Show WL spro C am SHORT FED HOGS WILL GAIN MOST new record made at university of wisconsin an average dally gain ot of ands tor for 81 days during the hog feeding trials at the university of jt wisconsin established a new record in pork product production Jon the feed cost per pounds was a record in economy ot of production this same lot of hogs made an ex high gain in dressing per after being butchered by pac mackeri keri at the conclusion ot of the trial the fout four pigs dressed per cent of bleir live weight thirty nine other bogs competed tor for highest places and some high records were made A second lot also of four pigs mads an average dally gain of pound for a period of 92 days at a feed cost of for each pounds ol of gain this lot dressed slightly higher than the first tour four per cent the highest scoring pen of hogs received a dally daily ration consisting of pounds of shelled corn with a 14 per cent moisture content 84 of a pound of protein mixture and pound of mineral the second highest pen received an average of pounds of shelled corn 77 pound of 0 protein and pound of mineral gains by the remaining hogs varied from rom pounds dally daily down to pounds A general conclusion was that the longer period of time the figs were fed the lower the dally gain tills this same general rule Is hold bold ing true in the cot cor of the required feed for each IW pounds of gain the pen making the highest gain at the cheapest cost of feed was fed only 81 days at a cost of tor for each P pounds of gain the pen making baking the lowest gain was fed 1265 days and the corresponding gain was pounds at a cost of TAT a hundred pounds of gain dressing percentages did not vary as much as gains in all cases the dressing percentage did not vary over 2 per cent in III any of 0 the lots all of the hogs were fed to the average weight of pounds before the contest was closed to preserve old bulls for breeding purposes As a means to preserve aged bulls tor breeding purposes and not impair their utility by high fitting as feces sary for the sho wring the internal lional livestock exposition has de elded to bar all bulls except angus born before september 1 I 1926 and with the angus breed the date la is set nt at may 1 1926 for this year aged bulls have been brought back year after year tor for competition even though they have carried off premier honors once often endangering their usefulness as sires because they must be maintained in high flesh for showing another change in the premium list ot of the international this year Is elimination of the heavyweight barrow classes clas seb with no barrow over pounds being permitted present ut day markets discriminate against s such ch heavy hogs bogs and this move Is in ac cord with tha trend r p the mar market keit plan for hog testing Is un under der development A method of testing strains of hogs hogh just as cows and poultry are being tested Is under development in vari ous sections of if the country records tle cords are being kept at some of the expert men st alon and the united states department t f agriculture on size of litter quantity of feed required and dres dressing siny percentage of the pigs it Is to be expected through this plan that we will he abia to isolate und and develop strains of hogs will whim h can be depend ed upon to dimly produce good size litters of thrifty pigs which will feed out well and give high dressing percentages carrying beef calves through first winter when beet calves are carried through the first winter preparatory to being finished on grass the following surn summer mer th there ereis Is always the ques tion of how to handle them so that thai at the end of the feeding period the production cost may he be as low as pos po sible bible it is a well known fact among stoc stockmen kmen men that when a calf Is main tallied in ili a relatively high condition the first winter it does not make as economical gains on pasture the summer following as when it Is kept in medium condition on the oasis of gaining about a pound per day finish hogs hog on corn slaving well bred pigs that tire are tat tar rowed not noi later inter than the first insl part ol of april keeping then them thrifty ind supplying them with an abundance ol of good forage are hems in pelting getting pigs on in tin an early when their heir teed feed tins neen limited llin lleO during the growing period ilas far furrowed rowed too late to lo be titled tilled toi for tin 1111 early mar ket hel even ly by forced feeding should oe he given a limited grain 1 hiring during tile summer aud and be punished largely on new corn |