Show FINISH PIGS Q QUICKLY FOR FOK EARLY EAKLY MARKET by E J MAYNARD head of tile the department of animal husbandry utah state A agricultural rill cultural college i with low priced grain and favor favo able pork market existing today r feeder piss pigs and should too be finished for market as rapidly as possible there are two points in favor of 0 a quick early finish the younger pis pig takes less teed feed for pound of gain and swine values usually tall fall off after the middle of september the cheapest pork may be produced by self feeding wheat or barley either cither rolled or ground and la in coin bija with alfalfa pasture anil and skim milk powder or in III a pig feeding experiment at present in progress at the utah state agricultural college pigs running on alfalfa nl falfa pasture at the rate of 40 hea head per acre and receiving in adal addition my ion a ratton ration of either ground I 1 barley or ground wheat with a small amount 01 dried skim milk powder are producing the heaviest and cheapest gains iii hi the experiment the grain and dried skim milk pow der are arc being self fed in separate corn com apartments part ments of a self feeder tile the pigs are eating en ting about 80 85 per cent of grain and 15 per cent or of the a dried skim i milk ini powder it alfer pasture la Is not available tile the same combination fed in dry lot enill produce very efficient gains ains pigs fattened on barley ana wheat with grolier proper supplements aw art meeting with distinct favor faaoi from the pickers packers and with the new crop or corn still in the offing swine feeders feeder can call take advantage advant ge oi of these low priced intermountain small grains that can be turned into pork mot efficiently etlie lenth |