Show Protein Supplement Cuts Swine Production Costs Farmers with ample supplies of grain may be tempted to fill the hog self-feeder with corn and cut down on the amount or even the protein Such a step is not as thrifty as it may Experiments have shown that hogs fed corn alone in dry lot require 11 to 12 bushels of corn per hundred pounds of When a good protein supplement is used in the pounds of pork can be produced with five and one half to six bushels of corn and SO pounds protein With hog and feed prices what they this means that every bushel of corn fed with a good protein supplement is worth to per while hogs fed corn alone return only to per bushel of corn Hogs fed grain and a balanced supplement will reach market weight in five and one half to six |