212 RESULTS OF EXPERIMENTS IN SWINE FEEDING 



Bulletin No. 141 of the Cornell Station deals with " Pow- 

 dered Soap as a Cause of Death Among Swill-fed Hogs." In 

 connection with the many fatalities resulting from feeding swill, 

 the following statement occurs in the bulletin : " In view of this 

 danger, it seems better to abandon altogether the habit of giving 

 dishwater to hogs. Although the feeding of garbage is gen- 

 erally condemned, the scraps of vegetables and table refuse could, 

 perhaps, if properly collected, be used with safety. But cer- 

 tainly pure water is a much more wholesome drink, even for 

 swine, than dirty dishwater. When the subject of swill-feeding 

 as a business is studied, and the conditions as they exist are under- 

 stood, the wonder is, not that some of the hogs die, but rather 

 that any of them live." The bulletin also points out the dangers 

 connected with feeding decaying garbage apart from the dish- 

 water, and the danger of hog cholera and swine plague germs 

 being carried in the garbage. 



The man who would feed garbage should make arrangements 

 to have all dishwater, broken dishes, lye, etc., kept separate from 

 the table and kitchen scraps. Only the table and kitchen scraps, 

 of course, should be u.sed, and, before using, this material should 

 be sorted, and finally cooked if one wishes to keep on the safe side. 



REVIEW, 



1. Give the average equivalent of roots for 100 pounds meal. What 

 kind of roots are best? 



2. Give the meal equivalent for potatoes. How are they to be fed? 



3. Tell of the value of pumpkins for swine. How may they be fed? 



4. Tell of the suitability and value of apples for swine. 



5. How does the proportion of skim-milk fed affect its meal equivalent? 

 Give the average. 



6. How do sweet and sour skim-milk compare as feed for pigs? 



7. What is the meal equivalent of whey? Is there danger in letting 

 it sour? 



8. What is separated whey? How does it compare with ordinary 

 whey? 



9. How does buttermilk compare with skim-milk for pigs? 



10. Mention some of the best substitutes for skim-milk for pigs. 



