238 ELEMENTARY TREATISE ON STOCK FEEDS AND FEEDING 



utilized for pigs. The composition of this material is variable. 

 It should be soaked before feeding. 



Barley is considered the best cereal for the production of 

 firm, well flavored pork. There are two varieties grown in this 

 country, namely, the bald and common. The bald variety is 

 preferable because of the smaller amount of hull. It should be 

 ground or soaked and makes a good combination with legumin- 

 ous hay and skim milk before fattening. A mixture of barley 

 and corn makes a good fattening ration although sometimes the 

 barley is used alone. 



Rye is considered of about equal feeding value to barley in 

 the production of pork. It is best to feed rye ground and in 

 the form of a slop. It should not constitute more than Yi of 

 the ration as swine seem to tire of it. An addition of corn is 

 of material value in furnishing a palatable ration with rye. 



Kaffir Corn. — This feed should be soaked or ground on account 

 of its small hard seed. It is not the equal of corn meal for 

 fattening. It also has the tendency of producing constipation. 

 From experiments conducted at the Kansas Experiment Sta- 

 tion,* Georgeson concludes that : "Red Kaffir corn meal did not 

 prove quite equal to com meal as a fattening food. A mixture 

 oi Ys Kaffir corn meal and Yz soy bean meal produced excel- 

 lent gains. The soy bean meal apparently corrected the defects 

 of the Kaffir com meal in such a way as to make the mixture 

 a desirable feed. A mixture of Yi com meal and Yi ^oy bean 

 meal gave slightly better results than Kaffir corn meal and soy 

 bean meal. The conclusion to be drawn from this is that 

 red Kaffir corn meal is not as good a feed for hogs as corn 

 meal, but that when either Kaffir corn meal or corn meal is 

 mixed with soy bean meal the results are highly satisfactory." 



Millet Seed. — Experiments conducted at the South Dakota 

 Experiment Station with ground millet seed proved this feed 

 to be less valuable as a feed for swine than wheat or barley. 

 Twenty- per cent, more millet seed was required to produce one 

 pound of gain than barley and it seemed to produce a softer 

 pork than barley or wheat. Millet seed is relished by swine 

 and in certain localities it should prove a profitable feed. It 



