GENERAL SWINE MANAGEMENT OO 



ration for a period of one week, in case of necrotic enteritis, 

 tankage and lilve foods should be diniinislied, or withheld. Brood 

 sows should be given ground oats oi' barley when their pigs are af- 

 fected with scour. 



The following are important hog feeds : 



Fat and Garhohijdrate concentrates: corn, kafir, milo, feterita, 

 wheat, oats, barley, rye, speltz, and rice. Various modifications 

 and forms of the above named feeds are on the market. Corn is 

 perhaps the most common hog feed in the central states. It may 

 be fed as ear corn, shelled corn, corn meal, corn and cob meal, 

 hominy and recently it has been found to be profitable to hog-down 

 corn. Kafir appears to have about 90 per cent of the feeding value 

 of com. This grain is produced in some of the semi-arid sections 

 and is a very popular feed. Milo and feterita are very similar to 

 kafir and need no further discussion. Wheat, particularly when 

 g-round, is a splendid hog feed, although it usually is prohibitive 

 because of its price. Oats is an especially valuable feed, particularly 

 for sows and little pigs and should be ground before being used as 

 feed for swine. When used for little pigs, it is advisable to remove 

 the hulls as they are likely to cause impaction. Barley is a fairly 

 good substitute for oats as a hog feed and like oats should be ground 

 before being fed. Rye, speltz and rice have practically the same 

 value as wheat as to hog feeds. They should be ground but are 

 rarely used because of their high cost. 



Protein concentrates: skim milk, buttermilk, whey, tankage, meat 

 meal, blood meal, oil meal, shorts, bran, commercial stock feeds, cot- 

 ton seed meal, alfalfa meal, peas, beans and peanuts. Skim milk is 

 one of the best and cheapest protein feeds for swine. It is particularly 

 valuable for young pigs and brood sows. When mixed with shorts 

 or middlings, it makes a wonderful protein supplement to be com- 

 bined with corn. For every pound of corn, not more than 3 lbs. 

 of skim milk should be fed to swine to secure the best and most 

 economical results. Feeding on this basis when com is $1.00 per 

 bushel, skim milk has a value of over 50c for each 100 lbs. Butter 

 milk is of equal value to skim milk for pig feeding. Whey has been 

 found to be worth about one-half as much as skim milk for pig- 

 feeding purposes. A condensed form of skim milk and probably 

 other milk by-products are now manufactured, and reports indi- 

 cate that these products are valuable as food for swine. Tankage 

 or meat meal is a splendid supplement to corn as the tankage sup- 



