Show separate self feeders are gaining popularity self fed hogs gain 74 per cent faster than when hand fed according to t thorough I 1 tests at the missouri agricultural experiment station yet noga hogs self fed require no more feed to produce a given amount of gain than when hand fed hence the practice la Is a labor saver when each feed Is placed in a separate self feeder the hogs will choose the different feeds so that the gain will be both rapid lind and economical experiments hero here have shown that tile the proper use of supplementary feeds like linseed oil meal or wheat middling increase the profits derived front from swine feeding A ton of saves bushels of corn A ton of linseed oil meal saves DO 90 bushels anflin and n ton of wheat saves tf bushels these experiments have leave shown that fattening hogs gained 23 per cent faster on a ration of corn and wheat than on corn alone 32 per cent faster on corn and linseed oil meal 32 per cent faster on oil corn and and 88 per cent faster on corn tind and soy beans tile the saying saving of grain resulting front from the use of pasture past lire crops Is found to be from 20 to GO 50 per cent |