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A STUDY OF FARM ANIMALS 



SKIM MILK BEST FOR HOGS 



I ACRE 



COPW 

 MAKE 100 L8 GAIN + FATTENS 



hydrate as corn. Wheat middlings is a popular concentrate 

 used in fattening hogs, but Prof. Evvard states* that in the 



tests at the Iowa sta- 

 tion they have found 

 that it takes about 150 

 pounds of wheat mid- 

 dlings and tankage, 

 when fed on good past- 

 ure, to produce the 

 same amount of gain as 

 100 pounds of shelled 

 corn and tankage. One 

 of the difficulties with 

 the wheat middlings, 

 especially if of a low 



Figure 199. Chart showing result of hog rrrnrlp i fVifit it rlnp 



feeding trials at the Purdue University^ grade, IS tnat It < 



Experiment Station, showing advantage not prmtnin pnrvncrh npf 

 from feeding skimmilk to fattening hogs. 



Reproduced from "The Cow the Mother of pnprtrvr nnit for pnfVi rvnp 



Prosperity," International Harvester Co. ergy UmtS I 



hundred pounds. The 

 adaptability of the hog to consuming a wide range of 



CORN & 



[SKIM MILK 



Figure 200. Two lots of hogs fed at the Ohio Experiment Station. The 

 two at the left were fed corn alone in dry lot, those at the right corn and 

 tankage. Photograph from Ohio Experiment Station. 



food stuffs makes the subject of fattening a relatively 

 simple matter. Over much of the United States corn is 



*Hampshire Swine Association pamphlet, 1921. 



