CHAPTER IX. 



SKIM-MILK. 



There are comparatively few farmers that 

 realize the value of skim-milk as a food for pigs 

 and calves. My experience has taught me that 

 when made the entire food of pigs weighing 

 50 to 75 lbs. it produced a pound's increase from 

 16 lbs. of skim-milk. With live hogs worth 4 

 cents per pound this would make the skim- 

 milk worth 25 cents per 100 lbs. 



Value fed alone.— I do not advise feeding 

 pigs entirely on skim-milk. It is more profit- 

 able to feed some grain food in connection 

 with it. The combination will give better re- 

 sults. The question arises, Where shall we 

 credit the increased profit that comes from 

 feeding the combination of skim-milk and 

 grain food over feeding either one separate, 

 or making either skim-milk or the grain the 

 entire food? I formerly divided this increased 

 profit and gave one-half to the skim-milk and 

 one-half to the grain feed. I am now in doubt 

 about the justice of this practice. I believe 



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