on rape than on alfalfa or
clover. ana the feeder need not feed 30
much corn with rap as with either al
faifa OF clover. He said in h fall
pigs on rape would be heavier than
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fape was richer IN proteins and came
nearer to making a balanced ration
when corn was fed, than on either al
falfa Of clover pasture.
The objection to rape is that Its pas
turing season Is shorter. Alfalfa gives
q larger crop and a longer season for
pasturing hogs.
Sweet Glover Good Feed.
Sweet clover. which is gaining as q
pasture and hay crop, was discussed at
some length by the speaker. Sweet
clover makes its full growth in two
years, and reaches its maturity the end
OF the second season, when 1t comes In.
to bloom. After that the parent stocks
dies down. and new growth springs
from the root. Professor Evvard said
sweet clover, during the first year Of
Its growth made good hog pasture.
and good hay during the second year
II q T Is taken to cut it early and cure
It before the stalks and stems became
woody. as they do as they mature. At
that period It 10 worthless as hay or
feed. It also makes good hay during
the first year Of It's growth.
Fall and Winter Feeding.
After the hog has been running on
pasture during the summer, and ZONES
into the fall weighing $50 pounds or
thefeabouts. the speaker said that corn
supplemented by other rations made
the ideal weight producer. Corn alone
is not the best ration. He then gave
the results OF a long series Of feeding
experiments with such hogs. Tho
largest gains. cost Of feed considered,
were made on corn with an added ra-,
ton of s per cent Of meat meal or
tankage.
Hogs fed 4 per cent as much meat
meal OF tankage as corn did not gain 80
much as those that were fed 6 per cent.
and! those that were given 8 per cen Of
tankage did not gain any more than
those fed 8 per cent. Those fed 10 per
cent Of tankage or meat meal did not
gain as much as those fed 8 per cent.
This showed that It was just as easy
to feed too much meat meal or tank
ase as II was to feed too little, and that
1923 pounds Of meat meal or tank
age to 400 pounds Of corn.
Winesrinp Brood 9ows.
Still . bstter ration. he said. was to
mix oil meal, tankage and corn. Skim
milk wa given % . good substitute
for part Of the ration OF tankage. the
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