830 



Suggestions for Pig-Feeders. 



[JAN. 



— Meal ... 2 lb. 16. — Ground barley, soaked 54 



Cooked potatoes 5 lb. hours 4^ lb. 



Skim milk | lb. 



The last four rations are given per head per day for pigs of 100-160 lb. They 

 have produced daily gains of I lb. or over. 



Denmark.* 



Ration 1. Shorts ... 2 parts. 



Ground barley ... ... ... 2 ,, 



Maize meal ... ... ... ... 1 part. 



Skim milk. 



Ration 2. Ground barley 2 parts. 



Wheat bran ... ... ... ... I part. 



Gi'ound rye ... ... ... ... 1 ,, 



Skim milk. 



Ration 3. Ground barley 2 parts. 



Ground oats ... ... ... ... 1 part. 



Maize meal I 



Skim milk. 



Germany. f 



Ration 1. Ground barley ... ... ... I part. 



Ground rye ... ... ... ... I 



Maize meal ... ... ... ... r 



Ration 2. Ground barley ... ... ... 2 parts. 



Ground wheat ... ... ... 1 part. 



Ground rye ... ... ... ... I ,, 



Ration 3. Ground barley ... ... ... 1 part. 



Maize meal ... ... ... ... 1 



Cooked potatoes and a little skim 

 milk towards the end of fattening. 



The following rations! are for pigs of varying ages, and 

 each is sufficient for 10 pigs : — 





Age of Pigs. 



Average 

 Weight 

 of Pigs. 



Ration. 



Ration 



4 



2- 



3 months 



lb. 

 44 



Skim milk 44 lb., ground barley 9 lb., ground 

 maize, 4J lb., ground peas 2\ lb. 



Ration 



5 







5 > 



Skim milk 44 lb., potatoes 22 lb., ground 

 barley 5 J lb., bran 4^ lb., linseed cake \\ lb. 



Ration 



6 



3- 



-5 



no 



Skim milk 66 lb., potatoes 88 lb., ground 

 barley 6| lb., ground maize 6^ lb., linseed 

 oil-cake meal 4J lb. 



Ration 



7 







> i 



Mangolds 88 lb., rye meal 22 lb., whey 132 lb., 

 linseed cake 4^ lb. 



Ration 



8 



5- 



-6 „ 



M3 



Potatoes 110 lb., skim milk, 88 lb, ground 

 barley, 13^ lb., earth-nut meal 2^ lb. 



Ration 



9 



6- 



-9 



198 



Potatoes 165 lb., skim milk no lb., rye bran 

 II lb., ground barley 6J lb. 



* U.S. Dept. o/Agric, Bureau of Animal Industry, Bull. 77, p. 94. 

 t Do., p. 97. 



X O. Mentzel u. A. von Lengerke, Landw. /Calender, 1908, p. 133. 



