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Show SELF-FEEDER FOR FATTENING Method Is Practical Under Some Circumstances Cir-cumstances and Will Give Good Results In Saving Labor. Tho solf-foeder method of fattening nogs Is prnctlcnl undor some circumstances, circum-stances, and will glvo first-class results re-sults nt a saving of labor. Many In-lulrles In-lulrles co mo to tho Iowa Stato col lego on this question, and consider lblo Investigation has been collcctcc :oncernIng It. In one experiment in ivhlch hnud-fed nnd self-fed hogs were :ompared aB to tho rato of gain, those ivhlch ato from self-feeders, gottlng :orn in ono and meat meal In the ithor, made tho largest and cheap-ist cheap-ist gains, reaching tho weight of 250 pounds tho quickest, and paid tho big-est big-est profit on a bushel of corn. They weighed 250 pounds at eight month! )ld, and wero sent to market 26 dayc beforo any of thoso from other QeldJ lad ronchod tho samo wolghL One thing which this experiment In-Heated In-Heated was that hogs which aro growing grow-ing and fattening on alfalfa pasture md receiving a-full food of corn, need a protein supplement in tho ra Hon. It also showed that self-feeding Df corn and meat meal separately It practical and economical with hogs that aro running on alfalfa. |