PIG FEEDING.

Dominion, Volume 5, Issue 1526, 23 August 1912, Page 8

PIG FEEDING.

SOME INTERESTING TESTS. Some interesting pig-feeding tests have been carried out at the Wnrrnambool • Agricultural High School- farm recently. 1 In the first experiment there were two , pens of four pigs each from the same lit--1 ter, mid averaging 621b. to f>2Jlb. n pig at > 17 weeks 5 days. No. 1 pen was fed on pollard and nea.i, 2 to 1 by weight, and No. 2on pollard alone. The pigs were led for ten weeks. At first No. 1 increased moro rapidly than the other, and at five weeks had gained 291b. more. From that time No. 2 gradually decreased the Jead.untilatnino weeks both pens weighed the same. In the tenth week, however, No. 1 again went to the front with a lead of 81b., having marie a total increase of 4191b., compared with an increase by No. 2of 4111b. The pigs fed on pens ani pollard dressed heavier in proportion to their live weight, and were firmer in flesh than those' fed on pollard only. These pigs were sold a.t 4.23t1. a lb. live weight, and the profit shown was .£3 19s. 7d. for No. 1 pen and ,£4 3s. 3d. for No. 2 pen over and above the cost of feed. In another test with peas and pollard and pollard alone there were two pigs in each pen. It was found that the two rations were about equal in feeding value. A WINNER OF COMPETITIONS. The Egg-laying competitions for 1910-11 and 1911-12 were both won by pens reared on 'A. and P." Chick Bai<er. The first essential for profitable poultry keeping. Obtainable from all Storekeepers—Aavt.