Inter-Mountain Farmer | 1902-03-04 | Page 1 | Skim-Milk as Food for Hogs

Sklm-Mllk ns Teed for Hoes. 1 regard sklm-mllk as a inluublo part cf Iho hog ration, worth at least 30 cents rer bundled pounds, when mixed with grain either wholo or ground, writes J. II CTovvlcy In tho Kansas Tarmer .. ... That Is If a dollur's worth of feed bo used foi hogs, 30 cents worth, or 100 pounds of skim mllle, would make the ritlon moro valuable than If the whole dollar was ured for grain with oids water Instead of sklm-mllk This skim milk keep tho hog healthy and, 11, refor". thrifty, pifvcntln cnsllpa- on mil H ""ending evils. epeclills ivvlno I'laguo or hog cl.oleru the dread of nil farmers railing hogs. In fact, I cannot recall ft ctua of hoff cholera or. other disease nmong hogs where skim milk formed a good part of the hog ration ra-tion 1 hae In mind notably the cae of one of our station patrons who recently re-cently sold a nice, thrifty hog on this market weighing sonio too pounds, fed nnd raised wholly on sklm-inllk from thla station, which bIiowb that we can make porkers equal to the best gialn-fed gialn-fed and more healthy than those fed ' on rrnln alone. If this lesult of feeding feed-ing sklm-mllk can be obtained In one lnManco-why can It not be obtained In male) and by nny farmer?