Show LIVE r OCK SELF FEEDING NOT ALWAYS ADVISED does not work out well during gestation period self feeding brood BOWS during the gestation period in my opinion Is not advisable theoretically it Is possible to include a leat amount of fibrous or bulky material in the ration to prevent sova saws froni froin becoming too fat even though the feed la Is kept hept belore before them thein in a self feeder but in practice self belt feeding does not work out so well vell the BOWS waste considerable feed either through rooting it out by nosing about for the grain or through spitting it out and not consuming a part of the fibrous or bulky material if they are forced to take it into their mouths this Is the case even when a hammer mill in Is used ased to grind the hay furthermore the herds of bows sows on self feeders during the gestation period which I 1 have observed have become too fat to do well with their pigs in spite of the fact that the rations contained large amounts of ground leguminous liay hay writes W L Hobl Rob ipson in fin an exchange there Is thus a likelihood of wasting feed in two ways when pregnant BOWS are aie led fed with ground alfalfa costing BO 50 per cent more than corn it would not pay to use it for the purpose of supplying bulk to the ration if the clover la Is of good quality it could be used in place of the alfalfa regardless of ic lether the hay Is to be fed ground or whole if the labor involved in grinding the feeds so as to enable them to be self fed Is taken into consideration the work saved by self feeding Is not us as great as might at first be thought in addition to the labor the cost cosi of grind ing also needs to be taken into account aside from a possible slight caving in labor hand feeding pregnant sows bows twice dally daily as against self feeding them has practically everything in its favor |