Milford chronicle., 1917-12-21
WILL IT PAY TO FEED HOGS At
The PRESENT PRICE OF CORN?

With the alarming decrease in meat
production there is no doubt that it is
patriotic to produce pork. but the ques-
tion that arises in the mind Of the farm
er is. will it pay me financially? 1t is
generally considered that one bushel OF
corn will produce ten pounds live weight
Of pork So If a farmer is feeding $3.50
worth of corn he must get fifteen cents
a pound live weight for his pork to break
even. Now this applies to the feeding Of
corn alone. The cost Of production can
I be greatly decreased by the use Of sup
Elementary feeds in connection with corn.
I In 'the South where corn has always been
considerably higher in price than in the
] North, the hog rnisers have found it nee
essary long ago to use tankage, mid
/ dlings. peanU.s, SOY beans and other
products 10 supplement corn and TO cut
down the price Of production, so they
could compete with the hog raisers in
the North and West.
The following results Of actual feeding
tests made at experiment stations show
clearly that il pays to supplement corn
with some other feed. In these tests corn
vas figured at $3.50 per bushel tankage
at $50 a ton and middHngs at $50 a ton.
The Alabama Station found it took 575
pounds Of corn at cost Of SASS TO pro-
duce a hundred pound increase in weight.
By the use Of one-tenth tankage and
nine-tenths corn the cost Of producing a
hundred pounds Of pork was reduced to
Si0.sO, which is a saving Of S415 a hun
dred pounds by the use Of tankage.
The Oklahoma Station found that by
the use of one-eighth tankage and seven
eighths corn there. was a saving Of S7.O7.
per hundred pounds mcTease in weight
The Indiana Experiment Station found
.thart it cost Si4.4S per hundred pounds in
'Onaase in weight where corn was fed, in
leomT6rison with 1888 where one-haif
nliddlings and one-half corn was fed. At
thesNNisconsin Station the difference was
eaet quite so marked by a reduction Of
Sl.64 per 100 pounds Increase in weight
was made by feeding one-haf corn and
sQne-hah middlings, instead Of feeding
corn alone. Where soy beans can be
sEeadily grown they furnish a good sup
YPlementary feed which viii cut down the
cost Of production to some extent The
Alabama Station found that It cost
Sa2.5S hundred pounds to produce pork
q. corn alone and S1O.53 a hundred where
y-oQe-third SOY beans was used VITA two
thirds corn in the ration. Soy beans wer'
sgured at s4 per bushel
In a recent experiment at the Ohio
experiment Station with corn at eighty
four cents per bushel, skim milk at thirty
i.cents a hundred and tankage at $50 a
l.t9n, the cost Of producing 100 pounds Of
l-POrk was found to be as follows: Corn
alone, S7.14; nine parts Of corn, one part
Of 4ankage. S611; corn one part, skim
roilk one part by weight. $780, skim milk
alone. $3.50. This would seem to indi-
cate that where skim milk is obtainable
1t is about equal to tankage in feeding
value as a supplement with corn. Where
corn and skim milk was fed in equal
parts 3 S7-100 pounds Of skim milk re-
placed / s7-1OO pounds Of corn. At the
I present price Of corn this skim milk was
worth s1.0s a hundred as hog feed Pigs
fed ten per cent. tankage and ninety
per cent corn gained weight SO 2-10 per
cent more rapidly and required 10 4-1o
per cent less feed per pound Of gain than
where corn-was fed alone.
Judging from the results obtained at
the experiments stations above. there can
be no doubt that hogs can be probably