Show experiments MADE ON FINISHING PIGS th the minnesota agricultural expert D ad nibot met tell he has recently reported the th result of saim ome hog has feeding expert menta principally to dete determine majoe the relative economy of flod finishing shing fall fail pigs for market BB As comp compared arned spring pring digs A second purpose of the work wait wa to compare the value of different combinations of feed for growing pigs june atie of the work are pub ched in bulletin bullet tn the different combinations of feeds feed used good were wen as follows follow 41 1 corn com red dog disk flow bour selfred belt fed and 1 deml I solid buttermilk hand blind fed 2 belled earn corn red dog flour door linseed meal selfred self fed and deml solid butter milk ellk hand band fed 3 shelled corn core red dog flour floor tort loge linseed meal self fed the coat cast of pounds gain tor far the fall pigs fed in dry lot lots was 22 of the spring pigs fed 1 in dry lota han 51 5 71 and nd of the spring pig fed on an alfalfa posters no charge 1 Is in included eluded fur for the alfalfa pasture th the feed given in the alfalfa lot loag belag being elf belt fed a cooperatively comparatively amell all moment amount a of a al falfa was sales eaten the th feed cost cast per or BID pound dounda of gain where shelled men corn red dog four flour and semi solid buttermilk were fed was where shelled earn corn red dog flour dome lines ad oil all me meal and it aerol manti solid were ind fed the cost coat of pounds of gain was waa where who the alid butterf b ates milk ilk we waa eliminated D from the ration and where when shelled C corn red do dog isred flour floor and ounce linseed meal 1 woe were elf fed the cost cast ot of pounds of gain we 4 54 the bulb authors of at the bulletin 11 T V and ad M A mccarty tile draw the following conclusions from the feed log experiment gb fall alga g are am more difficult to rules raise than spring pigs but when handled carefully they are am at least equally profitable A greater variety of teeda food Is necessary necea sary to grow tall fall pig pigs and aatos facto rily because became meal green crops are re not available fall pigs piga make as rapid gains when well ell housed and handled an aa do spring noting the amount of feed required to produce get galna was wait prue cleany the gains bante tor for pigs furrowed far rowed at I 1 the two different beasom cheaper gains 1 I were made by fall pigs bemuse because teed feed costs I lower ier er i in winter than I 1 in summer fall pigs sell ell at high higher prices than own do spring pigs |