Show L LIVE arsi STOCK OCK experiments MADE ON FINISHING PIGS the minnesota agricultural experiment station has recently reported the results 0 of f some ho hos feeal feeding 33 g experiments principally to determine the relative economy of finishing fall pigs for market as compared with spring 9 pigs A second purpose of the work haq wa to compare the value of different c combinations orn b hiat ions of feeds for growing pigs the results of the work are published in bulletin the different combinations of feeds used were as follows 1 shelled corn red dog flour self fed and semisolid semi solid buttermilk hand fed 2 shelled corn red dog flour linseed meal self fed and semisolid semi solid buttermilk liand hand fed 3 shelled corn red dog flour linseed meal self fed the cost of pounds gain for the fall pigs fed in dry lots was of the spring pigs fed in dry lots and of the spring pigs fed on alfalfa pasture sture no charge Is included fur the alfalfa pasture the feeds given give n in the alfalfa lots lols being self fed a comparatively small amount of alfalfa was wen eaten the feed cost per pounds of gain where shelled corn red dog to flour anka ge and semi semisolid solid buttermilk were fed was nos where shelled corn red dog flour linseed oil meal and semisolid semi solid buttermilk lk were fed the cost of pounds of gain was coi where the semisolid semi solid buttermilk was eliminated from the alie ration I 1 and where here shelled corn red dog flour and linseed meal were self fed the cost of pounds of gain was A as the authors of the bulletin E F ferrin and M A mccarty draw the lol follow loNIng ing conclusions from froin the feeding experiment fall pigs are more difficult to raise than spring pigs but when bandied liand ban led lied bare carefully fully ahey aliey are at least equally profitable A greater variety of feeds Is necessary to grow tall fall pigs pig satisfactorily facto rily because green crops are not available fall pigs make as rapid gains when well mell housed and liand handled led as do spring pigs pig s the amount of feed required to produce gains was practically the same for pigs far furrowed farrowed rowed at the to different seasons cheaper gains were i ere made by fall pigs because feed cots costs are lower in winter than in summer fall pigs sell at higher prices than do spring pigs |