Show FARM i iK K MILL I FEEDS FINE I FOR SPRING PIGS Wheat hent 11 n t byproducts products such na ns mid and red log flog flour lour con cnn be used to advantage with a ration of ot corn cornand and under price conditions have prevailed pre during the past two years according to feeding reeding tests which n hove have been made at the Minne Minne- Minneota Minnesota s sota ota station Spring pigS pig'S were used In Inthe Inthe o othe the tests and four tour lots iota were fed dur dur- durIng during ing each of two summers Each year one lot of or pigs had a ration of 00 per percent percent percent cent shelled corn and 10 per pr cent tank tank- nee age until they reached ranched pounds pound otter n which the ration was changed to toD D 05 per cent corn com null and fi r per cent tank tank tank- n a ge e The rn ration for each ench of the other at three t lots each ench season before reaching pounds In weight was 05 65 per cent corn 30 per cent wheat byproducts by null 5 r per pr cent After passing the pound mark these pigs had cent corn 23 3 per ler cent wheat by- by byproduct byproduct by byproduct product and 2 per cent The three wheat products by-products compared were standard flour our mid mid- filings and red dug dog do flour Gains made on the rations contain contain- containing In l ing og the ho wheat mill feeds were slightly bl her thon than on corn and null On each eRch pounds of gala 80 SO to 85 pounds of the mill feeds saved n ed from CO GO to pounds of f corn roro and about 9 D pounds of t e used In the tests cost GO CO GOper COper per ton while the corn averaged ed about 05 cents per bushel The grade ot of standard s led fed cost elf G per ton Flour were ware w rl slightly higher averaging n about 30 10 per ton while the red dog dOl flour cost an nn aver aver- average a age ge e of about per ton At these prices the pl pigs s which had the two grades of mode made n little ittle l cheaper pain gala than pigs fed led corn cornand and the savings amounting to 5 to 10 40 cents on t each ach hundred pounds or of pork pori In one case the gains made by the pigs which received red dog do flour lour were wt re a n a little cheaper chaper then than thos those made by the corn and lot lot while the other year the red rd do dog flour edited a n little expense to the gains The tests Indicate that when the th wheat products by-products particularly mid mid- can be bought at nt not to exceed halt the price per ton of e they ran be used with corn com and t to the extent nt of ot about third one of ot the ration for pigs piSS which are on good pas lure ture |