Show WELL BRED PIGS MAKE MORE MEAT lan a hao Is susceptible to good and han he la well bred he ill make faster and more economical gains than will his brother who lacle ouch quality of blood ate conducted two interesting testa in 1927 which prove the prevailing opinion that pigs of good breeding placed in the proper environment and fed a good ration will produce more satisfactory results than pigs of non breeding says earl ler in charge of swine investigations at the north Ciro llna state college e used pigs in the tests six were bought in eastern caro una and while they were thrifty and in good condition gave no evidence of any particular breeding the other CO were pure bred or high grade poland china animals bred on the blackland station farm near wenona As to results sir hosteller states that the CO pigs of poor breeding had an initial weight of pounds at the beginning of the feeding period and came out weighing an average of 5 the average daily gain was 11 pound and it required pounds of feed to produce pounds of gain but the good pigs of high class breeding weighed an average of 1035 pounds at the beginning of the test and came out weighing 2405 average thee pigs made an average dally gain of 24 pounds and required only pounds of the same feed to produce a pounds of gain each group of animals received shelled corn fish meal and minerals from self feeders and were comparable as to rations and environment therefore it Is obvious states air hos that good breeding had some thing to do with the increased gains made by the more profitable group the ability to produce rapid and eco gains from feed consumed Is certainly transmitted from parent tu offspring in the same manner as Is color form and size he states supplements I 1 for fattening lambs on a trial re centy conducted at the west central experiment station mor eirls glnn linseed meil and corn en meal at ag per ton and cottonseed meal at 58 per ton each proved a satisfactory high protein supplement to corn and alfalfa h ly tor fattening lambs iso appreciable advantage was shown by any one of these over the othera nor by a combination of any two of them however the alon of all three did increase the gain somewhat lowered the feed cost per pounds of gain resulted in a high cr degree of finish and a higher sell ing price per iamb i the feed cost per lamb was lower when only corn and alfalfa hay were used these lower iferd costs the greater gains secured with the protein supplements resulted in a higher selling price per limb ind it greater margin over feed costs than was secured with the feeding of corn and alfalfa alone A similar trial recently completed at the nebraska station li rought almost identical results skim milk satisfactory as feed for the calf satisfactory growth of calves Is reported from pennsylvania experiment station on pounds whole milk and pounds dry sum milk after the initial whole milk period results sug feeding dry skim milk buted up to six weeks of age then gradually changing to a dry nurture containing about 40 per cent dry skim milk which should be reduced aa the calves grow older and consume more concentrate the horse grows five years and may live thirty this looks like a good time for the purchase of young horses it one la going to be in need anything velch loners the vitality of a hog renders it susceptible eto disease R f there are several crude petroleum products on the market which are cf teethe in the control of hog lice I 1 K immediately after weaning the anias should be fed a limited grain ration later it may be increased til the lambs are getting all they clenn bip in the feeding of aing lambs t utako them ame good milking well ed ewes are the essential this mers to lambs that are to be mar ted nt weaning time weighing about 0 pounds J 1 if cholera breaks out on an adjoin og farm it will be advisable to lin bour own hogs elimination lice corroa mange and similar ests will assist materially in control S disease in that the natural re stance of the animals can operate aly |