Show I 1 MM W M Q h-Q LIVE STOCK STOC NEWS I 41 FEEDING GARBAGE TO SWINE When Collected Frequently and Well Wall Selected It Will Make Good Quality of Meat Prepared by the United States Department of A Agriculture More than pounds of gar- gar fed bage-fed pork Is produced annually throughout t- t tl th United States from the feeding of ot table tt scraps and hotel refuse Heretofore difficulties have been experienced in the economical and satisfactory disposal of city gar gar- bage The United States Department of ot Agriculture points out that the use of ot municipal garbage for the production production pro pro- production of pork offers a suitable method for disposal of these waste products and und has permitted tie t trie e repletion of our pork supplies at a low cost Garbage which Is fed to hogs must be collected with reasonable frequency find and be free tree from tin cans soap broken glass loss and other undesirable or injurious foreign materials It It- ItIs is desirable always alwa's for cities to make garbage collections and then dispose of It to individuals associations or corporations on a n contract basis unless unless unless un un- un- un less the city operates its own hog hog- feeding farm time Long-time contracts are likely to tobe tobe tobe be most satisfactory to all aU concerned besides they effect the use of a better class of equipment and better sanitary conditions The pigs or to be fed Ced may be bought as feeders or may maybe maybe maybe be raised on the feeding farm The latter method gives much more satisfactory satisfactory satisfactory satis satis- factory results Methods of feeding handling housing and care may differ considerably so long as the essentials of sanitation and hog comfort are ob ob- ob- ob served Equipment for feeding should be adapted to the type of garbage available avail avail- available able and to local conditions climate and transportation As a n rule raw garbage Is preferable to cooked garbage garbage garbage gar gar- bage for the use of hogs In case the weather so cold that the garbage garbage garbage gar gar- bage freezes It Is advisable to thaw it before feeding Generally the use of ot grain as a supplementary feed for the garbage Is not an economical practice but it must be provided when the supply of garbage is temporarily short Hogs which are to be fed garbage should be Immunized a against cholera by the double or simultaneous treat treat- ment meat Thorough permanent Immunization Immunization immunization is very important because of the presence of raw pork scraps from ing In- In g a ra 1 Vf Va V M a f Z 11 Self-Feeders Self for Garbage Are Suc Suc- Successfully Successfully Used in Some Instances but Are Not Generally Recommended Because of the Difficulty In Keeping KeepIng KeepIng Keep- Keep Ing Them Sanitary I hogs which may moy be put Into I garbage cans Garbage-fed Garbage hogs show I no greater susceptibility to tuberculosis tuberculosis tuberculosis I losis pneumonia or kindred diseases II than grain fed animals Pork from gar gar- fed bage-fed hogs is as good In quality as that resulting from other feeds and i the average garbage-fed garbage hogs sell at practically the same prices as ordinary grain fed animals m The garbage from more than people is fed to hogs In cities where municipal supplies of pork are produced from waste food tood products If It fed under suitable conditions this garbage supply Is sufficient to produce approximately pounds of pork vork a year ear Generally It takes about 50 pounds of ot garbage to produce one pound of ot marketable pork on the hoof The garbage should be collected at least two or three times a 11 week in northern cities while In southern cities clUes dally daily collection should be made durin during hot weather The equipment for tor feeding hogs bogs includes Includes Includes In In- self-feeders self troughs or platforms platforms platforms plat plat- forms d depending on the kind of ot garbage garbage gar gar- bage boge fed ted Garbage fed on platforms Is more readily accessible to the anImals an an- Self feeders need constant atI attention attention at at- to prevent clogging when th the I garbage contains melon rinds or corncobs corncobs corncobs corn corn- cobs or in case it freezes Troughs are useful for feeding garbage that Is la In all cases the tire feeding equipment must be bo kept clean and sanItary san sun tar |