Show county agent urges sale of porkers corkers early for best profit in view of the present shortage of feed supplies the county agent advises county hog raisers to market hogs at lighter weights talan than usual in order to utilize available feeds to the best advantage after a pig reaches pound weight the amount of teed feed required to produce a hundred pounds of pork Is greatly increased he explained results of 0 swine fattening investigations reveal tho the following information with respects to feed requirements to produce pounds of gain by pigs at various weights from 60 50 to loo P pounds live weight pounds of teed feed per pounds of gain to pounds pounds of teed feed to pounds pounds ot of feed to pounds pounds of teed feed and hogs bogs from to pounds live weight required pounds ot of teed feed to produce pounds of 1 pork under average conditions even more teed feed may bo be required I 1 red per pounds of 0 gain than was needed by pigs in these trials he declared however the relative increases in amounts of teed feed required to produce pounds ot of pork as hogs increase in weight would be approximately the same this increase in feed requirements per pounds ot of gain in case of heavy bogs h Is due to the increase increase Inci ease in maintenance requirements quire ments which must be met before teed feed may be utilized to put on additional gain explains the county agent ho he also recommends that hog raisers spread their iver ier a longer period ot of time to avoid bottlenecks in the nations transportation system |