| Show swine feeders day held at U A 0 results in valuable information thirteen lota lots of ten pigs pits each conveyed a telling lesson to some one hundred utah farmers and others gathered at the experiment station of 0 the utah state agricultural college at logan on it as 8 alne ine feeders day the first ot of a number of annual days for livestock men tat t bat sill be held at regular int intervals ervah at the college during the morning results ot of dig pi feeding experiments that had been in progress since june mere ere given out by members of the animal husbandry staff alle while the pigs fattened on different dit terent rations m vre ere available tor for inspection alter after lunch experts reviewed the different phases of the swine feeding industry the great value of a 8 pro feln supplement v hen when fed mith ath wheat or barley to tatt enli g pigs was demonstrated clearly by the pigi pigs themselves average gains of only fifty and seventy two pounds wire registered in pens recel ing wheat and barley alone while gatas gains of to pounds during the day fattening period were secure secured at much lover lower unit cost ahen hen proper protein supplements were mere used in mel welcoming coming the visiting stock men to this first swim e feeders day at the college president E 0 peterson intimated that similar days nere mere being planned through the year by an admal mal husbandry department tor for the benefit of farmers interested in all classes of livestock P V cardon director jt if the experimental peri mental montal station emphasized the desire of the station to carry on a livestock program that mould benefit the tanners farmers and stockmen of the state A clearing house tor for experimental feeding results secured during the year and an opportunity to present a detailed picture of the present status of the industry mere ere the reasons advanced for livestock feeders days b E J mainard bead head of the animal husbandry department ho offered the assistance of his department to utah farmers in solving their livestock Ih estock feeding and management problems A knowledge know ledge of r lathe teed feed values and most efficient rations tor for li livestock Is one of the farmers best weapons in these days of narrow 1 a ho he batca R beaulie t of 0 abo tb feeding expert menti were discussed la in detail by professor prot cMor harry it smith tn in charge of swine husbandry at the college alfalfa pasture powder and semi solid skim milk produced by coagulating milk and draining oft off the whey were used As M protein supplements in the teat test results sho showed ed that each ton of added to a straight barley ration fed ed in dry lot replaced pounds of barley each ton ot of po powder ader added to ft 8 straight barley ration fed in dry lot replaced gwm pounds of barley pigs self fed wheat on alfalfa pasture gained pined only pounds per head dally daily we the addition ot of either of the three protein supple ments increased their dally daily ranu gains to continued on pace six swine sine feeders day held at U A 0 results in valuable information I 1 continued from page ahm nearly oo 00 0 and one halt half pounds per head da daa each ton of fed with heat wheat on alfalfa pasture replaced pounds aa of het heat plus 1 68 acres of pasture while each ton of skulk ponder ted fed replaced pound pounds ct c wheat heat and 41 ures pasture I 1 I 1 representatives from utah a stock yards and packing plants find and from the college dl trussed larl arl oa ous phases of the swine industry Indi ifor i or utah utah picking packing plants handling hots hogs per year ear are compel compello ld to draw 80 to 85 83 per cent from the corn com belt stated J II 11 tan derfield of the north salt lake take stock yards why not produce hat hit the market demands and use up low priced karplus crauf with efficient protein supplements ami able la in utah to produce pork port he daid addel utah poultry adul producers have achieved zut national ional renown through a detailed study 0 of their oust bus nesa and the feeding of scientifically balanced rations according to red reed warnick of the ogden union stock yards originally he laid said they fed straight ailt ight grain but would not think of doing doln such a thing now to produce ind and fatten swine sue suc he continued utah farmers will have to fite give the came same careful attention to the swine swin e industry cli astry that they do to the poultry busI C 0 stott extension Exten jion economist tat revie reviewed sed the present hog situation indicating that the I 1 1931 spring pig PLO crop CP shoved showed a two and one half per ceni cent increase for the and I 1 sixteen per cent increase tor for western states he pointed out that utan was ras in a deficit are with average prices of sixty fire flye to niety cents owr cwt above low prices and ind that while the outlook is for an increase in hogi hogs and tow low prices on hog products that for leed teed prices sets et also low |
