Atlanta tri-weekly journal. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1920-19??, 1920-08-21
AGRICULTURAL EDUCATION
~ DR.. ANDREW M. SOULE

that the farmer is losing from one
to even as high, in extreme cases,
as three cents per pound of weight.
This is heavy penalty, and GER
it can be obviated, that fact should
be discovered and made a part of
the common knowledge of our peo-
pie. To this end a very comprehen7
sive hog feeding test was inaugurat-
ed by the Georgia State College of
of Moultrie, Ga. This test was in
started on March 10 and was con-
cluded on June 10. The initial
weight of the hogs used varied
from SO to. 115.5 pounds The final
pounds. The average gain per head
varied from 45.3 to 1905 pounds.
The average daily gain per head in
pounds was lowest with the group
fed on corn meal and velvet bean
meal in equal Parts The eo gain in
through self-feeder. The largest
gain per head per day was made
by the group fed on. sweet pota-
bined on the basis Of 7.73 parts of
sweet potatoes, 3.27 parts of corn
meal and 80 part of tankage. The
corn meal and tankage were COM
D1neQ COSGln6r ana leu d
self-feeder.. The sweet potatoes were
fed twice daily by hand in such
amounts that hogs would consume
proportional amounts of corn meal,
peanut meal and tankage. The aver
age daily gain pei, head per day &c, for
next largest gain was made by the
hogs fed on corn meal and peanut
meal in the proportion of 4.39 to
100 aprts. The average daily gain
next most effective ration was the
one in which she11ed corn ana
tankage were combined in the pre-
portion of 5.37 parts to AZ parts.
The average daily gain was III
pounds per head per day H., when lei Il, corn cf
$40 parts and tankage on the basis
of 81 parts, the average daily gain
per head per day was lao pounds.
The lowest cost of one hundred
pounds of gain was madA by the
group receiving shelled corn and
from $10.61 to $11.94. The cheapest
gains were made when velvet beans
and corn or velvet beans, corn and
tankage were used together. Nev-
ertheless, the increase in weight
was not sufficient to give these
other combinations mentioned. The
combination of corn meal and pea
nut meal proved quite effective in
the matter of cost per one hundred
pounds of gain. 1t cost 1924 to
make one hundred pounds of gain
when corn meal and peanut meal
were fed together. Apparently, the
best results were obtained from US
ing just enough peanut meal to
balance up the protein deficiency OF
one hundred pounds of gain when
sweet potatoes, corn meal and tank
age were combined was 1892. The
hogs fed corn and velvet bean
meal failed to dress out as we'll
as the others. The percentage when when
corn and tankage We're used, the
dressing weight was S48 per cent.
In the case of sweet potatoes. it
was 81.9 per cent. When corn and
peanut meal We're combined, 1t va
ried from S0.7 to 82.6 per cent.
terest in the prices charged for
the various foods fed. An attempt
was made to put the figures on the
farm value of the crops used and
not on the actual market value.
The shelled corn was, therefore,
r meal at at $i.so per per bushei, the pea
nut meal at $1,000 per ton, the
tankage at $4,000 per ton, sweet
potatoes at fifty cents per bushel,
velvet beans at $4,000 per ton plus
$500 for Smelling and drying. AS
matter of fact, prices will vary up
or down materially from these fig
ures at one season or another dur
ing one year as compared with an
other. That does not affect in any
way, however the relative value of
the foods used. The question after
all is which type of ration will
make hard pork, make the largest
gain and produce the hog which
will dress-out best. The cost of
these rations may vary some from
year to year, but not more in pro-