The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1918-06-15
Fortunately, They Are One Thing
TO Be Had as Cheaply as In
Former Years.
CONCENTRATES MUST
| ACCOMPANY PAST uREsFEED
kAjah Feed Prices Mako PeEplsxlng
Problem For Hog Farmer-1sfS Pig
Crop Prospect Most Promising.
(Rublished by the Federal Food Admins.
te*ration for Minnesota. Prepared BY
M r. c. Ashby, AsstStAAt Professor Of
~ Animal HusbaAdry, Unworthy
of Mtnne0ots.) &E&@

Animal h q ;s:.sy: V,'v'r'isv
Tho market spfospect for the 1918
piE crop IS the most spromising faced
" the swine aadustry in years. For
the first time hog eprices are to bear
aedireot sfAtfe' tontheFscost of corn on
which that hog: crop has sbssnssrown
ind a4attensd. Bot the market is one
thing and getting the hogs ready to
sell is another. SO = far O. is now
xnown. feed IL the Only substance cap
able of changing - pig into finished
butohsrshog. .Theesscurtng ofssuitable
hog feeds issrspidly abecomingaa diff
cult problem in nmany parts of Min
neseta. Such feeds are conveniently
considered in three groups, viz, l.,
Pastures; 2, Farm feeds, and 5, Com
mercial feeds.
Fortunately hog pastures are a.
cheap and Aas plentiful as in former
years. +Atrpresent grain prices their
Intelligent use means net saving of
two to four cents: on each pound OF
pork produced. The first care then
IL to provide ample pasture. But how
ever pszceilent the forage, concen-
trates mustsbe used with It II the pigs
yield satisfactory returns. The
puxsist 10 to supply the concentrates.
These will be either farm grown feeds
OF commercial feedstuffs Cbyproducts.)
New Feed. Produets- psepIsxlns Prob.
lem.
Its Q perplexing proposition that
confronts the hog farmer. Wheat
feeds, his reliance for years, are prac-
tically soff the market. He can pur-
chase only by-products from the mill
ing of corn, barley and rye. The avail
able materials are new to him and
worst OF all there is lite or no stand
ardization Of product. A purchase to-
day may be very different from the
same feed bought week ago. Corn
feed meal or "liominy feed, barley feed.
barley screenings and rye middlings
are available. or these, high grade
hominy feed is most satisfactory for
hogs. This quality sells around $4,000
per ton at the mills'-and costs the
farmer around $4,000. In most cases
sound corn at sits per bushel is a
better vaaue than aheminy at $4,000 per
ton. Practically all barley feed con-
tains the ground barley hulls and
runs very high in fibre, as much as
fifteen to eighteen per cent. This
com bined with the fact that
hogs relish barley much less than
corn eliminates barley feed except
possibly a certain proportion mixed
with corn or hominy feed. Rye mid
t1ings have a feeding value about
equal to corn-on-cob meal. They are
best used with some, other grains.
OH Meal Equals Barley As Feed.
In addition there are oil meal and
tankage. Pound for pound oil meal
is about equal to- barley in feeding
value, though the one is protein
feed and the other q starchy one. But
when protein feeds are cheaper 1t is
good practice to use them as largely
as the health and gains permit. OIL
meal may be settled to pigs of any
age that are intended for market,
though better results are secured
where corn or hominy feed is used
will, It. At $4,000 per ton oil meal is
as cheap as any concentrate available
to many farms. Tankage is solely q
high protein feed. During the present
summer market hogs will best pay
for its use only where corn or hominy
feed is literally used. Straight milk
or buttermilk is worth SIXTY cents
per- hundred pounds ' in comparison
with tankase at one hundred dollars
per ton, both feeds delivered at the
pen.
AZ present the avs4sable farm
feeds are practically limited to
milk, corn and oats. suecotash
cannot be ground. The wheat
must be. separated and sold Ieav-
,lns the cats for feed.
Corn 1T sits per bushe1 costs $3.50
per ton, while 90 cent oats are equiv
,slent to -&ss.25 per ton. For market
4hogs corn issworths the difference. At
fthsssa pEiessE corn and oats area eco
nemical a. any satisfactory CONNER
actsf food with Witch we are now fam.
1liar.
buy Commercial Feeds In Car Lots.
Where farm. feeds may be had they
are preferable. !Thetaverage farmer 10