Show fARM SHORTS SLOP NOT AID IN FATTENING Kansas College Makes In Instructive In- In Instructive Instructive Experiments Wheat Wrent shorts slop does doell not Dot Im- Im improve Im Improve prove pro the lie ton ration for tor fattening pl pigs experiments made at the I K Kansas State Agricultural college and reported on at Man Man- Manhattan Manhattan at the hug hog raisers misers meeting hattan recently show The results result ot of the tests show that the gains were greater and the costs less where no shorts short or slop were fed Two To lots of ot pigs were used In this te test t Their average weight was 1 ap- ap approximately proximately 11 1 pounds each when the experiment started They were uni uni- uniform uniform form In size and quality All were bred pure bred There were ten pigs In f each lot Jot and they were fed for tor tora fora fora a period of ot SO 80 days Lot 1 I was fed ted corn and c In a self feeder and given free access ss to alfalfa hay and salt Lot 2 was self fed self fed corn alfalfa and salt In the same manner as lot 1 but received ed one pound of wheat I shorts and 4 pound of per pig Ilg once a day in the form torm of ot slop made with water The pigs In lot 1 that received no aborts or slop gained 25 pounds per head per day whereas the pigs f fed d shorts In the time form of ot a n slop gained only JH pounds per head per fler day The pigs receiving no I slop required d pounds of ot corn to produce pounds of pain gain In addition to 3 23 pounds pound of The pigs re- re receiving re receiving i slop consumed pounds ot of corn 2000 pounds of ot and pounds of shorts to produce pounds of gain The consumption ot of alfalfa was a about out the thc same The cost costor or of pounds gain where corn and were fed free choice was WIlS per where corn plus shorts and In time the form of ot slop was felt fed the cost was Gr 5 per The pigs receiving no slop were tat fat ter at nt the close of ot the experiment and were valued aued at slightly more per pounds than those receiving slop In their ration In addition to the larger gains the cheaper gains and the bet bet- bettel better ter tel finished condition of tile the pigs ted fed no slop the slop fed pigs required It a great deal of ot extra labor In feeding feeding |