Show Night Hog Feeding Shows Good Results Experiment May Prove Useful During Summer What is believed to have been the first experiment in night feeding of ot hogs indicates that this practice may may prove highly practical at least during the summer months The experiment was conducted by Robert C C. Turner a Henry Ill I farmer who produced an average gain of 92 02 pounds pounds' each on a herd of Duroc Duroe hogs he had on his night-feeding night program for tor 63 days To encourage his pigs to eat during during during dur dur- ing the cool of the night when they were reluctant to eat during the heat of the summer days Turner erected lights in his hog lot He had hada a time clock control set to switch the lights on for two night feedings from 10 to 1130 p. p m. m and from 2 2 to a. a am a.m. m. m One pole with a single watt bulb and another pole with two watt bulbs lighted the hog lot area while a third pole with two watt bulbs lighted the self feed ers Turner fed a ration of ground oats and a milk product in the self-feeders self hand fed ear corn anc and provided mineral salt and good alfalfa alfalfa alfalfa al al- al- al falfa pasture His pigs farrowed in late March and early April weighed in for the test at pounds or an average of ot pounds each They weighed out at pounds or an average of ot 1614 pounds each This 4 What are arc believed to be new records for economical and speedy pork production were established by Robert C. C C Turner of or Henry Ill In his night hog-feeding hog ex ex- meant a total gain of ot pounds of pork about 92 pounds per pig or an average daily gain of ot about pounds per pig The herd consumed a total of 27 pounds of ot feed at a cost of 1 1 According to these figures Turner produced his gain at the rate of pounds of ot feed for each pounds of pork or a feed cost of about 1170 per hundred weight The experiment used kilowatt hours of electricity at a cost of or about seven cents per pig |