French Broad hustler. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1916-1919, 1918-01-10
FEEDS FOR FATTENIN HOGS.

The staple feed for the fattening
hogs from now on is corn. The far
mer who had a supply of soy beans or
sweet potatoes or peanuts to feed his
hogs in the fall was fortunate, but
even this farmer needed to harden his
hogs off on corn. For the fat hogs
yet to be killed and for the ones to be
fattened for slaughter any time this
winter the farmer must, of course, de-
pend mainly upon corn.
This does not mean, however, that
even the fattening hog should eat
nothing but corn. 1t is seldom that
e. Their the cheapest grain or the best
quality Of pork ome from a straight
corn diet. To add some feed contain
ing more protein to the ration will be
} a profitable thing for any hog feeder
to do. For the last fifteen to twenty
days of a hogs life c~ottonseed meal
may be fed with good results. 1t
should seldom be fed for a long period
than three weeks at a time, and it
should not be fed in too large guam
titles. One-half to one pound per day
per hog is as much as it is safe to feed
for any length Of time. This quality
is for a hog weighing 125 to 200
pounds. Smaller hogs should have
proportionatly less. In no case should
cOttOnSeed meal make more than one-
third of the grain ration and usually
not more than one-fourth. 1t is an
especially valuable feed for hogs that
need to be hardened off" Cheaper
pork and better pork will be made by
feeding some c%ottonseed meal along
with the corn to the hogs that are be-
ing finished.
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to fattening hogs, as we'll as to breed
ing stock and growing pigs. 1t should
be fed in proportion of one part to
ten of corn when these two feeds make
up the ration. It can safely be fed in
a .self-feeder, as the hogs will not eat
more than is good for them. Even at
present very high prices, it will pay to
balance up and otherwise all-corn ra-
ton.
The farmer nc has sFimmilk to
feed his fat ening hogs Hlong with
corn can make pork ~ 4 Io : cost. All
the corn he WI eat and all the milk
he will drink. is a good formula for
the hog that is being fattened.
Shorts. bran, soy beans-almost
any feed rich in protein may be fed
to the %fattening hog to balance up his
corn. and a profit realized on the com
bination. Neither of these three
feeds, however, can be fed profitabIy
in large quantities, and more than a
small proportion of soy beans-possi
lbly ont to six or eight or cora-would
be likely to affect the quality of the
meat.
The fattening hog should be fed all
that he will eat, and the more he car
be persuaded to eat. the better. This
is another advantage of a mixed diet
But he should not be fed more thar
! he will eat. Many farmers lose mon.
; ey right here. A hog can fatten him
self in a "ornfeld and do it economi
caIly. He gets sufficient. exercise
there to. keep his appetite active. L
the corn is dumped owe the fence tt
him in a big heap, he may not eat a!
, much as he would if properly fed. He
| almost certainly will not if the corr
is trampled into the mud or the swil
, poured into a filthy trough. Feed OF
a clean floor or in clean trough, anC
when n quantity of feed is left clear
) it ND and let the pigs develop an ap
2 petite before giving them any more
2 1t will pay over letting the roo
: and waIlow about over a lot of feeC
half buried in the mud. The easies
: way of feeding is seldom the mos
: profitable. although If one-self-feed
. er is filled with corn and another will
tankage the hogs will balance theil
: ration better than the feeder cal do it
: But the feed must be kept clean. II
any case, the hog should have all h
wants to drink.-Southern Agricul
turist.