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Show 1ALL CRAINS HID ALFALFA FORK i Tho growing of swlno and tho Production Pro-duction of pork aro Industries that 'today aro claiming increasing attention atten-tion throughout the northwest. Experiments Ex-periments with grains which may tako the placo of corn for feeding purposes aro of tho greatest Interest to farmers In this region, becauso tho small grains aro often grown In abun dnnco and form tho basis of all rations. ra-tions. A great amount of wheat, barley bar-ley and ryo Is fed in tho form of mill products, and Is of courso ground In common prnctlco, also, thoso Brains aro ground moro generally than corn, as they aro usually much harder. Tho greator liability of these small grains to pass through tho animal ani-mal undigested shows tho correct' ncss of such practice. Best Results With Wheat Chief among tho small grains is wheat, nnd it appears to bo tho food best adapted for long continued hog feeding. Tho advisability of feeding wheat or nny other grain, however, depends upon market prices and economic ec-onomic conditions. It could hardly bo regarded ns economical to uso wheat as stock feed at tho high prices pric-es now prevailing. A bushel of wheat properly fed to reasonably well bred hogs should produco approximately approxim-ately thirteen pounds of . gain in wolght. Tho results of a number of feeding tests show that thoro is comparatively llttlo dlfferenco in feeding valuo between wheat and corn for swlno. In comparing various rations ln which corn, wheat and ryo wero fod or in combination with each other it was found that dry ground wheat gavo tho greatest returns and ro quired tho least amount of grain to mnko ono hundred pounds of gain. Wheat should bo ground nnd mixed with somo supplement, such as tankage, tank-age, peas or soy bean meal. Tho results obtained from a number of tests- havo proved this to bo a good practice Barley Produces Best Pork In Great Britain and northern Eur-opo Eur-opo barloy takes tho plao of corn for pork production, lending all grain in producing pork of flno quality, both as to hardness and flavor. Considerable Con-siderable study in tho United Statos has beon made of tho valuo of bar-ley bar-ley as pig feed, and tho results havo shown that It compares vory favorably favor-ably with corn, but has a feeding valuo val-uo somowhat below that of wheat. What tills grain may lack ln feeding valuo, howevor, It moro than supplies In Us effect on tho carcass. As n high grado pig feed it far surpasses any other grain, and this fact makes posslblo tho production of pork or tho' ilrst quality ln regions whoro barloy Is produced abundantly. Ground or rolled barloy Is host fed In combination with wheat middlings, Bklm milk, roots, alfalfa, etc. Value of Rye Ryo meal ranks a llttlo below corn and about equal to barloy meal as a food for swlno. Ryo producos satisfactory sat-isfactory pork .especially when it Is fed with other grains. It is an extremely ex-tremely heavy, eoncontratod feed and will usually glvo best results when fed not to oxceod ono third of a ration. ra-tion. In many soctlons ryo Is much osteomed ns pasture, especially whero tho soils are rather light, and ln such instances "hogging off" proves profitable Alfalfa Pasture and Hay Slnco economical pork production depends largely upon tho consumption consump-tion of a great deal of theuply grown feod, tho pasture should bo managed so that tho forago produced will bo clean, tender, and palatablo. Many successful hog raisers prefer to uso such crops as alfalfa and clover for both pasture and hay at tho samo tlmo. Tho number of hogs gonorally turned Into a field Is so limited that tho usual crops of hay aro mado. |