134 HOW TO PEED YOUE HOGS 



Notes 



1. To substitute the tankage allowance (as given) with oilmeal, 

 use about 2 to 2y 2 times as much, as, for instance, instead of using 

 corn 90, tankage 10, use corn 90, linseed oilmeal 20 to 25. How- 

 ever, oilmeal as the lone supplement to corn is not advisable unless 

 the pigs be on good pasture, and even here milk, middlings or 

 tankage are in order. If skim or buttermilk is substituted for the 

 tankage use 20 times as much, or with middlings, 17 times as much 

 with equivalent or equal corn amounts. 



2. Barley, rye, wheat, speltz, Kafir corn, Milo-maize, sorghum 

 seed (all to be ground) and comparable feeds are quite similar to 

 corn, and may be substituted for part or all of the corn in the 

 rations given, provided they are abundant and cheap enough. Eye 

 is sometimes likely to cause digestive troubles if fed in large quan- 

 tities but that is dependent on the local conditions. Barley is a 

 most efficient substitute for corn and when properly supplemented 

 produces a most excellent quality of pork, but its great drawback 

 in the corn country is its relative high price. None of these feeds 

 mentioned are the economic equal of corn when it comes to pro- 

 ducing pork for profit in the cornbelt. 



3. Common salt should always be fed to hogs, allowing it free- 

 will after they are accustomed to it. Our experimental findings 

 are indicating the truth of this suggestion. 



