Show ri t r 0 c Night Hog Feeding Shows Good Results Experiment May Provo Prove Useful During Summer What Is JI believed to have been the first experiment in JI night feeding I of hogs indicates that Uld this practice I may prove highly practical at least I during the summer lummer months The experiment was waa conducted by byI Robert nobert C. C Turner a Henry III Ill I farmer who produced an average gain of 02 pounds each on a herd of ot Duroc hogs hog he ho had on his night feeding program for tor 63 03 days day To encourage his hI pigs to eat during dur duro ing the cool of the night when the they the were reluctant to eat during the heat of the summer days Turner erected lights in his hi hog lot He Re had hada a time clock control set let to switch the lights on for two night feedings feeding from 10 30 to 1130 p p. p m. m and from 2 to a a. a am a.m. m m. m One pole with a single watt walt bulb and another pole with two watt ISO bulbs lighted the hog I lot area while a third pole with watt bulbs bulb lighted tha the self feed I ers era Turner fed a ration of ground oats and a milk product in the self feeders hand fed ear corn com and provided mineral salt and good alfalfa alfalfa al falfa pasture Ills His pigs farrowed in late March and early April weighed in for the tho test at pounds or an average of pounds each bath They weighed out at ot pounds or an average of 1614 1014 pounds pound each This e t t M pA Y What are believed to be new records for economical and speedy pork production were established by Robert C. C Turner of 01 Henry III In his bis night hog feeding ex ex- meant a total gain of pounds pound of at pork about 92 pounds per pig pie or an average dally daily gain of about pounds per pig The herd consumed a total of 27 37 69 pounds of feed at a cost of 1 1 According to these figures Turner produced his gain at the rate of pounds of f feed for each pounds of ot pork or a feed cost of about 1170 1110 per hundred weight The experiment used kilowatt hours of electricity at a cost of or about seven cents per pig |