Manti Messenger | 1926-02-12 | Page 7 | Use of Alfalfa Favored for Fattening the Pigs

Use of Alfalfa Favored for Fattening the Pigs The fhe u usual nul ration of corn and tank link age for fattening 11 pigs can cun he greatly great great- ly Iy Improved In If the pigs are given Iven some ome alfalfa buy bay This fills fact was ts recently established h by the time South Dakota Agricultural college An analysis analysis an un nl is of or the time fet food feed d rec records rda show hw that the largest amount of Im hay was ns con con- stunned sinned by the pigs s wh when whon n the they were under under under un un- der HiO pounds In weight The experiment In Included l 1111 two lots Ints of or six pl pigs s each cUlb ill averaging 1 0 pounds each ach at the thc start One lot I received lel corn and n e self fed d and made madea a dally daily daft gain Hain of pounds p per por r pig One hundred twenty one days were re e required illi cd to reach an nit average U weight of 2 pounds The Thc second Int lot Jecen receded d mm In III addition to 01 the tho corn 1111 and amid The pi pig was if i H average rage dolly dally gain pc per pounds and an average n of if 22 I pounds I was l' l reached In OS 94 q Ila days s 's which Was n tt eta la lays las s earl earlier than limn fist st lot lof fed nip and Tin The iii I tuff lof ot shoved 11 n i 1 ad n ness and und In economy of grin dil