FATTENING PIGS ON MAIZE.
It has been observed that tha fat of pigs fed on maizo lacks the firmness which is desirable, and efforts are being made in Denmark to find some way of obviating this drawback. According to the investigations which have been made, the maize rations should be stopped during the last stage of fattening, and should be replaced by other food. It is found that the bad effect of the maize is lessened if 'other concentrated foods are given at the same time. Thus a ration consisting of one-third palm cake and two-thirds maize produces results of a satisfactory character. Molasses in conjunction with maize can also be recommended as Well,as a feed composed of molasses, bran and palm-cakes. The trials made in Denmark, with several hundred animals, have demonstrated the curious fact that the injurious effect of maize is greater in winter than in summer. Sunflower seed cake sees to exert the same kind of effect as maize, and with it the same circumstance has been noticed to the effect that its injurious influence on the fat is greatest in cold weather.
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King Country Chronicle, Volume VI, Issue 445, 6 March 1912, Page 6
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186FATTENING PIGS ON MAIZE. King Country Chronicle, Volume VI, Issue 445, 6 March 1912, Page 6
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