Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1918-10-23

there and 1t feels, when handled, hard-
err and less flexible.
In culling the flock remember that
it is safer to depend on the agreement
of combination Of several character
istics rather than to select by any one
alone. With this in mind
Gull these hens-Sick, weak, lacking
vigor, inactive, poor eaters, NOTED or
started to mott, with small, puckered,
hard, dull-colored combs; with thick
or coarse, stiff pelvic bones; pelvic
bones close together, small spread be-
tween pelvic bones and rear end of
keel; and full, hard, small abdomen.
In breeds with yellow skin and shanks,
the discarded hens should show yellow
or medium yellow shanks and yellow
beaks and vents.
Substitute feeds for Livestock pro.
ductiOn.
Corn and tankage in about a ten to
one proportion, or better yet, settled
separately, has come to be considered
pretty generally as the standard hog
ration for Iowa. Under ordinary con-
ditions corn should be the basis of
most hog rations. In Iowa we have
more corn than any other hog feed.
Hogs like corn remarkably we'll.
When allowed to choose his feeds
hog ordinarily eats from two to ten
times as much corn as all other con-
centrated feeds combined.
Aside from fresh skim milk or but
termilk, which necessarily is limited in
quantity on most farms, tankage Or
dinarily furnishes the best concentrat-
ed source of protein available for hog
feeding. Because of it's animal source
and high protein contents most hogs
like it extremely we'll. The results it
gives as a protein concentrate are
standard.
When properly fed with corn to
growing shoats as compared to SINH
lar shoats fed corn alone, the tankage
brings both faster and cheaper gains.
The average of five such comparisons
at as many different experiment sta
ions shows that for each dollar spent
for tankage an added return Of $3.50
was secured through faster gains,
more pork produced per bushel of corn
fed and higher price secured through
better finish and earlier marketing.
However, the present high prices for
both corn and tankage coupled with
their scarcity in some sections are the
difficulty often encountered in secur-
ing them makes it desirable at times
to find substitutes or partial substi-
tutes for one or both of these feeds.
Hominy Feed. a.
One of the best Of the corn substi-
tute feeds is hominy feed This is a
by-product of the manufacture of mod
ern corn meal, hominy grits. and corn
flour. 1t is made up of the corn germ.
the hull, little Of the gluten and
much of the starch Of the corn kernel.
1t is considerably higher tn fat than is
corn. Because Of the extra hull it al
so has about twice as much indigesti-
BILE crude fiber as the torn grain. For
this latter reason it is not so satisfac-
tory feed for small pigs as for old
er shoats or mature hogs.
With older hogs hominy feed may re-
place corn entirely or in part with
good results. 1t may be self fed or
hand fed on pasture to growing shoats,
or 1t may be used with fair success as
a straight fattening feed.
Hogs fed hominy feed require tank
age, skim milk, or some other protein
supplement, though not in as large
quantity as where corn fed. Most ex-
detrimental work indicates that only
about two-thirds to three-fourths as
much tankage is needed with hominy
as with corn. As general rule hon.
my feed may be substituted either par
TALLY or entirely for corn for hog feed
ing if it can be bought at 10 per cent
less price per ton than corn.
While comparatively little expert
mental work has been done with hon.
my feed as cattle feed it has been US
ed as a corn substitute to some extent
in beef and dairy cattle feeding. With
beef cattle it has given fair results.
especially in the early part of the
feeding period General experience is
however, that the cattle do not eat 1t
as readily as corn. They are also
more liable to go off feed and scour
when full fed on trates, the mixing be-
ing done either by the manufacturer
or the feeder. In either case 1t has
given excellent results.
Hominy feed has also been fed with
oats to horses with good results ac-
cording to reports from many farmers.
Here again the tendency to scour Is
noticed where too much hominy feed is
used. This tendency is probably due
largely to the high fat content.
Hominy feed when stored in a dry,
we'll ventilated place and in not too
great quantity keeps we'll. If piled
in bins or in too large piles, however,
it may heat and become rancid during
hot weather
Farm Bureau Campaign.
The membership campaign which
was put on during the past week was
very gratifying. 1t was impossible to |
see good many of the men in the diff
ferent townships who are in sympathy
with the Farm Bureau work. Up to
the present time Delhi township leads
nv a large majority The SUCCESS in