Raising Hogs in Colorado. 19 
was fed, and that feeding corn and barley together produced a 
quarter more growth on a fifth less feed than deeding the two 
grains separately. Ground bald barley was one-half better than 
whole bald barley. Ground feed barley was one-twelfth better than 
whole feed barley, and ground corn was one-fifth better than whole 
corn. 
Colorado Experiment Station Bulletin 74. B. C. Buffum, C. 
J. Griffith: 
Pou nds 
Gain 
Dressed 
1900 1901 
Feed Re¬ 
quired for 
Per 
Head 
Meat 
Per 
100 lbs. Gain 
Pounds 
Cent 
Corn % ( 
Pigs at start weigh- 
544 
110 
86.1 
ed 150 to 160 pounds 
Barley % \ 
Alfalfa Hay . 
each. They ate a lit¬ 
tle more than 34 pound 
49 
Corn % 1 
528 
105 
87.4 
of hay per head per day. 
Barley 34 ) 
Hay chopped and mix- 
Corn % l 
555 
96.4 
87.1 
ed with slop. Pigs ate 
Barley % \ 
about one pound of 
Sugar Beets. 
103 
^ beets per head daily. 
Second Test 
Corn. 
643 
65.5 
78.6 
Wheat ) 
Oats C ]/> . 
487 
85.6 
79.2 
Barley ) 
Corn 34 . 
79.2 
Shorts 34 X 
609 
73 
77.4 
Corn 34 ) 
1902 
Sugar Beets chopp- ) 
ed in small pieces.. ) 
6130 
16.75 
77 
Pigs 100 pounds each 
Ground Wheat and ) 
450 
120.25 
84 
at start. 
Barley equal parts . ) 
Corn, shelled. 
Ground Wheat and \ 
540 
420 
71.25 
88 
Barley equal parts . ) 
98 
84 
Sugar Beets. 
400 
Prof Buffum concluded that sugar beets were unprofitable, 
either alone or in combination with grain. Pigs weighing 100 
pounds each, fed 99 days all the sugar beets they .would eat, and 
no other feed, made an average gain per head of 16.75 pounds. It 
required 61.3 pounds of beets to make one pound of gain, one ton 
of beets producing 32.6 pounds gain. Where sugar beets were fed 
with wheat and barley, one ton of beets took the placd oif 150 
pounds of the mixed grain. With a mixture of ground wheat and 
barley worth $1.00 per 100 pounds, corn was worth 83.3 cents per 
100 pounds. The grain showed a greater feeding value than that 
grown in the humid section. 
