The Nevada County picayune., 1918-11-14
ARKANSAS HOGS
 ATTRACT ATTENTION
Swine Raised in State Exhibited At National Swine Show Topped
 Markets

Madison county hogs fed by the Ar kansas Experiment Station at Fayette- vile, and exhibited at the National Swine Show al Cedar Rapids, Iowa. topped the market at the close of the show al s1s70 cwt. with the average run selling that day at S1S40 cwt. These hogs were the center of attrac- ton at the swine show and astonished the hog raisers from the Corn Belt States who expected to find razor backs from Arkansas.
 These Arkansas hogs fed on Arkan- sas feed by Professor H E. Dyora. l chek, head of the animal hus bandry 1 Department. College of Agriculture, 1 Fayetteville. have attracted attention to Arkansas as a hog raising state, l and why not? These hogs were re- moved only two crosses from native stock Yet they produced pork of such l quality and flI>ish that they sold at 1 price which the Corn Belt hogs could not bring However, they were sired 1 by pure bred bears and were fed carefully
 l Professor Dsorachek also kept in 1 aind that if inc tes~5 were to do Ar 1 kans farmers any good the proteid supplement should be from those | feeds that can be easily grown in the state
 In speaking of the tests, Professor | DNorachek says: "Tankage has been recognized during the past few years as practically standard supplement. 1 However. prices have risen to such an extent and the sunply has been so l limited that feeders have been forced 1 to look for a substitute The expert ments conducted at the Arkansas 1 Station show that the South is fortd- nate in being able to grow a number l of crops whose seeds are rich in pro l teid and therefore. if our farmers take advantage of the situation should he source for supply of supple ment feeds 10 take she place Of tanK- 1 age
 With the purpose of studying a few e these feeds. the Animal Husbandry l Department undertook the test of pea. nut meal and vlet bean meal, as pos sible substitutes for tankage. Three 1 lots Of six shoats. each weighing on t.e average of HE pounds were used l in the first test Each lot was pro yided with a self feeder 10 that the animals could have a free choice of corn and the supplements a all times. 1 This first test extended over an elev- en week feeding period and the fol lowing results were obtained:
 Lot | Corn. Velvet Bean Neal Gain. sss lbs: average daily gain. .ss. | Feed consumed 100 lb gain: Corn. ssts; ,upplem.nt s27. Cost ioo-ib. gain. rsB7.
 lbs average daily sain 1H. Feed consumed 100 ID. ssin Corn. M1; complement. 7st. Cost ioo-lb gain n<ls
 Lot 2 Corn r.nh.s.-G.'n. ~! lbs. sverss. daily gain, 1ot Feed consumed 100 lh. sain: Corn. ts4.2; .uppl.Yent, fss Cost ioo-lb. gain. f70<
 The results snow that the velvet bean meal proved rather unpalatable and the rains were made almost en. tirely on corn
 The lot of hogs on tankage did not consume much of this feed. Those on peanut meal relished the feed and ste |, freely The peanut meal and vel vet bean meal were purchased at cost If s2S Sa and . 50 cwt respective k laid down al Fayetteville The tanksge cost g 20 ewt while the corn vas valued al q S0 per sushel or 56 pounds or about g % cwt With the hope uf making the hogs consume lar g.r quantities of especially the velvet bean neal. second test was under taken wttb three lots of five hog zach. weighing about ta0 pounds. This fune each lor va, hard fed The sup plcment Vas in eaeb ease mixed Niih eight times ifs Nc-ght of coarse corn chops Tho test lasted over a ninc week feeding period and the following results were obtained:
 Lot Velvet Bean Neal com Gam s5 lbs average daft} gatb t Feed for loo 10. gain Corn. II .t z, supplement- elsS Cost ioo-ie. F91n. t60.63.
 Lot 3 Peanut Meal, corn Cam. ISS. averae. daily gain s3 Feed for iOO-lh gain Corn. tS2 8 supplement- 4tCS Cost l00-lh. gain, sl5la.
 Lot 5. IahkdEt4 Aoii--Nfeih IN age daily gain, .+e. Feed for loo lh. gain: Corn. 5S4S. supplement. ttV. Cost 100 lb gain. sIo.bs.
 The results again show peanut meal to be superior to tankase az A supple ment 10 corn. The velvet bean meal made a very poor showing The hogs refused 10 eat only about a mainte- nance ration of the velvet bean meal corn mixture and therefore what small gain. were made were made al great cost. All lots made small gains as the summer was too hot for large gains.
 AS d result of these tests, the con clusions can be drawn that ArkasSas farmers can produce pork of quality and finish. economically:
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