Show Hog Diet Squads' Squads Give Valuable I Information Scientific Tests Showing Relative Fl Making Flesh 11 Value alue and Cost of Foods Detailed by an Expert F. F 13 B. B B arlow S SO 0 many interested visitors arc are seeking information about this experiment ment flient which has been under way t since since January 7 at the Salt SnIt Lake union union stock yards that it was as considered advisable to answer some of the questions I through these columns I The hogs used are arc just ordinary except as to size Size averaging about came caine from Idaho and some from Sevi Se into four lots of eleven hogs bogs each ant and aUt pare and test the tile feeding value of tIlt the Right flight here we wish to say to lo the I question which Is so often orten aked by visitors which Is the best breed 7 th that t strictly speaking there l. l is no best breed Comparing breeds of similar t types pes th there re is more in the strain of an any one breed than there is In the breed Its itself Ir You can build up a a. prolific and highly productive strain of some other r breed which will outclass an unthrifty strain of or an any one breed We c have In Inthis Inthis inthis this experiment Berkshires Poland Chinas China Duroc Jerse Jerseys I Chester Whites Whitesand Whitesand and crosses and an any difference be between between he- he tween the individuals of these breeds we believe could be he traced more di directly dl- dl to the strain than to the breed Small Pen Are Arr U Used ed Each lot of eleven hogs Is confined in a n. pen feet Hogs HOls fattening In small pens do not run off ocr fat tat b by an art excessive e amount of exercise Except pt the buttermilk which I Is fed fedIn fedIn d dIn In a n trou trough h twice daily dally and the alfalfa ha hay fed in a rack the they receive all of oC their teed feed from self feeders These Thes arc are built the base being stuff and 12 Inches wide wille at the where the feed Jo goes gocs s through a 2 Inch 21 j opening Into a trough on either side These troughs trough from which the hogs hoG's I cat eat are 10 Inches wide 4 I inches deep I and C G inches from the floor The self- self feeders we arc are using for eleven en ho hogs s are re 4 feet Ctet S Inches long and divided into compartments for the various feeds However the they can be made any length desired to accommodate a large number of or hogs lion flogs Will III Not ot O Overeat The value of or self feeders lies In the i fact that hogs hog's can eat cat all the they want any time and with less labor In feeding since the containers hold a large amount of feed which feeds out automatically auto auto- as It is eaten There is but buter er very little waste and the hogs have free access to feed at all times limes The They will not overeat 0 even on high highly 1 concentrated concentrated con con- protein feeds such as meat meal Each pen is given i en a ration consisting consisting consisting con con- of several se different feeds teeds and this s system tT str of helping themselves a al allows at- at 1 lows them than to to eat cat Just what they want of each cach feed thereby balancing their theft I own ration This compares to the popular popular popular pop pop- ular cafeteria method of oC eating in vogue uc with humans You will discover er by ly closely studying the tile feeding habits I of ot hogs that their appetite is a Yer very i good Indicator of ot the tlc things thinS's their bod body I requires for growth I I i I I i I 1 bOt hogs 1 and aUlI were ere not specially Special selected I II pounds when the time tests started Some I ier county Utah Thc They were di divided died ed edl I l 1 made ns fiS uniform as possible to corn com various various feeds and rations used I In the process of fattening hogs a good good dr dry bed is important especially In winter It takes fat to supply en energy en- en orgy ergy for Cor keeping the animal bod body warm arm ao so o the more bodily warmth we can conserve e i h by supplying a warm bed beel aWa away from Crom drafts Is added gain aln All of oC the feed used except corn are common to Utah and the problem which we wo are nrc attempting to solve sol is whether or not not these same samne feeds at present prices can be he profitably converted converted converted con con- into pork porle and antI if it so which combination com corn of ot feeds all a available ble for hog feeding feedIng feeding feed feed- ing in Utah will do it the quickest and most economically As AI a people interested at this time In hi the pork question we wo can campa campaign sn to the limit for or conservation of or the brood sow so and for Cor more hogs hoSs but If the producer has the Idea that the hog crop Is a loss or returning too small a a. margin of oC profit hog production ic- ic g of oC our patriotism will automatically auto auto- give t a way to other crops and lines of or production which can be 10 made to return more than the cost of ot producing producing producing pro pro- them Profit After ft r All Make the time spread between the feed I cost and the sellin selling aching price wide enough I I and more pork campaigns will re rc- cC e more enthusiastic tlc and rapid response re- re sp nse from the pork porle grower Hence It H I is of or vital Importance to determine the time facts as to cost of oC producing pork porI relative to present prices in our own state and its communities by actual demonstrations I What hat does It cost to produce a pound of Or pork Primarily this timis depends mainly mainly main main- ly h on the price of or feeds reeds and is the time problem on which we are working While we e will ill not have ha complete information in in- in formation on this until tho the end of this sixty day experiment we know kno knothe the feed reed cost for each pound of oC gain put on b by the time different lots for the tho first two tso weeks eel s And Anti It Is Interesting to note that mill products by-products which are not not used for fOl human food rood i. i e. e bran and shorts when supplemented with buttermilk but but- have been converted con into pork at a teed feed cost ost of or less than 7 cents a aI I pound Thc grain fed lots fo for this same two A els eks made gains Sains at a feed reed cost of or from froim 11 to 1 12 cents a a. pound This is on a t basis lasIs of at feeds at the tho prices for tor which the they can in general be le obtained b by the hog hoJ Cee feeders at pres pres- ent cut However these figures do llo not noti cover a n long enough h period to be conclusive con con- elusive and ma may vary r somewhat by the time the final figures are available a |