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with corn in 7 trials, 41 which are summarized in the following table. In 

 each trial these grains were ground and were properly balanced by 

 tankage, tankage and shorts, or alfalfa hay. The pigs averaged 122 Ibs. 

 in weight when the trials began and they were fed for an average of 63 

 days. 



Kafir vs. corn for fattening pigs 



Feed for 100 Ibs. gain 



Kafir Shorts 



or corn Tankage or hay 



Lbs. Lbs. Lbs. 



Lot I, Fed ground kafir and supplements 402 25 49 



Lot II, Fed ground corn and supplements 370 24 44 



The daily gain was not reported in two of the trials, but in the others 

 it was nearly as rapid on kafir as on corn. It will be noted that 

 the pigs fed ground kafir required 32 Ibs. more grain, 1 Ib. more tankage, 

 and 5 Ibs. more shorts or alfalfa hay for 100 Ibs. gain than those fed 

 ground corn. With feeds at usual prices ground kafir was worth about 

 90 per ct. as much as ground corn in these trials. In addition, there is 

 the fact that the grain sorghums should be ground for swine feeding, 

 while this is not necessary with corn. 



950. Milo; feterita. Milo is raised extensively in the drier portions 

 of the grain sorghum belt, as it matures earlier than kafir. In 5 trials 

 at the Kansas Station, 42 ground milo was worth 5 per ct. more than 

 ground kafir for fattening pigs when both were properly balanced with 

 tankage, alfalfa hay, or tankage and shorts. (238) 



Feterita, which is also earlier in maturity than kafir, has proven fully 

 equal to milo for swine feeding in trials at the Kansas Station. 43 In a 

 trial by Dvorachek and Sandhouse at the Arkansas Station 44 ground 

 feterita was slightly superior to ground kafir. (239) 



951. Kaoliang; sorghum seed; darso Kaoliang, a very early maturing 

 variety of grain sorghum suited to the northern plains section, is ap- 

 parently less valuable than kafir, milo, or feterita for swine feeding. 

 In a trial by Wilson at the South Dakota Station 45 ground kaoliang was 

 worth only about four-fifths as much as ground corn per 100 Ibs., either 

 when fed with alfalfa hay, or when the grains were fed without any sup- 

 plement. (240) 



Seed from the sweet sorghums, or sorghos, is not as palatable to swine 

 as the seeds of the grain sorghums and has a lower feeding value. In 3 

 trials at the Kansas Station 46 pigs fed ground sorghum seed with protein- 



41 Dvorachek and Sandhouse, Ark. Cir. 34; Cochel, Kan. Industrialist, May 1, 

 1915; Ferrin and Winchester, Kan. Cir. 89; Malone, Okla. Bui. 120; Waters et 

 al., Kan. Bui. 192. 



^Cochel, Kansas Industrialist, May 1, 1915 ; Ferrin and Winchester, Kan. Cir. 

 89; Waters et al., Kan. Bui. 192. 



"Cochel, Kansas Industrialist, May 1, 1915; Ferrin and Winchester, Kan. 

 Cir. 89. 



"Ark. Cir. 34. 



45 S. D. Bui. 157. "Waters, Kinzer, et al., Kan. Bui. 192. 



