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The  RURAL.  NEW-YORKER 
April  29,  1923 
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Live  Stock  Questions 
Answered  by  Prof.  F.  C.  Minkler 
Pasture  for  Hogs 
How  many  acres  of  Alfalfa  will  it  take 
to  pasture  two  brood  sows  and  their  lit¬ 
ters  for  a  season?  Do  you  recommend 
feeding  silage  to  hogs  in  Winter? 
New  York.  K.  b. 
One  acre  of  Alfalfa  would  more  than 
provide  forage  for  two  brood  sows  and 
their  litters  during  the  season.  Alfalfa 
cannot  safely  be  pastured  by  pigs  during 
the  first  season  of  its  growth.  The  best 
plan  would  result  from  dividing  the  acre 
into  two  areas  and  pasturing  on  each  lot 
alternately.  Remember  much  better  re¬ 
sults  follow  where  the  Alfalfa  is  clipped 
or  cut  twice  during  the  growing  season. 
The  clippings  can  be  raked  up  and  used 
for  feeding  the  brood  sows  or  the  dairy 
cows  during  the  Winter  months  if  heavy 
enough  to  pay  for  gathering.  The  clip¬ 
ping  of  the  field  invigorates  the  plants, 
provides  a  green  and  palatable  forage, 
and  actually  increases  the  forage  ability 
of  a  given  area.  Do  not  permit  the  pigs 
to  crop  down  the  Alfalfa  closely. 
Keep  a  mixture  of  ground  limestone 
and  salt  before  the  pigs  at  all  times  and 
allow  approximately  It  lbs.  of  grain  per 
day  for  each  100  lbs.  of  live  weight.  This 
will  enable  the  pigs  to  make  the  best  use 
of  their  forage  and  they  grow  and  gain 
saitsfactorily. 
Very  little  would  be  gained  by  feeding 
silage  to  pigs  during  the  Winter.  Silage 
is  bulky,  and  swine  require  concentrated 
feeds.  If  the  pigs  were  forced  to  subsist 
largely  on  silage  they  would  fail  to  grow 
and  gain  or  even  maintain  normal 
weights.  Silage  had  best  be  used  for 
dairy  cattle  or  for  sheep,  where  its  value 
is  well  known  to  the  herdsman.  Market 
pigs  would  only  mark  time  if  forced  to 
consume  silage  during  any  period  of  their 
lives.  Brood  sows,  if  fed  a  limited 
amount  of  silage,  might  make  the  same 
progress,  but  the  chances  are  that  the 
resulting  litters  would  be  uneven  in  size, 
vigar  and  vitality.  Actually  the  'brood 
sows  would  starve  to  death  on  a  full 
stomach.  Silage  would  fail  to  provide  a 
complete  or  satisfying  ration. 
The  thinking  hogman  who  desires  to 
use  coarser  materials  of  this  character 
limits  his  selection  to  Alfalfa  or  clover 
hay.  Materials  of  this  character  are  rich 
in  ’  minerals,  and  when  supplemented 
with  small  amounts  of  grain  satisfy  brood 
sows  and  enable  them  to  produce  litters 
that  are  strong,  healthy  and  active  at 
birth. 
Different  Feeds  for  Milk  Cows 
Please  explain  why  use  of  so  many 
different  feeds  for  milk  cows.  What  is 
the  difference  between  gluten,  cornmeal, 
ground  oats,  bran,  shorts,  middlings,  cot¬ 
tonseed  meal,  linseed  meal?  If  we  knew 
what  all  of  the  foregoing  contain,  then 
we  could  mix  our  own  feeds.  J.  P.  D.’ 
New  Jersey. 
There  is  an  advantage  in  combining  a 
variety  of  feeding  stuffs  in  rations  in¬ 
tended  for  dairy  cows  because  such  com¬ 
binations  provide  a  mixture  that  is  more 
palatable  and  more  complete.  The  dif¬ 
ference  between  the  ingredients  you  men¬ 
tion  can  be  briefly  stated  as  follows  : 
Gluten  feed  carries  about  23  per  cent 
of  protein,  and  is  a  by  product  from  the 
manufacture  of  starch  and  glucose.  It 
is  more  bulky  than  cottonseed  meal  or 
linseed  meal,  though  less  palatable  and 
nutritious. 
Cornmeal  is  a  carbohydrate  carrier, 
and  contributes  more  digestible  energy 
than  is  found  in  any  other  home-grown 
feed.  It  supplies,  however,  only  8  per 
cent  of  protein. 
Oats  are  more  bulky  than  cornmeal, 
carry  more  protein,  much  more  fiber,  and 
are  rated  as  a  carbohydrate  feed. 
Bran  is  incorporated  in  rations  to  pro¬ 
vide  bulk  and  mineral  matter.  It  is  also 
a  laxative  and  a  conditioner;  yields  14 
per  cent  protein. 
Shorts  are  similar  to  bran,  although 
they  carry  less  fiber,  a  trifle  more  pro¬ 
tein  and  more  energy. 
Cottonseed  meal  is  a  highly  concen¬ 
trated  protein  carrier,  its  analysis  vary¬ 
ing  from  36  to  44  per  cent  protein.  It 
is  constipating  in  its  general  effect, 
though  highly  nutritious  and  invaluable 
as  a  source  of  protein. 
Linseed  meal  is  valuable,  not  only  on 
account  of  its  protein,  but  for  the  raw 
linseed  oil  that  it  carries  in  combination. 
It  is  a  laxative  and  conditioner,  and  at 
the  present  moment  is  the  cheapest  source 
of  protein  available. 
While  there  is  no  definite  rule  that 
applies  in  the  combining  of  ingredients 
of  this  character,  it  is  well  known  that 
certain  combinations  of  ingredients  pro¬ 
vide  mixtures  superior  to  other  combina¬ 
tions,  and  the  feeder  must  rely  upon  ex¬ 
periments  that  have  been  conducted  and 
reported  to  guide  him  in  the  selection  of 
his  feeding  stuffs.  The  relationship  of 
the  protein  to  the  carbohyd rates  is  only 
one  factor  that  must  be  considered  in  the 
combining  of  a  ration.  Actually  it  is  the 
amount  of  digestible  dry  matter  that 
counts,  and  the  reason  why  one  combina¬ 
tion  of  ingredients  is  superior  to  another 
is  because  they  provide  the  animal  with 
more  digestible  nutrients. 
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