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Press, Volume LXXI, Issue 21413, 4 March 1935, Page 22

AUCTIONS. H. MATSON AND CO. MILK A VALUABLE PIG FOOD. 33UT BY NO MEANS FOOLPROOFTO FEED SWEET OR SOUR—JJEST QUANTITIES TO USE iF "i-'-i'i value of milk for pigs is fi.Xeiv associated with the type of r.ach and digestive organs, which ViT.ost exactly the same as those i human being. In nature the pig s ■ i<4 a mixed one. but the standard f. of food fed to pigs under domes-,-r;-t,ol consists of grains and the iVrradc from them. These happen 1„. vcrv deficient in proton and <■ which the omnivorous animal ;ld obtain from the consumption of hi wild animals. • ••Uk it «o happens that there is •' c : ;aetlv what the pig needs to pinviit its ration of grain. The {'<:;,, u not onlv high in amount t is both easily digested and of •vpe to sunplv just what is wanted u'.-h a rapidlv growing animal. ~r pigs should preferably have n removed from it. But. even bole milk is fed. the buttera high feeding value without r.uc-h deleterious effect on the the carcase. Finally, the in milk are particularly for their quality and the ease ; i:h thev are digested. America the Pig is known • c Mortgage Lifter of the and the present excellent - ruling for pigs in AddingDi- all classes, certainly go to ihis out. .TSON'S keep a permanent df specialists in their Pig rtment at the Addington nrds. who do nothing else ,ttend to their pig business, would be well adio remember this when :-.•■ forward their next lot for j;.:ponT.\NCE of regular I'i: such a valuable supplementfeed as milk, therefore, it is imuit that the best possible use be oiA 1; Often, however, the supicre milk is fed in large quantifor a short time and then withall the advantages are lost, trnent of this kind, for one thing, : to digestive disturbances, caus;c'!iiring or constipation, and it interferes seriously with the api' of the pigs. It is fortunate that milk is of equal or greater value sweet milk, because this permits bHim held for some time and a out to the slock in regular mis. Even if skim or separated ;> available in a perfectly fresh it,o:i, it is usually advisable to ;t soured, otherwise if milk were <■ fed sour even one day in a hpht. the change would lead cubic. In addition, it is probable the soured milk is more easily SKELTER FOR PIGS. Tiie pig has a higher body temi pcrature than the human, varying ; from 102 to 103 degrees FahrenI heit. Possibly because of this ! hish temperature, pigs are more .' susceptible to "heat than many I other animals. I i In rpitc of that, pigs in summer i lime will resist the heat comparaI ' : ve!y well, providing they have ! access to shade. Pigs running in I the open paddocks, with defective ! water suppy, will suffer from heat aaoplexy, sun scald, and somei times with respiratory diseases ! which are always aggravated by ! exposure to extreme conditions. Pigs housed in very small yards I with close partitions which do not nrrmit of the free circulation of fiir, are also likely to suffer in the hot weather. AMOUNTS PER PIG. Considering, however, how milk can he t be used by the small or medium producer, we might do worse than ex;,i;i:ne the experience of Denmark. With a verv considerable amount of Migrated m'ilk and whey to deal with, the Danes have spent a good deal of thought in arriving at the best pror,:..rt:ons to use in a mixed ration. Naturally, methods vary slightly, but .■peaking generally, the proportions of ir.eal to milk which have been found most satisfactory have been:— From weaning to 1001b live weight: 2 parts milk to 1 part meal. From 1001b to 1401b live weight: Vparts milk to 1 part meal. From 1401b to 2001b live weight: 1 part milk to 1 part meal. What is of most interest is that the total amount of milk is standardised at approximatey the same amount — *J;ib per head per day—while the meal lution rises as the pigs get heavier. Almost exactly the same arrangement prevails with the feeding of potatoes 2:1 Germany, where a small fixed a mount of grain and protein supplein.'ii is fed, while the amount of boiled potatoes is increased according to the appetite of the pigs, thus balancing the ration all the way through. I:-. the case of milk, one could feed .n.si over half a gallon per head per day and allow increasing amounts of a simple meal ration as the appetite increased. With the above amounts of milk fed, the food is rather too dry to mix easily, and so a certain amotint of water can be added, but t;.ii is best restricted to a minimum. it is advisable only to do so when you can guarantee the supply for M.me time. Correctly speaking the rr.i'k should be pasteurised or boiled while it is sweet, but not fed until it .:- sour. For young pigs feed two parts of milk to one of meal, altering this for finishing pigs to equal parts of both. When these main points are kept in ir.ind, milk can be one of the most profitable pig foods obtainable. H. MATSON and CO.