The gazette-times. [volume] (Heppner, Or.) 1912-1925, 1914-06-11
Raising Fine Hogs in the Northwest
Some Ideas the Best Way Breed and Produce the
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when so fd. Of all the supplements
which may be used skim milk and tank
age are the best. 1t is hard to say which
| is the better, not considering price.
Ten pounds of milk per day per pig
should be about right. If tankage is
used about one-half pound per day
per pig would give about the same re-
suits as the ten pounds of skim milk,
although perhaps a trifle mere grain
would be used by the tankage hogs;
say one-half pound more grain per
day.
On this basis one pound of tankage
and one poand of grain would be equal
to 20 pounds of skim milk. In expert
ments at the Oregon experiment sta
ton, where pigs were fed Oh this basis,
practically the same ns were OBJ
tanned. Also from the standpoint of
1.-THE chemical nutrients contained the
two would be about equal Tankagc
will cost in ton lots about 2ic per
pound. Tn this basis skim milk
would be orth little less nan 20c
per hundred pounds, II roughlv, about
llc per gallon. Where these supple
mcnts must be purchased they may be
purchased on this basis. In most eases,
however, the skim milk will be home
product ard would otherwise be largely
wasted, but the tarkage must be pn.
chased
Grain Feeding.
In comparing the feeding of grain
alone with grain supplemented with
skim milk or tankage, tie results are
| in favor Of the supplements. Expert
ments at the Oregon experiment sta
ton, wnerc grain feeding has been
compared with grain and skim milk,
have shown that 100 pounds of skim
milk have saved from 90 to 50 pounds
of grain, more commonly about 30 to
40 pounds. One hundred pounds of
tankage have saved fbout 400 pounds
of grain. A dollar invested in tank
age at 14c per pound, rim skim milk
at zoe per hundred pounds will thus
usually save from $3.50 to $o.00, and
in some eases even more. 1t must be
understood that this saving applies only
where limited a., cunts of snch feeds
are given in connection with grain. If
thesce supplemental feeds were to take
the place of the entire amount of grain
no such saving would result; instead
the pigs would probably 80 off feed
and the results would be entirely un-
satisfactory. The reason for this is
that grain, as wheat or barley, supple
nented as mentioned, makes well bal
anced ration It is appotizins and
suited to the pigs digestive system,
and contains the proper amount of the
nutriments which the pig needs. Grain
alone, or skim milk or tankage alone,
will not meet all of these requirements.
There ere other feeds which may be
used as a supplement to wheat or bar
ley with good effect. The best of
these is middllngs. Where middlings
are fed from one-fourth to one third
of the ration should be of this feed.
When fed in this way good results can
be expected, and it will be found that
the middlings VIII save much more than
their own weight in grain. When used
in this way middlings will be worth
from 5000 to $500 per ton more than
wheat, barley or rorn, cn9 may be pur-
chased on this basis.
Tankage Not Advised.
As to using more than one of these
supplements ct once, we would not rec
ommend the purchase Of tankage when
skim milk is abundant, and not ordln
arily when middlings are cheap. Both
middlings and skim milk may be fed to
advantage to hogs Of any age, but es-
pecially to sows sucking young pigs
and to growing pigs from one to four
months old. Shorts may be used In
place Of middlings if of similar com
position. Some shorts are about the
same as middlingH, while in other cases
they are the same as bran.
Bran is bulky feed and contains
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