South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1920-10-23
PURDUE HELPS TO
LYEHOG PROBLEM
Extensive Experimental Work
Started TO Learn Pro.
A duction Costs.

IN order to more thoroughly in
vestigate problems of hog produc-
ton in Indiana, the animal hus-
bandry department OF the Purdue
university agricultural experiment
station has leased 30 acres north
west OF Lafayette known as the
CaSOn farm and will devote IL en-
tirely to the investigation and study
Of swine feeding and management.
Two important projects. one on hog
ging OF and the other on forage
crops have already been started.
These together with feeding and
management experiments with
brood sows. young pigs. growing
shoats and fattening hogs will be
conducted over a period OF five
years.
At the present time. there are 500
head OF hogs on the farm. OF
these, 20 are brood sows. Il OF
which produced "a total of sc fall
pigs. The remainder OF the ami
mails. with the exception of one boar.
are hogs that are being used In the
experiments now running The
boar a pure-bred Duroc Jersey, was
purchased at a price within the
range OF every farmer and will be
used 20 gradually bring the breed
ing herd which Is now made up Of
high grade animals 10 a higher
basis Some pure breds will later
be added TO the herd. According to
Q. ". Vestal who has charge OF the
farm the number Of brood soWs
Will be increased to 80 or 60 within
the next season. The plan at the
present time IS 70 raise about 500
hogs annually on the farm all Of
which are TO be used in the exper-
mental work.
Market Experiments.
Experiments are now being run
on different methods of preparing
spring pigs for tho fan market
Sixty OF last springs pigs are be-
ing used and two general methods
tried. The first IS 20 put the pigs
on the self-feeder and push them
for an early fan market and the sec
ond is 10 grow the animals on q
limited feed or grain on pasture
during tho summer, then finish them
on the self-feeder. Three pens Of
10 hogs each are getting respective
~ a fun feed OF shelled corn and
clover pasture. a full feed OF she'll
cd corn, tankaEe and closer pasture
and a full feed Of shelled corn.
taukage and rape pasture. Three
other pens OF equal size are getting
the same feed except that the corn
and tankage are fed in limited
amounts. Not only IS the effect OF
the full and limited iced being
studied. but also the effect Of tank
age In the ration and the value OF
rape and clover pasture.
This experiment was started July
: with the animals averaging IS
pounds each. Sept %, those which
received q fun feed OF corn and
tankaSe on clover and rape pasture
were sent 20 market at an averagL
weight OF 2ZO pounds each The
other pens are still on experiment.
Those which received a limited
grain ration went on a full feed Of
corn and tankage az the close OF the
pasture season and viii be ready for
the market IN late October or early
November. according 10 Mr.. VestaI
Next year IL IS planned 20 add al
falfa TO the list OF forage crops used
IN the experiments.
a series OF hogEing off expcri-
ments comparing corn alone. corn
and SOY beans as supplement-.
corn with ground soy beans as a
supplement and corn with tankaEe
as a supplement- We're started Oct
s. with -FOUR pens Of 20 animals
each. The hoEs averaged 10 pounds
when the experiment started and
viii be left IN The corn for so or 40
days and then finished for market
iu the dry lot I'm order 20 check
the relative costs OF producing pork
IN the field and in the dry lot. two
other groups of 20 hogs each are
being fed snapped corn with tank
aEe and ground SOY beans rs sup
plcmeEts in the dry lot The Yields
or corn In the lie. DIS nCEEed OFT and