French Broad hustler. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1916-1919, 1917-10-11
CORN SUBSTITUTES.
Farmers Can Reduce Amount OF High
Priced Grain Fed to Hogs by Using
Other Feeds.

Priced Grain Fed 70 ~ san
Other Feeds.
FARMERS can reduce the amount OF
corn fed to hogs by substituting other
feeds for corn. This is especially de-
sirable with high-priced corn and It's
increased need for human cohsuNp
ton. Pastures and forage ctops
properly used can reduce the corn anu
other concentrated feeds fed 10 moss
from one-half to one-fourtn. l1eIS
are. moreover, many feedstuHs Wnlcn
can be substituted for the otneF pol-
tion of corn. Their use will be de-
termined largely by their
relative feeding value, n cost per
pound rs compared with orn Ios
( eeders, by getting in touch with the
feed-manufacturing industries in their
section. may discover profitable SUD
etitutes for corn. Feeds unavailable
for human consumption should pc
used as far as possible.
Feeding Values and Relative Costs.
A number of substitutes for corn
with suggestions for their use are
given below. The feeding value
methods of feeding. and the highest
T0ldIIN SOoI III q PON
TO a pound of corn at which profitable
substitution can occur are given Tor
each feed. For example,: A pound OF
q with a feeding value four-hfths
that of corn must cost at least ne-
fifth less before substitution is pront-
able purely from a monetary stand
point.
Oats after crushing have three-nftns
the feeding value of corn. They can
he substituted proitably for corn,
therefore, when a pound Of crushed
oats costs two ifths less than a pound
of corn. In a fattening ration, t
should not compose more than two
thirds of the ration during the early
part of the feeding period and should
gradually be reduced until, during the
last 4 or 8 weeks, they are entirely
omitted from the ration. oats are
excellent for adding bulk to a ration
and are especially good for broods
sows.
Barley when crushed is an excellent
feed for swine and can be substituted
entirely for corn. even when 1t costs
the same per pound.
Rye when costing ntne-tenths as
much as corn per pound can be sub
stituted for corn in the ration. 1t
should be fed ground or crushed and
is best fed as a slop:
Frosted wheat or wheat damaged In
other ways and unfit for milling can
be substituted even when equal in cost
to corn per pound. Wheat should be
ground, crushed, or soaked.
Emmer or spelt is a bulky grain. 1t
can be substituted for corn when cost
ing three-tenths less per pound. A
partial substitution is best. This
fed should always be ground n is
boJtl<Ehen fed as a ;EaNS OF n
ration along with concentrated heavy
meals to give bulk to the ration. A
cobination of corn and emmer proves
for superior to emmer alone.
The grain SOrghumS, kafir. milo, and
feterita may be substituted for corn
when slightly lower in price per
pound. They should be ground and
fed as a meal.
BuckWheat can be substituted for
corn when it costs one-tenth less per
pound. 1t should be fed ground and
is best as a partial substitute for it
tends to produce a poor quality of fat.
Millet can be substituted for corn
when one-fourth cheaper per pound.
Millet should be ground and fed al
ways with a rich protein supplement.
For ~fattenting hogs in cold weather
it is not so good and produces a soft
pork.
q Gull beans can be substituted for
corn if below the cost of corn. Beans
make soft pork and always should be
cooked AMI sailed before feeding. 1t
is better to substitute the beans for
but One-half the corn and so prevent
soft pork and increase the gains.
HOminy feed or meal is a by-pro-
duct from the manufacture of hominy
grits for human consumption. 1t is
excellent for hogs and can be substi-
tuted for corn when. one and one
seventh the price of corn per pound.
| Wheat shorts or middlings are aby-
product of the milling of wheat. While
a feed high in protein, it can be substi-1
tuted for corn when one and one-tenth
the cost of corn. 1t is best as a nj
trogenous supplement feed and when
forming but a part of the ration.
Owing to it's heavy, pasty nature, if
fed alone for a long while digestive
troubles are label to occur. No pro-
tein supplement is necessary for a ra-
ton of shorts, aer now, should be sup
piled.
Rice polish is a byLproducy of the
rice mills. 1t is. excellent for swine
and can be substituted even when
costing on~e-fourth more per pound |
than corn. Owing to it's heaviness it
should be soaked IL to "a hours~before
feeding to avoid securing. Hogs kept
on rice meal for a long while tend to
go off feed. Skim milk as a supple !