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The Bulletin. 



Among the high-priced concentrated feeds that may be used along with corn 

 and cheapen the ration are skim milk, wheat shorts, and tankage; these 

 three are popular in the South, and are probably the cheapest and best. 

 "While the writer was at the Alabama Agricultural Experiment Station, he 

 used all three of these feeds along with corn. The following table illustrates 

 some of the average results: 



Table 1— FEEDS TO USE WITH CORN. 



Experi- 

 ment 



Ration 



Corn alone. 



-Average 

 Initial 



Weight 

 Each Pig 



65 lbs. 



Average 

 Daily 

 Gain 



Each Pig 



.39 lbs. 



Corn 2/3— 

 Shorts 1/3- 



60 



.83 



Corn, 1 part 



Skim milk, 2 1/5 parts. 



Corn alone. 



60 



45 



1.33 



.12 



Corn, 8/10 



Tankage, 2/10. 



45 



.84 



Corn. 9/10 



Tankage, 1/10. 



45 



.51 



Feed to 



Male 100 

 Pound 

 of Gain 



764 corn 



339 corn 

 169 shorts 



296 corn 



666 skim 



milk 



874 corn 



293 corn 

 73 tank. 



475 corn 

 53 tank. 



Cost to 



Make 100 



Pounds 



of Gain 



19.55 



7.28 



6.36 



10.93 



5.12 



7.00 



In the above financial estimate, corn is valued at 70 cents a bushel, wheat 

 shorts at $26 a ton, skim milk at 40 cents a hundredweight, and tankage at 

 ?40 a ton. 



In a general statement it may be said that it always paid to supplement 

 the corn with wheat shorts, skim milk, and tankage, the skim milk proving 

 to be the best and cheapest. Throughout all of the above tests the hogs 

 which were fed on corn alone made exceedingly unsatisfactory gains, gaining 

 in one case as low as one-tenth of a pound daily; larger hogs, however, would 

 have done better. The hogs which were fed on one of the supplements along 

 with the corn made satisfactory gains, those which drank skim milk giving 

 almost remarkable results when compared with the results obtained when 

 corn alone was employed. 



It should also be noted that the gains were very expensive when corn was 

 fed by itself, in one case going as high as $10.93 for each hundred pounds of 

 pork made. In the second case above the expense of fattening the hogs was 

 more than cut in half when one-fifth of the ration was made of tankage. In 

 the first test the wheat shorts and the skim milk both saved much corn and 

 cheapened the ration. 



PASTURE CROPS TO SUPPLEMENT CORN. 



The facts so far presented show one thing clearly — when corn is used alone 

 as a hog feed money is almost sure to be lost. It has also been shown that 

 the feeding value of corn is increased as a result of the use of almost any 

 supplement. But even when corn is assisted by the supplementary feeds 

 mentioned, there are but few cases where 70 cents is realized for a bushel of 

 corn; that is, when hogs sell for six to seven cents a pound live weight. 

 Under present conditions the Southern farmer must see his way clear to 

 realize at least 70 cents a bushel upon h's corn when fed to hogs before he 

 can look upon the hog business as a profitable one. In short, concentrated 

 feeds of all kinds are upon such a high level of prices that the farmer can 



