The central record. (Lancaster, Ky.) 18??-current, 1920-10-21

! lucky slate fnir proved interesting
10 the farmers who are feeding high.
priced corn 20 low priced hog. This
method u harvesting corn loo Ken.
tu,ky o. growing popular because 10
saves 70 great deal Of labor. and the
hogs seem 90 thrive when handled
tn way The hgurcs a. shown by
the College experiment. are based up
On the profit 90 los. GA the acr,
Some ~ these figure we're from eN-
pcrimcnts run during the fall ~ 1919
while others were an average Tor the
past three year,. The College will con
tinuc with the various combinations
until more definite Information b. -.
cured AZ which time bulletin on the
subject viii be- issued
The feeds and combinations used
tn these experiments are ~ follows
Soy beans With corn .u elf feeder
-oy beans and corn. hand fed at the
rate - two and onc.haf per cent %
the live weight - the hogs per day
Corn and SOY beans grown together.
corn alone and corn aud tanksge in
q SELF feeder The various eNpct..
ments VII be- taken zap ir the above
oricr Accurate records Tor the pro
tucfior ~ each crop and labor 90
feed were kcp' u, average farmer
doe. not figure these little costs and
therefore ths profit .hov here Will
ao' appear sl .arve as Do would have
undsf Oh, same condition. gn the
average Kentucky farm
When grazing au sos beams and
akur corn from tnr ,,lf fectci the
a. prof, per asr, was only 50 p
u was found that the Hare dId not
eat che maX.mum smoun' = the for
age. bat Ted largely upon The corn o.
which they had acce... thereby run
ming ~ 'hc cost - pori production
They d.d NOT have PROPERLY i'alnr,.
/ Hf rat.r anil fh,r f.r. .ns rair.
. .,rr slower and Iurr expensive
I ~ Che .ecouI To- the #.er pHsturr4
or s., beans and os..5 received corn
eru. O.. two ana orr.la.f per cent
q tf, body weight o. this pra,
uos they yer, forcca 90 sat more %
th, forage which s rcf "a protein
and produced pork 10 Joss price
I This lot returned ncf profit Il
SO % PER acre A. che hogs grew
and pat on weight, TIE corn allowance
VA increased These two test. were
run - three years. and the above
figure are the average for this
period
Corn and SOY bean. ver grown to-
I rriher Cor four year, on glare MI
out a"y supplement. si'h an FVefals
profit q sl2.O6 per ac-r This com
binaiior proved TO be- the best q any
he wanted nt an times The hogs
as the hog seemed 10 have abori wha,
arr turned IN when the beans are stili
little soft, and the corn has turned
brown and begins 20 dent They will
not take 10 the beans vel u held
oui until they are hs-d For two or
three days before thcy ate o. be turn
90 In. arufuI - beans should b.
given them 50 they will ACQUIRE
taste by the time if,y are given ac-
cess Co them
u the fall ~ 1919. two good eN-
perimeuts were run. one with corn
alone which returned profit o.
5000 per acre an. corn alone with
tanAag, Iva ,a'f-fe tr The latter
returned net prDt' u $3.50 per
acre. Many farmer. would like g.
hog -doWr this fall. but viii not do
u because the, have not prepared Tor
Il by planting SOY beans These two
tests run at n most urfayorahle time.
returned a splendid profit and with
the price Of corn and hogs nearer to
gether than j, has beer Tor some time.
u seems that nov Is good time 10
get busy There is uo question bur
what u will pay TO feed tankagc. and
after man Uses d once. he never
feeds hogs without Il again
There viii likely be- large amount
of the wonderful corn crop caught by
frost. and II appear, that hogging
down quickly Is the logical thing 10
do. Good feeders can be bought
reasonable and II gotten of before
the winter slump, should make some
nice money when handled this way
The small number o. hogs on the
farms this year as compared with last
year and the year before i bound
TO create a strong demand for good
hogs This demand will hold up the
price OF raise Il. and the farmer who
Is lucky enough to own some good.
thrifty feeders will In an probabil-
ny make money on them
When We morals reach the Jump
INK of point of life We Immediately