FARMING NEWS.

Manawatu Standard, Volume LVII, Issue 156, 3 June 1937, Page 5

FARMING NEWS.

RURAL BAKINGS. It has recently been proved that dried whey is particularly suitable for growing stock, being rich in the growth-promoting vitamin G. This vitamin is essential to poultry and some interesting experiments on the relative value of dried whey ami dried skim milk have been carried octal Cornell University, , U.S.A. We may yet see tho day when all the mill; goes to bur factories, there to bo separated, (lie [at to be used for butter and the balance exported in powder form, says an exchange. , An old-fashioned belief that the dead, weight of pigs fasted for 24 hours is greater than if not fasted before killing disappears but slowly. A pig which is. fasted for 24 hours cannot possibly gain hi live-weight. In 24 hours, howe»er, it is unlikely that it loses any dead-weight. On the other hand, it is very important that all pigs should be fasted at least 24 hours before slaughter, as this leads to the carcase being in belter condition, avoids possibility of taint, and in tho case of bacon pigs increases the thick ness, of the streak.