| Show LIVE M STOCK NEWS FEEDING SURPLUS CORN TO SWINE Plan to Increase Average W Weight eight of Hogs Prepared by the United States Department ot or Agriculture Agriculture would benefit and a minimum min mu disturbance of prices for all the time commodities Involved ol would follow In Inthe Inthe the time opinion of Secretary of A Agriculture Agri ri culture W. W M. M I Jardine lne If it bushels of corn were devoted to the tIle additional feeding of cattle and ho hogs s this year However er he warns against the production of hogs heavier than tuna the desirable market weight because I price discriminations against too too- heavy hogs hods would woul serve to offset the value of ot the time extra weight An increase of five n poun pounds s In the time weight of ot the average hog says Secretary Secretary Sec Sec- Jardine Is about as far nr as ns hog hos feeders should plan to go this year An average Increase of ot five H pounds In the weight of the time hogs fed on the l 1028 1023 corn crop crop would mean menn the consumption of about 20 additional bushels Secretary Jardine believes belle cattle feeding is preferable to hog feeding In many respects as us a n method of utilIzing utilizing util util- izing more corn COln nn and says opportunities ties for feeding about bushels bushels bush bush- els of corn deserve deser the consideration of cattlemen It takes about 00 oo poun pounds s of shelled corn to put pounds of gain gala on a year two-year-old steer At this rate steers fed to be pounds heavier by corn feeding would consume approximately bushels of the crop This Is ms probably probably abl ably a n very cry conservative number being being be be- ing only half of the steers slaughtered annually under federal Inspection The advisability of ot feeding surplus corn to cattle rather than to hogs he lie continues is plainly evident Two vo and a quarter million steers each fed ted to weigh pounds more are equiv equiv- equivalent equivalent alent to about 1 pounds of ot dressed beef or one pound per person This Is not a n sufficient Increase to affect affect affect af af- prices seriously or to offset the 10 per cent decrease In the number of ot cattle killed within the last year The heavier feeding of corn should be on the time lighter tighter cattle since there are signs of a n plentiful of heavy y cattle In the time summer of 1029 |
