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Show FARM I ANIMALS I BUTTERMILK GIVEN TO HOGS I Better Results Would Be Secured If II . Not Put Into Ration Until Pigs Are Bfl Five Weeka Old. BI To an Inquiry Prof. W. H. Pew ot Bj tho Iowa Agricultural college gives BflJ tho following suggestions on feed- flH lng buttermilk to bogs: HJ Buttermilk when freo from wator, flflj used for washing tho butter, makes Bfl excollont foed for hogs. The great Bfl troublo as wo find It coming from Bflj the creameries Is that It Is hard to Bfl dotcrmlno how much excess wntor Is jflflj contained In It At tho present prlco iBB for feeds, I think you will bo very ! Bafo In paying 20 cents per 100 HJ pounds for btittcrmllk that Is freo iflHJ from excess ot water. jBfl In regard to tho way It Is fed, I may flj Bay that for sows that aro nursing iflBJ young pigs, It should bo fed in very HJ small quantities. It ct all, and I HJ would suggest diluting It Better ro- jflflj suits would bo had It tho buttermilk jflflj Is not put Into the ration until the ' pigs aro at least four or five weeks iHflJ old. It is particularly good for grow SflJ lng pigs, as well as fattening hogs. BB The show farrows at this college aro jflj always fed and finished on corn and flBj buttermilk. flj A good ration for the sows that are flBl cursing pigs of any age when no flflj troublo will bo bad from scouring, ;flJ would bo aB follows: Commcal, ono flHJ part; bran, two parts, with butter- flflj milk three to four pounds for each 'flfll pound ot grain mixture. HH Corn and buttermilk afford a very flflj good ration tor fattening hogs For HBl growing pigs It might bo ot advantage HBl to make a slop of shorts and butter- HHb milk and feed corn on tho ear be- flBl |
