The Mobridge news. [volume] (Mobridge, Walworth Co., S.D.) 190?-1917, 1913-08-08

s~uperlative qualities of oats, never.
theiess because Of the lower cost and
higher feeding value it Will always be
used in this country.
Experiments prove that corn-fed
horses eat slightly more grain and
less hay than those getting oats,
while the daily gain was about the
same. Taking the market value OF
the two grains into consideration, we
find that it costs 33 percent more tc
feed the oats. Corn produced a daily
gain of "a pounds for Is pounds of
grain or 276 pounds for 100 pounds
gain. In rearing calves, corn meal is
a most excellent substitute for the
butterfat that is taken out by the
separator. For fattening cattle, about
1852 to 922 pounds of corn is required
for 100 pounds gain, depending on the
roughage fed with it. Oats and barley
| proved to have about the same feed
ing value in fattening steers. 212 and
208 pounds were required for 100
pounds gain in each case respectively,
when fed with "a pounds clover hay.
Ground emmer did not prove to be as
good for ~fattening steers as shelled
corn. 90 pounds of the former and
only S.4 pounds of the latter being
required for one pound of gain. Even
millet proved better than emmer, as
only 6.9 pounds were required for one
| pound of gain during the fattening
period at the South Dakota Expert
ment Station at Bookings.
Indian corn is extensively fed for
fattening sheep and lambs over the
United States as far West as Colo
RADIO, beyond which wheat and barley
are more commonly used. Expert
ments in Eastern states show that 1t
required 3 pounds Of corn for one
pound of gain, and Western lambs
required Az pounds-clover II al
falfa nay being used in these expert
ments. Corn meal may be fed before
or after weaving as was shown at the
Wisconsin Station where It took 0.25
pounds for a pound of gain before
weaving, and 1.37 pounds eight weeks
after weaving for one pound of gain.
On an average Ats pounds wheat is
required for one pound of gain when
fed with clover or alfalfa hay. Oats
proved better than wheat, AZ pounds
being required for one pound OF gam.
Barley proved still better as it re-
CURED only 80 pounds OF this grain
for one pound of gain. Emmer was
used at the South Dakota Station in
fattening lambs and II was found that
it took So pounds OF grain for one
pound of gain.
Indian corn is the common food in
the great pOrk-producing districts OF
America. The results of feding ria
at nine stations show that it required
from 4.79 to 5.87 pounds of shelled
the great pork-producing districts OF
America. The results of feeding
trials at nine stations show that 1t re-
quired from 40 to 5.87 pounds OF
shelled corn, or an average OF 5.3'
pounds for one pound of gain for Tat
tening hogs. On the average, sheiled
corn ground to meal is about six per
Gene more valuable for fattening hogs
than whole corn, a sum too small IN
most cases 20 pay for grinding. AT
the Minnesota station, It was shown
that foraging pigs made larger gains
! and required less concentrates for 100
pounds gain than those fed ear corn.
The foraging pigs wasted no more
corn than those fed in the yard, pick
- - .- ,Io,a ~~ 80 ttclnllu dnnD
in husking. 1t has been shown fur
Their at the Iowa station that the Ia
Dor and cost of grinding ear corn to
corn and cob meal vas more than
lost.
Wheat is a little better than corn
as a feed for hogs, it requiring six
pounds more corr meal than wheat
meal for 100 pounds of gain. Barley
is not at valuable a feed as corn, when
fed alone, having about 10 per cent
less value than corn for fattening
hogs. If fed in combination with corn,
wheat middlings, skim milk, alfalfa,
ETC., it will be found to be one of the
best pork producers. Barley should
be ground or rolled before fed to hogs,
the same being true Of oats, especially
when fed to young pigs.
In a trial at the Nebraska station
emmer meal was compared with corn
meal and barley meal for ~fattening
pigs. 1t was shown that it required
Al pounds corn meal, SO pounds of
barley meal, and 6.1 pounds emmer
meal to produce one pound of gain.
Millet was fed against barley and
wheat meal at the South Dakota sta
ton with the results that it took 6
pounds Of millet meal, 8 pounds OF
barley meal, and AS pounds of wheat
meal to produce IN pound of gain.
Millet should eve be fed alone, but
always in combination with other
grains. 1t is not so useful for fatten-
ing hogs in cold weather as wheat or
barley, and produces a softer pork
than those grains.