Show e Results of ot Soft I I. I Pork Experiments i government and State Representatives Rep Rep- ep A Agree Agie e o on on- I I Certain Findings p. p Prepared by the be United States Department of or Agriculture CAt KM i it t a n meeting held In n Atlanta d Ga recently re representatives of of the United States Department of Agriculture and of f n a number of state experiment st stations sta sta- lions agreed to certain conclusions on th the soft pork problem em T Their announcements an an- made mad below Lelow are based upon upon th the evidence ce accumulated In recent reent re re- re- re cent bent years Including additional data made available during the past 12 months The states represented at the conference were Alabama Arkansas Georgia Mississippi North orth Carolina South Carolina Tennessee Virginia Pe Pennsylvania and Indiana In addition addi addi- tion jthn n there were men from the th United States Department of ot Agriculture Including In In- those from the departments department's s sC C Coastal CastaI astal Plain exp experiment station In Mississippi and its Iberia live ll stock experiment farm In II Louisiana jT r- r Effects of Rice Bran The ho first results regarding the effects of rice bran on the softness of ot car- car casset asses cassen were Incorporated for this year f for Cor r the first time The f-The conclusions agreed upon are as follows fl r I 1 Peanuts grazed or self fed In dry dr lot with or without minerals to pigs starting artIng at weights ranging from 8 83 t to pounds and making gains of approximately ap ap- ap- ap proximately 40 pounds or 01 more on that feed through perIod a period of approximately eight weeks will not nt produce firm Jirm carcasses car car- laSSes asses casses at the usual market weight of ot to pounds attained b by subsequent subsequent quent feeding of ot cor corn cori with after litter the peanuts I f Results have ha shown In fact tact that gain on corn with ge up to approximately approxImately ap ap- ap- ap proximately pounds this maximum being produced during It a. feeding period it of f approximately 16 weel weeks weeks' si duration following gains gains' of ot 40 pounds or more moreon moreon on on peanuts usually I d c h hard rd or or medium m hard h hogs gs A As s the gain sain on peanuts Increases Increase the q hf g gain ln o on c corn rn with with ta kag nry to produce a certain degree deglee of firmness liken likewIse Ie Increases 2 2 2 Soy beans grazed alone or with minerals s self fed to pigs starting at we weights gl ts ranging from 85 to ICO pounds and nd making at least a moderate rate of of gain through a period of from sixto six aix fo to eight weeks will not prod produce e firm finn carcasses carcasses in In- Inthe the usual case even event t though g a a subsequent gal gain In weight has been made by the pigs on corn with double that previously made on soy beans 3 Soy beans bealls grazed with a supplementary supplementary supplementary supple supple- ration of 2 2 per cent of ot shelled corn with or without minerals self fed to pigs starting at weights ranging from 85 to to- to pounds and making gains of approximately 20 to Compounds ugh a a p period of from rom roms s si six X to eight weeks will wUl not produce firm rm carcasses carcass s in III the usual case cIse case even though a subsequent gain In weight has hag been made b by the pigs pits on corn with th equal to to- that previously made rade on the soy-bean soy 2 21 per cent corn L The Tho Heavier Pigs Piga j t 4 t tSoy o beans grazed with a supple a-supple- supplementary supple y ration of 2 24 per cent of or shelled corn with or without minerals sf self fed fed to pIgs starting at we weights of ot 1 pounds and o er and making gains of oj f approximately 40 to to- DO 00 pounds through a period of ot from six to eight weeks will wm produce firm carcasses In Inthe inthe the tle usual case provided a subsequent gain In weight Is made on corn with one and one half times that previously made on the bean Loy-bean 2 26 M p percent r- r cent corn i ration n. n 5 5 Rice bran and self fed free choice on rye e pasture or In dry lot and ond with or without a supplement ment of the five e pounds or less of ot skim milk milk- per dally daily to pigs starting at weights under pounds and making gains up IJ 1 to pounds through a feeding period of from eight to sixteen weeks produce produce soft sott carcasses o a 0 Rice polish and self fed free tree choice on on- oat or gr pr rye e pasture or In dl dry lot to pigs starting ng at weights under under un un- un- un der del pounds and making gains of ot 85 pounds or more through a u period of ot from rom the five to eight weeks will not produce firm carcasses carcasses In the usual tease lease case en even though a s subsequent gain In weight has been made by the tho pigs on corn with equal to that pre pre- made mude on the rice polish ration Lt |