The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1917-04-01

and hogs that reach them weighing
less usually bring a smaller price
than the farmer expects. There is a
premium on good corn-fed hogs, and
from sits to $3.50 have been the
prevailing prices, while the best of
the light hogs have been selling for
$3.50 to $3.50. Fat hogs are the kind
that the packers want and the kind
that the farmers must supply if they
are going to supply the needs of the
packing house. Hogs of this kind re-
quire grain for finishing. Sows suck
ling their pigs need grain, or they
cannot nourish them properly. When
pigs are growing they need grain to
| the extent of one and a half per cent
to two per cent of their weight daily,
and more unless they have sufficient
green feed. So hogs must also have
grain feed as well as pastures We
may not be able to grow all we need,
but this is part of the hog raising I
| business, to grow all we can. Corn /
is considered the grain feed for hogs |
! for fattening, although almost every |
experimental test shows that corn
alone is not satisfactory if the hogs !
1 are continued on it too long, as they |
will Sail to thrive and make gains. |
| A large percentage of the hogs of the |
/ Southern states are, fattened on pea
nuts to a limited or greater extent. |
on corn-finished hogs, consequently
it is necessary to feed corn with pea
nuts, otherwise the packing house de-
mands cannot be met. Thirty or
forty days before finishing time is
usually given while good hogs are
produced that are fed peanuts closer
to killing time; but in that case pea
nuts must be only portion of the
: ration fed. Sweet potatoes with pea
: nuts produce a good quality of pork,
and in sections where corn cannot be
, grown satisfactorily sweet potatoes
, may be substituted for corn, and
, makes a fairly good solid pork.
], Feeding Cotton Seed Meal
/ Experiments have been made to
!, find out whether cotton seed meal
: can be fed as part of the feed with
:. corn. In Bulletin No. 200, of the
/ North Carolina Station, it was re-
Y ported that cotton seed meal can be
$ fed in small quantities Ger limited
t periods with good results, but seven
T ty-five to ninety days is about the
= limit for this This also depends on
o the age and conditions of the hogs,
e and the supplementary feeds in pa
Y portion to the cotton seed meal fed.
n 1t is recommended that fermented
e cotton seed meal can be fed to sew
= enty-five pound shoats for period of
d seventy-five to ninety days, provided
y it does not consist of more than one
l. fifth or one-sixth of the total ration
l. In this experiment the hogs made
# better and more economical gains
5. when cotton seed meal was fed with
l. corn than when linseed meal was fed
l. with corn, but in each case cotton
s. seed meal began to show bad results
y after 70 to 80 days. They further
l. recommend that when cotton seed
" meal is fed with corn, it gives better
" results when there are additional
e. grading crops, as this makes the
h feeding of it more safe, and the hogs
t. remain in thrifty condition longer
al Fermented cotton seed meal after
r feeding for 100 to 100 days or more
L. makes the hog unthrifty-he fails tc
g gain, consequently it must be fed
sparingly, and under the proper con-
ditions.
re Feeding Pigs Before Weaving.
II When good pasture is available
and sows well fed, and the pigs ap-
parently thrifty and in good condi
ton, there is little need of extra feed
However, if the litter is large it il
unusually wise to feed small pigs IL
their own trough, and teach them tt
eat as soon as they are old enough
or Where skim milk can be fed, there i:
es nothing better than a slop of skin
milk and shorts. Where no milk il
to be had, thin slop of shorts ant
water is good, and as the pigs grow
older, they can be fed half corn mea
and half shorts. It is never good t,
feed corn alone to little pigs. It i
too fattening, and they need growtl
in preference to fat at this age
There is not much to be gained il
pushing little pigs beyond stead,
and normal growth. It is better tina
they get bone and muscle instead o
being puffed up with fat. It is sci
dom wise to wean pigs under six t
eight weeks of age, but 1t is also
mistake to allow them to run wit
their mother much longer than this
- The packing houses not only ask 70
Of well finished hogs but they wan
ny young hogs of from six to ten month
ps of age, and unless they are we'll care
81 for when very young it is impossible
ur to get his weight at such an earl
"a re.
lding Out Young Pigs for Breed