| Show Hogs Make Hake Better Gains When Using Self-Feeder Self Dry feeding Is superior to slop feed feed- Ins feed InK fag In getting hogs ready for tor market according to J M I Fargo of ot the animal husbandry department at theVis the Wis Vis Wisconsin College of Agriculture Hand nand feeding f has lIas proved to be less lessem em efficient lent and anel economical than the self feeder declares Far Fargo o Since self feeders cannot be used with wet teed feed dr dry f feeds eds are re the best for this pur pur- purpose pur- pur purpose purpose pose he points out To Illustrate the value of ot dry feed feed- feedIng feeding feeding ing over wet he gives data from six different experiment stations where 17 feeding trials with pigs were carrIed on Results showed that nine pounds less corn were required for each one hundred pounds gain with dry feeding as contrasted to wet feed hand fed tenths Six-tenths pounds moro more feed were eaten per hog each ench day under the system of dry feeding be be- because because be because cause as shown by Fargo the pigs ate during the night and at frequent times during the time day with the ro- ro re result suIt sult that time the dry fed hogs showed a higher average dally daily gain |
