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it cut down pretty well. Oats, peas and rape is something a man can 

 grow any time. The same is true of oats, clover and rape. Rye is pretty 

 good, but don't hog it down." 



DISCUSSION. 



''Do you feed meat meal dryT' 



Prof. Kennedy: We feed it in the drinking water. Get your 

 hogs to drink all the water they can and feed the meat meal in 

 it. You can feed it dry but they will blow it some. 



"Was the amount of corn fed all they would eat?" 



Prof. Kennedy: It was all they would eat in a given time and 

 it has given very good results. 



"Would you decrease the amount of meat meal provided you 

 have plent}^ of skim milk?" 



Prof. Kennedy : If you have skinmied milk, don 't feed meat meal 

 at all. Every man should grow everything he can on the farm and 

 if you have skimmed milk that is the best thing to use. 



"Skimmed milk is rich in protein is it not?" 



Prof. Kennedy: Yes. If you have skimmed milk with forage, 

 don't feed meat meal or tankage. Feed ear corn to the younger 

 pigs. The man who has skimmed milk is very fortunate. 



"What about middlings and shorts?" 



Prof. Kennedy : Both are exceptionally good feeds but a hundred 

 pounds of shorts contains twelve and a half pounds of protein and 

 meat meal contains four times as much protein. Shorts are always 

 good and middlings are always good if you can get them cheap 

 enough. The question is whether you could afford to feed mid- 

 dlings or shorts. We have tried it and could not make it pay. I 

 am speaking more from the commercial standpoint. Our best re- 

 sults were from meat meal and corn. 



"How about a half a stand of corn and rape for hogging down?" 



Prof. Kennedy: We have never had a half a stand here. You 

 will not have as much rape with a whole stand of corn, ^'he best 

 results we have had from a hogging down standpoint was when we 

 sowed rye when we were laying the corn by. Hogging down is a 

 good way to handle the corn corp. 



