Show FARM I It t. t FEEDING HOGS TO TOA A VOID AVOID SOFT PORK PORI Prepared by the United States 18 Department of A Agriculture ure tine tIle The so culled soft soft pork feeding celIng of If soy beans heans peanuts and oth- oth other 1 er softening feeds to ho hogs s In such a away way that a firm carcass be produced pro pro- and involving In factors aside from Is feel gradually being solved suh-cd Investigators In of tile the United States Ue De I of Ag culture operating co-operating with several state experiment stations I have e lust Just the second cond bulletin on the known liS as Department Bulletin r D Some Results of Soft Pork Hons II i Establishment of 01 the tact fact that soy soybeans 1 beans heans us as well as peanuts und and other feeds have ha a softening on onI ho hogs s has bus made the soft park I IIno ot of wide nation wide nce Soy heans have a wl wider er adaptation ar are m h Ir greater quantity and are ure 1 In pork production to rJ a greatt er en extent than any other recognized feed flogs fed mainly on soy beans pen lien nuts rice polish rice brain ur or must mast that is Is' Is g generally produce tJ h carcass sort soft or oily Sort Soft on II oily hogs ate lIt lIt- for the he packer to handle time fhe dealer prefers to sEll sEcIl firm pork products products prod prod- to his customers because use they hold theIr shape better cut up better hetter I and present U a more attractive e appear appear- lance ance Lard from soft ort hogs often Is IsI I of such consistency that It will not harden even In the refrigerator As a result ers suffer suITer a reduction In n price of sort soft hogs averaging about 2 cents a pound It Is bt t importance that means he devised for tor feeding these valuable In such n a way that they wIll produce produce pro pro- duce a firm carcass Such factors us as gl 1 sex t type pe rate ot of gain weight thrift previous treatment treatment and amI breed bred are regarded as ln ha more of 01 less bearing cn the nature of the fat found in n the hog carcass Many combinations ot of these factors with different rations have ha been tested with negative results In other words word the InvestIgators have hn formed numerous conclusions un on not to do In feeding feed feed- ret d. d ing In for firm carcasses Such Suc results valuable In solving tine the problem One favorable conclusion recently reached howe however er Is that soy means grazed with a. a u supplementary ration of If I 25 per cent of shell corn wit with h or with wit without h hout out minerals sel sel fed to pigs s starting at weighs of pounds mind over O and making gains of approximately 40 to tono no through a period of from six to eight weeks will produce firm u u I I j I E I ur the usual t ase 1 a subsequent gain In weight wel Is on I corn with 15 tines times the gain o made on the soy hens henn per cent corn ration It was also concluded that soy beans grazed with a supplementary ration ot of 15 to 25 per cent 0 of shelled coin oln und and with minerals self fed to ph pigs starting nt at weights ranging from 2 25 to S. S pounds and making of mutely 40 to 75 pounds through a period of from eight f ti ten weeks pro pro- I dace In tine the usual case carcasses of ofa a satisfactory degree e of when a subsequent gain In weight ot of 1 i pounds or or more has hn been heen made hy by the pigs on corn with A copy of the bulletin nay may be ob ob- from the United States meat of A Agriculture U. U C |