Show LIVE ca onico FALL PIGS EXACT BEST management 0 should run on forage after weaning to get start fall pigs should be given a chane chance to run on forage crops for a time after fl weaning caning says the animal hu husbandry s department of the ohio state university this pra practice atlee will give them a better start for the long winter mouths months fall pigs demand the best of attention to feeding and handling if they are arc to be profitable to the grower during the growing an and d fattening periods concentrates fed to the plis pigs should be of high energy value with some protein supplement or a combination of protein supplements corn probably la Is the best feed aeed from the point of energy value but must be balanced with high protein foods skim milk and buttermilk both of them high in protein and mineral matter are good to balance grains two and one halt half to three pounds of mills milk should be fed with one pound of corn for 50 pound pigs As the animals grow the proportion of milk may be decreased fish meal alfalfa meal or oil meal should be fed where milk la Is not available A combination of 50 per cent fish meal or 25 per cent alfalfa meal and 25 per cent oil meal has been successfully used with corn or other feed to start the pigs about 15 to 20 per cent of the protein supplement should be led fed in the beginning and gradually decreased until at the finishing period only about 5 per cent isfeld is fed |