Show experiment stations experiments made last winter at the illinois state university to ascertain the value of cornmeal shelled corn skim milk and oats for feeding pigs are brought prominent in these it was shown that 1380 pounds skimmed milk fed in connection with cornmeal in the ratio of 1 pound com meal to 17 pounds skimmed milk produced one aund of pork 33 pounds of skimmed milk were fondd to be equivalent to one pound of cornmeal in trials to find the relative value of shelled corn as compared with cornmeal pounds of shelled corn produced one pound of increase while pounds of cornmeal were required to produce the same result one bushel of whole shelled corn produced pounds of increase when made into coarse meal and fed dry it produced but pounds other trials produced results not very much different showing that when fed dry shelled corn is more economical to feed to fattening hogs one bushel of corn was ascertained to bo worth nearly three bushels of oats as food for fattening hogs the cost of tho mixed food oats and corn was for cormeal and for shelled corn per ibs increase during the cold weather when corn wa 28 cents per bushel pork was produced for less than 3 cents per pound when skim milk was fed with com meal more solids were consumed daily than when com acal was fed alone mora I 1 food was available therefore to produce increase hence palatability becomes important by increasing the amount an animal will consume in a given time the pennsylvania college experiment peri ment station says that as compared with pasture grass the total digestible tible organic matter in corn ranges from two to three aimeb as much but the amount of digestible nitrogenous matter produced by a given aia is considerably less white soiling corn yields rosny times the amount of green food supplied by pasture grass and a somewhat smaller proportion of dry nod it yields absolutely less L protein so that its increased supply 1 IB made up exclusively soi called carbonaceous food materials As a result of experiments in relation to the oil test for cream the wisconsin experiment station concludes that chile the oil test churn is capable of showing the difference between good and poor cream it is questionable whether it can make strictly accurate distinctions between different grades of good or of poor cream i prof J W the agrical college guelph ont says in dairy matters as in most other affairs continuous progress is essential to successful practice the philosophy of successful dairying is like that of bicycle riding the man who does not keep going on will quickly go off thus in order to maintain conr reputation as dairymen we must improve and increase the quality and quantity of our dairy products per cow and per acre |