Show OATS MAKE GOOD FEED FOR SWINE in a general way we all know that oats are a good feed tor for pigs but they are not especially well viell adapted for fattening purposes the question often arises what are oats actually worth pound for or pound as compared with corn this matter has been tested by a number of our corn belt beit experiment stations one destt concluded by tile the ohio station in january of this lear shows that when oats were fei fedi with and alfalfa meal to poul pound d p pigs I gs t tb they ey consumed pound 0 oats ats 12 pounds and 14 pounds alfalfa meal na eat per pounds pound geln another lot of pigs of the same age and weight fed in the same manner consumed 3 30 o pounds corn 40 pounds and 12 pounds alfalfa alf alft meal per pounds gain the oat in I 1 gained IUS pounds per head per day adny and the corn lot making the gains practically identical comparine Compari nr the oat consumption with will that of if tile the corn one pound ot of corn wits equal to about 12 pound of cuts is hoever weTer owing to the larger consumption of by the corre corn lot in this case the oats really sho snowed edi a higher feeding value than Is usually assigned to them roughly speaking within the ordinary limits of market prices oats are worth a little less lesi per bushel than half the price of a bushel of corn or stating the same facts in different words pound tor for pound oats are worth about 25 per cent less as a hog feed clan corn this Is 19 due largely to the hulls which of course have no feeding value and in fact for hog fog feeding purposes are a detriment it should be noted in connection with the tests herein referred to that both lots of pigs were also fed minerals alfalfa meal and in one feeding test with oats in which alfalfa meal was not used the results result t were iery unsatisfactory alfalfa Is a splendid feed in that it adds not only mineral matter and protein to the ration but RICO also vl tamine do D the antl anti lach rachitic itic vi tamine when the ration ci cc an abundance of Vi taLlIne D the pig is able to assimilate a larger amount of mineral matter in the absence of the needed amount of mineral matter or when a hog falls to ta assimilate the minerals in its ration weak hones bones due to tile the disease known fis as rickets often develop |