THE BOG INMSTKY. LOS 
The results of this test are qo1 very favorable fco oats as a pig feed. 
To get even as economical a gain as could be had from corn a feeder 
would have to get nearly twice as good gains as from the oats; for, 
pound for pound of nutrient material, oats is about twice as expen- 
sive as corn. 
Corn and Kafir corn. — The Oklahoma Station" compared Indian 
corn and Kafir corn as follows : 
Six pigs, averaging about 135 pounds at the beginning of the test, 
were ted six weeks on Kafir heads, and made an average daily gain of 
1.11 pounds, requiring about 665 pounds of grain for 100 pounds of 
gain. 
Three pigs, averaging 220 pounds at the beginning, made an average 
daily gain of 1.53 pounds for thirty-five days, and required the equiva- 
lent of 494 pounds of shelled corn for 100 pounds of gain. These 
same pigs were then fed Kafir meal for two weeks and made 1 pound 
of gain per head daily, eating 921 pounds of meal for each 100 pounds 
of gain. 
Four pigs, averaging 105 pounds, were fed thirty-five days on Kafir 
meal. They made an average daily gain of 1.21 pounds, eating 508 
pounds of meal for 100 pounds of gain. For the next two weeks they 
were given soaked shelled corn. They made a total gain of only 30 
pounds, eating 707 pounds of corn for 100 pounds of gain. For the 
next four weeks a daily supply of green alfalfa was given with good 
effect. A total gain of 140 pounds was made, requiring 365 pounds 
of grain for 100 pounds of gain. 
Kafir corn. — The value of Kafir corn for hogs has been studied 
extensively at the Kansas Station. Kafir corn was found to have a 
feeding value considerably below that of corn when both grains were 
fed alone. In Bulletin No. 95, Cottrell states that the average of a 
number of trials shows that 527 pounds of Kafir corn and 468 pounds of 
Indian corn, respectively, are required per 100 pounds of pork made; 
the yield of pork per bushel of grain being 10. 6 pounds in case of 
Kafir corn and 11.9 pounds with Indian corn. On upland soil, how- 
ever, the average of eleven years on the Kansas Agricultural College 
farm shows returns of 46 bushels per acre for Kafir corn and 34^ 
bushels for Indian corn. Such returns, with gains as noted above, 
indicate a pork yield per acre of grain at 487 pounds for Kafir corn 
and 410 pounds for Indian corn. The great value of Kafir corn is its 
ability to resist drouth. 
Soy beans in a Kafir corn ration. — In addition to the lighter returns 
from Kafir corn than from Indian corn, this grain is very constipa- 
ting when fed alone, and hogs, especially young ones, tire of it sooner 
than they do of Indian corn. To remedy these difficulties a mixture 
«An. Rpt., 1898-99. 
