144 RESULTS OF EXPERIMENTS IN SWINE FEEDING 



Saving Effected per Bushel by Grinding Com for 

 Fattening Pigs. 



The authors conclude that where there is plenty of time for 

 maturing pigs, it is doubtful whether it pays to grind the corn. 

 Pigs eat more corn when it is ground, and make somewhat more 

 rapid gains. . Ground corn is recommended for finishing hogs 

 that have been fed shelled corn until near the close of the feed- 

 ing period. 



Ear Corn, Shelled Corn, and Corn Meal (Soaked and 

 Dry). In Bulletin 106, the Iowa Experiment Station reports 

 results of two years' work with hogs of different ages. As a 

 result of these tests the following recommendations are made 

 regarding farm practice: 



" These results clearly indicate the most profitable farm 

 practice where corn is the main part of the ration for hogs. 

 The fastest and most profitable gains were secured by feeding 

 dry ear corn until the hogs were close to 200 pounds in weight. 

 The scoop shovel was all that was needed to prepare corn for 

 them. Then, if the hogs were to be fed longer and the weather 

 permitted, the most profitable gains were secured by changing 

 them to soaked shelled corn. Spring pigs, to be sold the next 

 fall and winter, thus gave the best results when fed dry ear 

 corn until sold. Fall pigs, and the spring pigs carried over 

 to be fattened the following spring, were handled most profit- 

 ably by feeding dry ear corn until the weather became mild 

 enough for soaking corn in the following spring, and then 

 feeding soaked shelled corn until the finish. This was especially 

 true when the hogs were run on pasture. The old sows made 



