| Show HULLED OATS ARE BEST FOR SWINE Valuable Because They Produce Produce Produce Pro Pro- duce Pigs An average n of the 1927 1027 and 1923 I t tests at the Ohio experiment jt station gives gl hulled oats a n value 40 per percent percent cent nt greater renter than thun corn when hen the corn was left out of the ration mUon entirely and 02 Wo per cent more pound for pound hen when used as only a s partial substitute I for tor corn Hulled oats proved profitable profit profit- I able nule In these tests despite the com corn I ely high price at nt which whole oats were charged ed 48 cents against I 01 91 cents for corn The most efficient ration ever fed I at ot the Ohio station according to Rob noh RobInson Inson and Gei Gerlaugh laugh was that of or hulled oats and alfalfa meal In 1027 1927 I when less than pounds of feed produced produced pro pro- I pounds of gain A higher quality more moie efficient protein In the groat smut or kernel of ot the oat grain makes makes' hulled oats more valuable than com corn comfor for hogs hoes ho s and Is responsible for more rapid gains and more noie pounds per unit of feed Although the 1028 tests at Ohio were not quite as favorable for hulled oats as those during the preceding year jear a alot alot alot lot of pigs fed hulled oats corn corn tank tank- age and linseed meal ground alfalfa and minerals gained more rapidly than titan any lot on test This same lot had the smallest feed teed requirement for each pounds of ot gain with the exception exception exception ex ex- of one other that In which all the corn was replaced by hulled oats Despite their higher en efficiency clency hulled oats proved a little too expensive e In to 1 1028 1923 S partly partir because of the high price at which oats were char charged ed and noel partly because of ot the expense of ot hulling Unlike Unlike Un Un- like previous results gains from their use cost slightly more than with corn cornas cornas cornas as the only grain At both the Iowa and Illinois stations stations sta sta- hulled oats proved more efficient than corn Each of these stations recommend recommend rec rec- recommend their use If they can be obtained ob ob- tamed at the same sane price per pound as corn and possibly at a price slightly higher Like Ohio they have had hest best results by substituting hulled oats for only part of ot the corn Pine Pure bred bred men find hulled oats particularly particularly particularly par par- valuable because they produce produce produce pro pro- duce pl pigs s which weigh well welland welland welland and measure well with the tape line Hogs Hobs fed for or market can sometimes be he pushed along more moie rapidly with this efficient feed and sold before the usual drop In prices prices' comes during the fall faU months |
