256 FEEDING FARM ANIMALS 



SOME SAMPLE RATIONS 



For Young Pigs. 



When weaned and eight to ten weeks old: 



1. Skim milk, crushed corn and middlings in equal 



parts by weight. 



2. Thin slop of about the consistency of butter- 



milk, consisting of such ground grain feeds 

 as are available. Use corn meal, ground oats, 

 middlings, oil meal, etc. As the pigs grow 

 older, gradually thicken the slop. When they 

 are six or eight months old the slop should be 

 like a thick mush. 



3. Pigs in Dry Lot. If milk is available, give I 



part of corn to 3 parts skim milk ; if not, then 

 6 parts corn, 3 parts middlings and I part 

 tankage. 



For Pigs Three to Six Months of Age. 



Daily feed on basis of 100 pounds of live weight : 



At three months : 3 pounds of corn meal ; I pound 

 of soy bean meal or 2 pounds of middlings ; 5 

 pounds of skim milk; 7 pounds of water. 



At four months : 4 pounds of corn meal ; 0.8 

 pound of soy bean meal or I pound of mid- 

 dlings; 5 pounds of skim milk; 6 pounds of 

 water. 



At five months : 5 pounds of corn meal ; 0.5 

 pound of soy bean meal or 0.75 pound of 

 middlings; 5 pounds of skim milk; 3 pounds 

 of water. 



