PIG FOODS.

Dominion, Volume 2, Issue 571, 28 July 1909, Page 10

PIG FOODS.

, WHEY AND SKIMMED MILKCOM-. .■..;..' /;■'..PARED. : ; ■;');-: ' From experiments at the Ontario Agricultural College to comparo '■'■ various ;dairy by-' .products as foods, for pigs, the following con-. 'olusion's lia've 'been'; drawn:— '.7 v . ■!3kim , ?milk, ; ;gayo : tho largest gain per pig,' .'as'welL'as the-mbst economical gain., .; . ,"'.. ;.''Buttermilk came so. closo to 'skim milk in feeding value.that it'Jmay- bo,: regarded as practically equal to. skim milk so far,as this experiment goes; , •.'Ordinary-.whey, shows a distinct advantage over'.separated whey '.in 1 , tliis experiment; •■■ If;wo represent,the,'feeding value of separated whey, byloo, the feeding'lvalue of ordinary wheyi would be approximately 125,; buttermilk 160, aiid skim milk 163.5. That is to ' say, ordinary 'whey, showed afeeding value 25 per cent;, higher than that, of separated whey ill this, experiment, buttermilk 60 per cent, higher,'.and skim tnilk:63J per cent. ; higher.;,, The , feeding--value' of- each : kind of' whey compared' witJi'skim .milk is'much higher; in this .experiment than in'any. other we 'have' conducted; and; we 'feel sure,'-. tliat itis. a 'great deal higher than'■ may. ordinarily boexpected, iWe fed;a cpniparativoly, small 'proportion ;bf' whey' to meal, arid under such conditions wheyi will...always ',show; a much |.l(Lgher. • fcediiig. value.-, 100 '■'pounds s than ■when ■ fed:!iii.v.lafgor' qtiantitjes;' The'-same is true;of skim milk.and.buttermilk,'but per- ' haps ; nbt'', quite.-to tho ; same extent.; ; ■'■', There is little:;doul)t'; however, that 'tho"'use, of, r.mall. proportions -of 'these, dairy' by'-prdducts has tended to-bring them mbre.closcly together, in''feeding vuhleV .As-ordinarily fed whey, 'seldom '-'shows'*a value higher tJian .onehalf tliat. of skim milk'or .buttermilk.''l .;:"■'' ','" The "second, annual Hawke's" Bay ploughing match- Hastings, 7 on. ; ; August 4, is being hold in - conjunction with;''a- draught entire horse paratlo, It is > somewhat; early. to showstud stock,. but / the animals are to be" iudged,and .the. prize-money; .£ls, is on a' very liberal scale.;- Tho-'prizes in the,.principal ploughing' match' aggregate'.£2B.los., 'while ..£ls is oft'ered'for. a":match■'anionjjstyouths', under 20 years of age.. In the remaining 'fourteen . events one .notices' -. a .prize , for tho,-. plough-' man with .tho;:largest;.family.'-Unfortunately the money offered is )inodequato compared with tlie cost, andvresponsibilities of,the position of: tho..biggcßt'family ■ ploughman "ih Hawke's Bay, but there, is 'ho :.dqubt ; tliat'-: tlio fiilly recognises 'tho"importance' of keeping the' cradles as full as' possible. l , Tho secretary of : the Longlands ploughing: match is Mr.'. P. 0. :Hartshorn,.- Hastings, and, entries. will. close on Augustvl.;;-;;'; ; ; ■ ■'~;.■"'■-..