FEEDS FOB SWINE 631 



943. Hominy feed. In the early trials with hominy feed, this corn by- 

 product was apparently worth more than corn per 100 Ibs. 12 However, 

 in later experiments hominy feed has ranked slightly below corn for 

 swine feeding, instead of proving superior. This is doubtless due to the 

 fact that the milling process has been changed so that the hominy feed 

 now produced is apt to be slightly higher in fiber and often lower in fat 

 than that of several years ago. (213) 



In 6 recent experiments hominy feed and tankage have been self -fed, 

 free choice, to pigs on good pasture, in comparison with shelled corn and 

 tankage, which were fed similarly. In these trials pigs averaging 63 Ibs. 

 in weight were fed for an average of 105 days with the following results : 



Hominy feed vs. corn for pigs on pasture 



Daily Feed for 100 Ibs. gain 



gain Corn or Tankage 



Average ration hominy feed 



Lbs. Lbs. Lbs. 



Lot /, hominy feed* 

 Hominy feed, 4.7 Ibs. 



Tankage, 0.37 Ib 1.35 352 28 



Lot II, corn* 



Shelled corn, 4.8 Ibs. 



Tankage, 0.44 Ib 1.43 334 32 



*Average of 5 trials by Evvard, Dunn, and Culbertson, Iowa Station (Information to the authors), 

 and 1 trial by Gramlich (Nebr. Bui. 176). 



In these trials the pigs fed hominy feed made a trifle less rapid gains 

 and required a little more hominy feed for 100 Ibs. gain than the corn-fed 

 pigs did of grain. However, the pigs fed corn consumed a little more 

 tankage. Considering both factors, hominy feed was worth 98 per ct. 

 as much a ton as shelled corn, with corn at 56 cents a bushel and 

 tankage at $60 a ton. 



In 5 recent trials 13 in which hominy feed has been compared with corn 

 for dry lot feeding, with tankage or skim milk as the supplement, it was 

 worth on the average only about 93 per ct. as much a ton as corn. Con- 

 sidering all the data available, it is safe to conclude that unless the price 

 of hominy feed is at least 3 to 7 per ct. below that of well-cured corn per 

 ton, it will be less economical for swine feeding. When pigs are self -fed 

 hominy feed and tankage by the free-choice method, they sometimes eat 

 considerably more tankage than is needed to balance their ration. In 

 such cases the tankage had best be hand-fed. 



White hominy feed has sometimes brought a higher price on the market 

 than yellow hominy feed. This is illogical, for it is low in fat-soluble 

 vitamine, just as is the white corn from which it is made. Thus, under 

 certain conditions, it will be worth less, rather than more, for swine 

 feeding. (939) 



"Skinner and King, Ind. Bui. 158; Eastwood, Ohio Bui. 268. 

 "Gramlich and Loeffel, Nebr. Bui. 175 and information to the authors; Robison 

 Ohio Monthly Bui. 57; Skinner and Starr, Ind. Bui. 219. 



