Atlanta tri-weekly journal. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1920-19??, 1920-06-15
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ID as4..a EDUCATION.
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Simmer Feeds for Hogs
AND SUCCESSFUL FARMING

The cheapest maintenance of hogs
is effected during the summer
months by providing them with suit
able grazing crops. There are quite
a variety Of grains which can be
used to advantage for this purpose.
If planted on suitable areas, they
provide a satisfactory succession of
grazing crops for several months of
each year. The benefit which may
be made to accrue to our hog owners
through the use of some grazing
crops is not as generally recognized
as it should be. To that end, the
Georgia State College of Agricul-
ture has spent good deal Of time
and effort the last few years in col
lecting data relative to this impor-
tant matter. Some of the more re-
cent findings have been collated and
are now for the first time given to
our readers.
The hog is naturally adapted to
feeding ON concentrates, but nature
has also made him a grazer. Pork
produced by feeding grain and other
concentrates alone is expensive and
this practice should be avoided as
much as possible in the south where
the growing season is long and the
winter mild. Due to our favorable
climatic conditions and to the fact
that a large variety of grazing crops
are naturally adapted to the SOUTH it
is possible to have forage for hogs
practically the CENTRE year. This is
a valuable asset because liberal use
of grazing crops is the most econom-
ical way to produce pork in that
this system affords a great saving in
the amount of grain and concentrates
required. The grazing system as
sures maximum application and min
imum loss of fertilizing constitu-
ents in the manure produced as it is
dropped directly and uniformly upon
the soil. In addition, this practice
is in keeping with maintaining soil
fertility and establishing permanent
agriculture.
Hogs on Grazing crops make cheap
er gains than when fed in a dry lot
or pen: This is due to a combina-
ton of advantages which the graz
Ing system offers. Foremost of these
is the fact that green forage furnish
es succulent, laxative and nutri-
tfous feed and also forces the hogs to
take exercise. Careful experiments
have proven that green plants con-
tain a particular element of growth
not found in grain and some other
concentrated feeds. This element not
only encourages growth in the hog,
but also lends to the establishment
further than producing growth and
promoting development, are of ma
jor Importance in keeping hogs in a
healthy and thrifty condition, and
their use in pork production should
be more generally practiced among
But with all their advantages,
grazing crops alone will not suffice
as the sole ration. Pasture and for
age must be supplemented with a
limited allowance of grain and other
concentrates in order to meet with
farmers have the idea that few
good fields of grazing crops is all the
feed that is necessary in order to
raise hogs successfully. This policy
of grazing alone is fundamentally
wrong. The hog is designed to feed
upon concentrates. He is
not adapted to handling as large
amounts of bulky feed as is the COW.
The hog, however, has grazing ten
denotes and the successful hog rails
er makes capital Of this fact by pro-
viding grazing crops for his hogs,
these crops to furnish all their feed
Grazing crops can replace a large
portion of the grain required by the
hog, but they cannot completely take
the place OF all OF II. bOln gram
and forage are required. While on
grazing crops hogs should receive
about two pounds Of grain per day
for each 100 pounds live weight
and for best results the grain should
be balanced with some protein-rich
feed such as tankage. wheat shorts.
peanut meal, etc. Protein is a mus
Gle building constituent, therefore, a
feed high in protein and mineral
matter is very desirable from the
standpoint of developing muscle.
frame and bone in young growing
pigs. It is very important that the
concentrated feed (grain, by-prod-
ucts, etc.), be. fed regularly and
punctually twice per day. OF equal
Importance is the matter of allow
ing hogs clean, fresh water in liberal
amounts.
should choose q crop that is:
l. Adapted to local soil and cl1-
matte conditions.
2. Palatable.
s. Capable of furnishing pasturage
for a. considerable time.
4. Able to stand grazing and have
ability to grow UP again after belns
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