PIG-FEEDING TRIALS.

Dominion, Volume 1, Issue 150, 19 March 1908, Page 2

PIG-FEEDING TRIALS.

INTERESTING. CONCLUSIONS. (( streaky bacon 1 -' can be j)n>.etucwa more 1 cheaply than the ratter qualities. , l'wo workers on two Georgia \Kxp2rinlenfc fetation or Amcrica .tested the pome on the following lines. Ivo pigs were used,. weighing auout 1381b. each,'and*fed respectively 011 the following diets; per day t- — /=. i r or l ,l at ]3aeon—dibs. shorts, 21bs. bran,' Gibs, skim;iuiik. For Fat Uaco'n—7lbs. shelled corn, . The gains at tho end of 61 days were as follow:— • ; : Lean/pig,' per day—l.oßlbs. • - pig, per daj*7-Lo7lb's.;' • . iho.cosfc of a pound of;gain.in the two. animals was as follows:— . Lean pig—B.7 cents. pig—S.B .. ihe proportion of dressed weight to livo weight; was 77. and 78 per cent, in; tho' two cases. The. corn-fed pig consisted of tar, more lard and body-fat than tho other. Ihe ejcpenmenters conducted that:— ; Hogs fed on prootin material such as shorts and skim milk will inakcniore muscle and better bono than hogs-fed on- corn. , It requires less',digestiblel feed to producd a given gain when using protein than when using corn alone..".

* A of tho'flesh ia converted into lean meat- by protein, and into lard and fat by corn.

The cheapest way to raise pigs from Wan-, ing tunc-is to use n, good range of pasture,'! orago and root crops,-, with a small quantity .ST 811 ?*.i--This gives- a. start' toward leaa ■■meat, production... . ,

Although certain:, breeds: belong ■ pre-emin-ently, to .the.bacon or. -lean ;ihertt typo, yet all nogs can ba fed. so as to produce the lean type, of, carcass by properly balancing their : tceil with protein materials during.the finish-' ing period.

i and the consumers of pork Should bn educated as to tho superior mcrita of animals finished-by,tho loan-meat, method' and-tho producers should get. more for their .product. y;. : T" ■