Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1914-05-07

67S pounds Of milk and 1.o7s.41 pounds
or butter fat. The gross earnings OF the
animal for the year are nearly $1,000
The work of the COW was supervised
under the advanced register regula-
tons of the American Guernsey Cattle
vision of the United States Depart
ment OF Agriculture and Of the seven
principal dairy states conducted the
tests throughout the year.
Prof. Kennedy Gives Advice.
In answer to query from a Wsukee.
Iowa. farmer as to the best and cheap
est way to mature 200 head Of spring
pigs. Prof. w. ]. Kennedy, director Of
agricultural extension of the state col
lege advises him as follows:
We should all aim to grow and pre-,
pare for market our pigs in the most
sensible and economical way possible.
This means the feeding Of a well bal
anced ration and also the utilization Of
large quantity Of home grown feed
ing stuffs. The only thing any corn-belt
Farmer need buy for his pigs is some
form of concentrated feed rich in pro-
tein. The cheapest and best sources for
such feeds are meat meal and tankage,
both by products from the packing
houses
AS soon as these pigs are weaned and
Weighing in the neighborhood of 40
pounds they should be given the double
treatment as a preventive Of hog chol-
era. This disease killed almost one
third Of the hogs in Iowa in 1918 and
the weather conditions have been fav-
orable for its early appearance this
year. From now on farmers must re-
gard the use Of serum and virus as in
surance. tits just as sensible to use
| the same as 1t Is to carry fire and tor
nado insurance on buildings. Nothing
INIrt i
be used. While some farmers have adj
ministered the serum with very good
results, I personally would favor the
employment Of we'll trained veterin-
arian for this work. Two things are
absolutely necessary to insure success
in this work. The first Is the use of
first-class serum and virus in sufficient
quantity, and the second is to have 1T
administered by a man who under
stands his business.
If you have no clover or alfalfa pas
lures SOW some rape. Rape is the best
crop, next to clover and alfalfa that can
be grown for q hog pasture. Sow II on
rich ground and at the rate of or Z
pounds OF seed per acre. 1t Will furnish
fairly early feed and it will last until
the month of December. In this respect
the rape Is better than clover pasture
For grain use ear corn. Seven years
tural experiment station show con-
clusively that for pigs weighing be-
tween 30 and zoo pounds that ear corn
!! will give heavier daily gains and much
more economical gains than shelled
corn, ground corn, or soaked shelled or
corn meal. Feed the pigs at the rate of
| about or 4 pounds OF corn for every
100 pounds live weight of the pigs.
Some form OF protein feed should be
l fn6 in a RI
! this purpose about / pound OF either
meat meal or tankage for every eight
pounds Of corn will be sufficient. The
addition Of the protein feed will ma
terially increase the daily gains and
also markedly reduce the cost per
pound Of gain. The two chief points to
be kept in mind In pork production
are rapidly OF gains and economy OF
gains.
About the middle OF September the
pigs should be turned into cornfield
and pscd to hog down" the crop. This
method Of harvesting the corn crop has
been tried out by thousands of sue
cessful farmers and has given excellent
results. In fact, the hog will harvest
the corn crop in this way and give just
as great returns as when man does the
work This being true, we should util-
lie the hog wherever possible to save
/, latcr. Experiments at the Iowa expert-
M 1t station show that the feeding Of
some meat meal or tankage to the
hogs while "hoggins down" the corn
will produce heavier and cheaper gains.
This feed should be fed in V-shaped
drinking troughs. 1t may be fed in the
dry form or mixed with the drinking
water. Either way seems to give real
good results.
Hogs handled in the above described
In t,Av fnttY mr.
six weeks Of dry lot feeding to put
them in good shape for the market
To secure heavy and economical
gains at the finish feed soaked shelled
| corn or soaked ccrnmeal to which has
been added about 10 per cent Of meat
meal or tankage. BY this method Of
feeding very heavy daily gains will be
obtained. In many instances hogs
weighing around 200 pounds each have
gained from 2 to 210 pounds per head
per day for from 80 to so days. The
meat meal or tankage, in addition to
balancing the corn ration, also in
creases the palatability Of the ration.
The more a hog eats of the right kind
Of feed the heavier and cheaper the
daily gains.
Another farmer from Carroll county
presents the following questions to
which Prof. Kennedy also gives profit
I have bunch Of yearing stocker
cattle that ! want to carry through the
summer in good condition so that l
may have them ready for the Deem
Der market They have had little or no
grain up to this time. How should I
feed them during the summer months?
have corn and plenty of blue grass
pasture. / would like to utilize the new
corn crop as soon as 1t is ready for
feeding purposes
In answer to the above query, Prof
Kennedy has the following to say:
If the pasture is real good the cattle
will make real good gains during the
months Of May and June on grass
alone. About the first of July corn and
cottonseed meal should be- fed Start
rather lightly and at the end Of three
weeks have chem eating about pounds
corn and from II to 2 pounds Of cot
tonseed meal per head per day. It is
better to feed the corn and cottonseed
meal all at once and in the evening.
Cattle on grass fed their grain ration in
the evening seem to digest the same
more thoroughly than when fed in the
morning. Keep them going along nicely
until the new corn crop Is in the roa1t-
ing stage. Then cut the corn and feed
stalks and all to the cattle for several