CHAPTER X. 



FEEDING RATIONS 



First frame then fat. John Tucker 



^ The arithmetic of hog feeding is 



j^W^ simple, because the food tables are 

 ;- now quite complete and easily ac- 

 j cessible. All that we need to do is to 

 express the best practice in figures, 

 and then examine and study the figures, comparing our 

 methods w r ith the accepted standards. I often detect 

 myself in error. 



The following figures form a portion of the well- 

 known feeding standards of \Yolff, a German authority. 

 These tables are now widely used in the United States: 



GROWING FAT SWINE. 



Growing animals must have a certain proportion 

 of nitrogenous food (protein) to carbonaceous food 

 (carbohydrates and fat). Otherwise there is a waste 



