The Oakley herald. [volume] (Oakley, Idaho) 1908-1961, 1924-09-05
Three Feeds Now
Cause Soft Pork
Problem Becoming Nation
Wide Because of Increas-
ing Use of Soy Bean.

vent the development of soft charac-
teristics, once thought to be prob
lem only In those regions whera pea
nuts are fed, is no longer a sectional
difficulty, says the United States De
partment of Agriculture in calling at
tention to the results which have been
obtained during five years of investi-
CATION. 1t Is now almost a nation
wide problem among hog raisers be-
cause of the increasing use of soy
beans which also produced carcasses
lacking in frmness. There are now
three feeds recognized as producers
of soft pork, peanuts, soy beans, and
rice polish.
Result of Experiments.
At the recent annual meeting at
Knoxville. Tenn, representatives of
the state experiment stations taking
part in these investigations, and rep
resentatIves of the United States De
partment of Agriculture, discussed
the results obtained in this long Sc
ries of experiments. This is the first
year it has been possible to make def
mite statements on the influence of
soy beans on firmness of hogs. Sum- |
maries of the experimental results OBJ
tanned by the Alabama, Georgia, Indi- |
ana, Kentucky Mississippi, North |
Carolina, Tennessee and Texas agri- |
cultural experiment stations in coop
GRAFTON with the United States De
partment of Agriculture during five
years investigation of the soft-pork
problem have shown that:
/. Soy beans grazed or settled
alone or with minerals settled
through a period of seven to eight
weeks to pigs starting at approximate
iy 100 pounds weight and making
gains of 40 to 80 pounds produce soft
carcasses. Further, the results have
shown that the degree of softness of
the carcass Increases as the gain in
weight of hog on this feed in
creases-
2. Soy Deans grazed or settled
alone or with minerals settled to pigs
starting at approximately 100 pounds
weight and making at least a moder-
ate rate of gain through a period of
seven to eight weeks will not produce
firm carcasses even though a subse-
quent gain in weight has been made
by the pigs on corn and tankage equal
to that previously made on the soy
beans.
8. Soy beans grazed or settled with
supplementary ration of PA per
cent of shelled corn with or without
minerals settled produce soft hogs
when the pigs are started on the
feeds at approximately 100 pounds
weight and make at least a moderate
rate of gain through a feeding period .
of seven to eight weeks. !,
4. Rice polish and tankage settled, q
free choice on oat or rye pasture or .
In dry lof and with or without small
supplement of skim milk handled to q
pigs starting at 80 to 125 pounds q
weight and making gains of 80 pounds o
Dr. more through a feeding period of v
eight to fifteen weeks, produce soft Fl
,arcasses n
5. There Is a direct relation be- n
ween immaturity and softness in W
pigs. When pigs are fed on ordi- |,
harry feed combinations which are not D,
low In fat content, such as o.
.orn and tankage, or corn, middlings v,
md tankage on pasture or In dry lot re
nd slaughtered at a weight of ap-
100 pounds or less they r
re, in the usual case, soft
Feeding Corn and Tankage
@. Hogs fed corn and tankage grad
ally become firmer as they mature
r take on weight and finish. While
ogs fed in this way are usually soft vi
{ 100 pounds or less, the hardening
progressive, so that when slaugh-
cred at approximately IT'S pounds or III
lore they are, in the usual case, hard.
7. Brewers rice and tankage self
ed, free choice on oat pasture with ne
r without a small supplement of skim ra
Iilk handled to pigs starting at APP
roximately so pounds weight and
taking gains of $50 to 200 pounds ms
trough feeding periods of IL to Is ag
eeks produce, in the usual case, ex-
emely hard hogs, in fact, of de-
zee of firmness distinctly greater than an
lat occurring in corn fed hogs. thu
8. The mixture of cornmeal parts
Id peanut meal (hull free) 1 part
lifted with or without supplementary las
inerals to pigs starting at approx sta
lately so pounds weight and making
inns of approximately 100 pounds
rough a feeding period of to 10 mel
eeks produce, in the usual case. hard we
medium-hard hogs. Der
8. Results have shown that when
e softening feeds and feed combna- I
,ns-peanuts or soy beans alone, soy lit
ans supplemented with a 2k per smi
Mt ration of shelled corn, or rice ces
fish and tankage leach with or with
minerals) fed to pigs which S
We previously received no soften CO.,
: feeds, there is distinct relation hon
tween the degree of softness and aw,
e starting weight and the de- ord
&c OF softness which develops
the pigs decreases as the
rting weight increases. provided six