y2 8 MAIZE 



CHAP, a maize-meal diet effected a saving of 23 per cent in the maize 

 XIV - required for too lbs. of grain ; ... the strength of the thigh 

 bones was about double that of pigs not allowed bonemeal 

 or ashes. . . . The bones ... of the pigs getting ashes or 

 bonemeal contained about 50 per cent more ash than the 

 others ; . . . and still retained their form after burning, and did 

 not crumble when carefully handled," while the others crumbled 

 at once on handling. The strengthening effect of the ashes is 

 attributed to the lime present. For further information on 

 the effect of an excess of maize in the ration on the character 

 of the bones, the reader may refer to Bulletin 201 of the Ohio 

 Station, page 164. 



Henry (1) notes a growing demand in the market for leaner 

 pork. He advises that the demand can be met by " using more 

 protein-rich feeds, with less maize, during the growth of the 

 pig, and especially by shortening the fattening period. Feed- 

 ing the by-products of milling, oats, barley, or the waste pro- 

 ducts of the dairy, with maize, the fattening period not being 

 unduly prolonged, produces pork which will easily meet the 

 requirements of the most discriminating market." 



" Whether maize should be fed whole or as meal (IT 667) 

 depends upon circumstances. . . . Where grinding is not 

 possible, hard maize may be prepared for feeding by soaking 

 the grains. Far maize and shelled maize can be satisfactorily 

 fed to fattening pigs upon a feeding floor of matched lumber 

 swept clean each day. Maize meal should always be soaked 

 with water before feeding, the dry meal being unpalatable. Re- 

 membering that feeds in combination are better than the 

 same feeds given singly, the prudent stockman will provide 

 some complementary feed for pigs getting corn, even though 

 the proportion of the secondary feed be small." 



For pigs running on blue-grass pasture the Illinois Station 

 [Bull. 16) found that the best returns were secured when 

 giving a half feed of maize grain during the first eight weeks, 

 then following for the next four weeks with a full feed of 

 maize, the pigs still running on pasture. Where a full feed of 

 grain was given for the whole period a much larger amount 

 of maize was consumed for an equal gain in weight. " There 

 was a saving of 30 per cent when a half feed of maize was 

 given on pasture, and of 20 per cent when a full feed was 



