370 THE HANDBOOK FOE PKACTICAL FAEMERS 



FEEDING 



Self-feeders have entirely changed the method of feeding hogs. 

 They should be used whenever practicable. They save labor and 

 give better results than hand feeding. 



The practice of "hogging down" corn and other crops has 

 proven, without any question, to be an efficient method of gather- 

 ing the crop and feeding the hogs. Tankage and feeds to supple- 

 ment tlie crop are fed in self-feeders. 



Rations for brood sows before and after farrowing. — Ear 

 corn, 100 lbs.; digester tankage, 12 lbs.; wheat bran, 10 lbs.; 

 oil meal, 4 lbs.; bone meal, 2 lbs. Or, shelled corn, 100 lbs.; 

 alfalfa, 100 lbs. ; tankage, 5 lbs. 



Alfalfa should be fed in a rack. If the sows do not eat at least 

 a half pound of alfalfa a day, it should be ground and fed with 

 the corn ; or corn and skim milk or buttermilk ; or pasture, corn 

 and tankage may be fed. Salt should be available at all times. 



The following combination may be used : Corn, 100 lbs. ; mid- 

 dlings, 100 lbs. ; tankage, 20 lbs. 



Rations for young pigs. — Eed dog flour, 100 lbs. ; crushed seed 

 oats, 100 lbs. ; tankage, 10 lbs. Soaked corn may be added. 



Eed dog flour, 100 lbs.; rolled oats, 100 lbs.; linseed meal, 

 100 lbs. 



Corn meal or soaked corn, 100 lbs. ; red dog flour or middlings, 

 50 lbs. ; linseed meal, 25 lbs. ; tankage, 10 lbs. Skim milk, 4 \hs. 

 of milk for 1 lb, of grain may be substituted for tankage. 



Rations for fattening hogs. — Hogs on fattening ration should 

 have access to green feed, salt and sometimes limestone. Skim 

 milk or buttermilk may be substituted for tankage in any ration. 



Corn, 100 lbs. ; red dog flour, 25 lbs. ; tankage, 5 to 10 lbs. 



Corn, 100 lbs. ; barley, 100 lbs. ; tankage, 10 to 15 lbs. 



Alfalfa, pasture or hay, self -fed ; shelled corn, self-fed ; tank- 

 age, self -fed. 



Rations for wintering breeding stock.— Alfalfa hay, in rack 

 or ground ; corn or barley, 100 lbs. ; middlings, 50 lbs. ; tankage 

 (or milk), 5 to 10 lbs. 



Eecent experiments at the Iowa station have shown that when 

 hogs are hand fed they should be fed three times a day. They 

 should be fed such quantities as they will eat and clean up with 

 relish. There is no advantage in grinding corn for swine. The 

 most profitable way to feed corn to hogs is by the method which 

 requires the least preparation unless a self-feeder is used. 



