Show hogs make better gains when using self feeder dry feeding to Is superior to slop feeding in getting hogs ready for market according to J ba M fargo of the animal husbandry department at the wisconsin college of agriculture hand feeding has proved to beless efficient and economical than the self feeder declares fargo since self feeders cannot be used with wet feed dry feeds tire ore the best beat for this purpose lie he points out to illustrate the value of dry feeding over wet he gives data from six different experiment stations where 17 feeding trials with pigs were carried on results showed that nine pounds less corn were required for each one hundred pounds gain with dry feeding as contrasted to wet feed hand fed six tenths pounds more feed were eaten t per hog each day under the system of dry feeding because as shown by fargo the pigs alga ate during the night and at frequent times during the day with the result that the dry fed hogs showed a higher average dally daily gain |