Show SELF P N value demonstrated in recent experiments at beltsville Bells ville PLAN IS VERY practicable grade berkshires uniform in size averaging 93 pounds were used ample room for exercise wee was given animal from the united states department of agriculture 11 the N nine of tit kc if feeder method of fattening pigs nag us in an nt corrll out ut lit tha farm of chrt burfus of animal it hi alts lilt md nid the object ns tu to the value of i this in us its compared nith tho the ordinary lilt thod of hund hand felding lite pip owl in lie the t etro i t re grutle ailt rt s far im aud t d in lit the tile full of 1915 1015 the tile a ii erugia trad d pir litah hen UIL tilt the tito hand blind fid lot uro fid three times dall bang by the tile the ration glien tile hand ful fid hogs anns composed of 5 comment 4 parts middling j ana I 1 part tito cor and supple aunts iero cro inlaid dry just lidori felding the amount to bo be fed anaa and thin mixed into a thick elop slop enough ater being asid to biake e R inexpensive self feeder the slop stop pour out of the bucket N lilt out sticking the folding uns done at lit 7 and 1130 in tho the forenoon and 4 30 0 clock lock in the tile afternoon the self fed lot had trie ducts nt at all tims to comment and lu lit separate of it self if feeder cloo kept on the feeder aud and a cupply ot of aan ced ft ed both lote lots of were inere kept in dry lots a quarter of art 1111 acre fit o 0 17 tito pigs alre giren given ainsle re ro ru for exer achsa und and the piga pigs in a both lota lots hud amass to a inin mineral cral mixture composed of charcoal bubet A I 1 hardwood rabes lustel bushel 1 bait halt pounds 1 8 air laker lime pound pounds 8 aulphia aulph ir pound pounds 4 I 1 pulverized ulven zed copperas i t gounde und 2 summary of results reading period teb it 21 to ata 2 as 1 0 da day a llan IT 0 fed self eler ier lot loix lot x number of plira 9 9 average initial weight pounds average final weight counis W 00 averlee gain per pig pie pounds 13 to buoo 0 average dally gain pounds kl let I 1 wd eed eatn dally daily ax by pig aa corn meat meal potin pounds a middling pound pounds 1 1 IO 10 0 81 pounds 43 3 23 average dally ration pounds 4 J 65 dounda of teed feed per Y ido pound s rain gain 1050 cost ost ot 0 pounds gain 1 57 nation S 9 part parts corn meal 4 part parts mid clings I 1 part illation cornmeal R the cost per ton of fed f ed u cd in the tile experiments vas v as as folio s Cornin cul 27 30 50 30 all the pigs in tho the scalf feeder lot maintained keen appetites during the TO 70 dae da u of ft eding the hand fed pigs 41 4 wa 1111 V self feeding hay rack averaged 04 pout de ds per head and tho the elf self fed pip pigs 02 2 pounds per head bt rt the tho beginning of the test at the tile end of ra 70 daja da the hand fed piga pigs me averaged 1075 pounds and the pelf fed I 1 I 1 alge digs 11 ja 5 pounds more than tho the hand fid fd pig pigs ilia relf fed pigs coi col guined a greater quantity of aej J per head during the test than the hand fed pig pigs but it took only pounds fc fope to prodoc pro duc at a it coot of the hand fad piga pro deuced pounds of gain ut a cost of N 0 2 I 1 the self fed pigs made a better show las ing the baud hand fed lot in both rate anti economy of gain gains alie re tt rf the experiment clearly show hat that for bjick fattening the ell adf feeder Is very practicable |