The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1915-05-27

can. Cheddar cheese. $50.
Soy Bean Meal is the ground resi-
due obtained in the manufacture OF
soy bean oil. 1t is one OF the richest
heterogeneous feeds on the market and
in addition it has 7.2 per cent of fat.
Furthermore, it is highly digestible
because of its low fibre content (5.3
per cent?. After time hogs tend to
tire of it especially when large amounts
are used. The Indiana Experiment
Station reports two tests, comparing
soy bean meal with linseed meal as
supplements to corn. In the first test
five parts of corn meal were fed with
one part Of linseed meal or soy bean
meal. In the second test, eight parts
of corn meal were fed with one part
Of linseed meal and seven parts of corn
meal with one part of soy bean meal.
Linseed meal and soy bean meal are
both valued at $50 per ton; corn meal
at $1S per ton. On the average Of
two trials it required for 100 pounds
gain:
Corn meal and linseed meal-378
pounds, costing $3.71.
Corn meal and soy bean meal-360
pounds, costing 3.55.
The difference is not very marked.
Linseed Oil Meal-Of the two by
products of flax seed on the market
the old process meal is generally pre-
ferred by feeders of fattening stock
because it is slightly more laxative
and has higher fat content than the
new process meal.
Linseed meal is widely used, but the
chief objection to it is that hogs tire
of it. Being poorer in protein it
should be fed in twice as great pro-
portions as tankage. Oil meal may
advantageously be fed to swine as a
slop, a pailful oS meal being stirred
into barrel of skim milk and left
over night. The mixture will form a
thick, almost solid, mass in the morn
ing, and will be greatly nourished by
the swine. Generally speaking, tank
age-fed hogs will consume more feed
and make more rapid gains than those
fed linseed meal along with wheat,
corn and barley. In Eastern Washing
ton the cost Of linseed meal is usual
ly prohibitive.
Wheat Middlings, frequently called
shorts, is one of the very best feeds
for young pigs. 1t enables them to
make thrifty growth because it is rich
in bone and muscle forming constit-
uents. The younger the pig the great
er its food value. 1t is not economical
as sole ration for fattening pigs,
but it combines well with any kind Of
a meal. Because middlings make a
finely textured slop, many feeders
practice feeding tankage mixed half
and half with middlings. Middlings
lack lime but this is corrected by
tankage or skim milk. It is desirable
to feed from Is to 20 per cent mid
dlings in the rations Of a sucking
sow.
Wheat Bran-There are two objec-
tions to the use of bran as COM
ponent part of fattening pigs ra-
ton. First, it is too bulky and fl
brous, and second, it is usually too
For mature animals, such
as pregnant sows, bran can be fed
in limited quantities (ten per cent of
ration) because of its laxative effect
and its richness in phosphorus. Its
good milk-producing qualities make
it desirable for the sucking sow. AS
a rule, however, middlings can be used
to better advantage for the. above
mentioned purposes.
Alfalfa and Clover -Ordinar-
lily the leguminous hays are too bulky
to be used in the fattening ration, but
are well adapted to brood sow feed
ing. Well cured, fine stemmed, leafy
hay is best, while the coarse stemmed
more or less weather beaten hay has
very little value.
Alfalfa and clover pasture supple