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New Zealand Journal of Agriculture, Volume 67, Issue 6, 15 December 1943, Page 432

Better Health ' means c l|l -. |E Better Growth |K|Jfe Take a look at these pigs. They are part of a line, test ’ ffi--1K "IBw! fed on Tomoana Fortified Meal by Mr. W. H. Lewis V' X .llliMf Morgan of Pukekohe East. The test was carried out FC'' ■ -5 ► i * under the supervision of Mr. H. E. Clark, Auckland '/**' 1 ■ ‘ 'Xy District Pig Council Supervisor. Here are the figures:— ||||| '* / ' <> J “ ’’X,? 'y The following is the result of the feeding trial car ried out by Mr. Lewis Morgan, of Pukekohe, with the assistance of the Auckland Pig Council Supervisor—Mr. Clark. No. 1 Pen of 6 Pigs was fed on the follow- No. 2 Pen of 6 Pigs was fed on the following:— ing:— Tomoana No. I Meat Meal lib. per pig per day Tomoana Fortified Meal .. lib. per pig per day ' Barley .. .. .. . .■J-lb. per pig per day Barley - .. - .. .. -J-lb. per pig per day ■ Tallow .. .. .. lib. per pig per day Tallow .. '.. .. lib. per pig per day Swedes to appetite. Swedes to appetite. NO. 1 PENSTRAIGHT MEAT MEAL NO 2 PEN—FORTIFIED MEAL Ki ,2 3 4 5 6 . Total 1 3443 10 58 M 35 68 40 821 1 3.4.43 40 63 48 62 60 48 321 2 17.4.43 92 79 70 44 84 46. 415 2 17.4.43 47 69 54 67 69 54 360 3 3.5.43 106 98 70 52 100 58 484 3 3.5.43 59 77 66 79 94 75 450 4 15.5.43 120 113 90 62 0 7 65 559 4 15.5.43 63 84 74 83 105 82 492 , ia-> ma 7 a no ris 5 4.6.43 79 105 90 105 121 97 617 5 4.6.43 142 132 109 79 129 82 673 6 17.6.43 81 116 91 111 129 106 634 6 . 17.6.43 152 148 116 85 142 86 729 EXTRA WEIGHT OF SIX "FORTIFIED" FED PIGS . . 95lbs. 95lbs. live weight equals (approx.) 64lbs. dead weight at 7d. lb. equals ... . . . . ..£1174 4501b5. of each Meat Meal was used, and, since "Fortified" cost £2 per ton more, the extra cost of feeding "Fortified" was 10 0 ACTUAL CASH GAIN WITH FORTIFIED MEAL . . F”7 4 Messrs ,‘w. » R Fletcher NZ >. Ltd' ” ““h 6 '’ '’‘ U Gwftk Met4leaMtgO ka»d' koHcl AUCKLAND. ’ bbbbsw Dear Sirs, > < HL JU IHI BJi Im When you placea Tomoana Fortified Meal on the g ga ]|| ggagMsigß BH Bjßa agSB| fugk market I decided to carry out a feed trial, comparing it 0 |||vw||| Sggjgy ~ with Meat Meal. I might mention that I have carried, out . " several pig feeding trials with various foods and mixtures .ssrsae mraa «na* st a «-- ■■ t nr KBSSSf during the last-few years, and this was one that certainly gg B 48~ /SS®® showed good results. With two pens of six pigs (each gg Jyjf B B B &£ Jr rff M,W pen weighing the same) the live weight gain during sixty ■ • jSf B Bsß B B Kg BB Bff days was 95 lbs. more for the Fortified Meal fed pen than v Ksf Esngi Eg a ,W Eg fiW Bglg the Meat Meal pen The extra cost of the Fortified Meal . tSI fageS B gEL B B gf fff over the Meat Meal was about ten shillings for the amount ““ : ' BS “* r as war sk an .aa usa consumed, but the net gain for the six pigs amounted \ - to £l/7/4. This trial was carried out during the winter Ok j§S Ife/Ld W when there was practically no milk available, but other 0 foods used were grain meals and swedes to appetite. In hF k ; L« my opinion Fortified Meal is going to be a very valuable - ®Wm MB O O WEm supplementary. food for winter feeding. ... - . . a vo- .o h.un, . W. & R. FLETCHER (N.Z.) LTD. W. H. LEWIS MORGAN. ’ * y.«. /