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Show FEEDS FOR PIGS TI MA IRS and P. W. Doty of Pennsyl- i vania arrived at the following ceinelu-sions ceinelu-sions after an experiment on the feeding -f pigs, using white middlings, as compared tj corn chops and tankage: 1. Pigs on a ration of mlddlinr: alone made belter use- of their feed at first than those on a ration eif corn chop and tankage, tank-age, but later the exact reverse was the case 2. The jugs on the exclusive middlings ration ra-tion were not as actie and healthy as thet;e on corn chop and tankage, neither did the former cat with the relish that the latLr did. 3. Pigs on corn chop and tankage I three to one) made much better growth and development de-velopment throughout the experiment. Tho three piga on middlings made only a totl gain of 337. .1 pounds, while those on corn c hop and tankage gained a total of 4 Is. 3 pounds. 4. Neither ration proved very profitable for growing an I fattening pig-. The corn chop and tunkngo had a slight I'dvantage -n cost per pound c-f grain. With coin chop at on average price the latter ration could be used to good advantage. Middlings, however, how-ever, when fed alone proved to be an undesirable, un-desirable, unappetizing and unprofitable ration ra-tion when fed for any length of time. 5. The hogs fed corn chop urid tankage dressed out a neitleeably better percentage-. C. Tho dressed carcasses nhowe 1 no nu-preciable nu-preciable difference as to the roDtlw pr,, portion of lean to fat or as to condition of either. 7. Probably the one chief feature brought j out in the test wan the ability e.f the pl-s on corn chop and tankage to consume Inner quantities of feed with a relich and make much better growth and development In every way. Pork, as well as beef rr mutton, can be produced profitably or unprofitably; whleh It will be, leaving out of consideration the in dividual, depends almost entirely upon Hie feed used and the care and management of the feeder. JVstdes the production of p. irk economically another important consideration considera-tion to the producer is the influence of ihe I f 1 upon the product Different feed have .liffen nt etTeets upon the condition of the j carcass It has been found that fnod is oiio of the important factors In determining the Ihmnc-ss or softness of the flesh and fat of poi I'.. Corn, an is well known, has always been the standard f. od for hogs It has been the basis of n majority of rations for growing grow-ing and fattening swine, and in some sections sec-tions of the country often makes up 'he whole ration. Thi;?. however, lias been found unprofitable and would be especially so uit'i corn at the present price. Aside from this, corn alone Is loo fattening a f.10,j or mow ing pics, and it Is necessary to supplrnv-nt it with some- one or more of our many feeds rich in proto'.n in order to bring about growth ond bone development, of these hlijily ii-trogenous ii-trogenous fe-ds tankage has been found to be one ol the bst for balancing Up the swine ration and Is rapidly gaining In favor with tbe pork producer. Middlings is another an-other important feed to be considered by the swine grower In fact, It has come to have nn unsurpassed reputation for hog feeding, especially for young animals in the early stage of fattening. The Wisconsin experiment experi-ment station has done some work in the way ( o mparlug corn and middlings. It vas found Uial when the two wen- used together In the same ration rains were produce! :n per rent more reriuoiulcnlly than with middlings mid-dlings alone, and also that middlings we: a more profitable feed than corn when fed ulone. It Is u. iiailv the ease that when feeds tiro combined properly (hoy make a morn palatable feed and one that can be fed with Uio least waste of mntcrial iin,j energv and produce the best efTeetH upon (ijf. c.,',.,.,, This Is the problem the producer lei-, to , face. |