Beef production by Mumford Herbert Windsor 1871-

Author:Mumford, Herbert Windsor, 1871-
Language: eng
Format: epub, pdf
Tags: Cattle
Publisher: Urbana, Ill., The author
Published: 1907-03-25T05:00:00+00:00

CHAPTER XVI.

HOGS IN THE FEED LOT

The hog is reckoned by cattle feeders as a most important factor in cattle feeding operations and his definite relation to this industry is a matter of much importance. The facts and suggestions used in this discussion are based upon accurate data gathered by experiment and inquiry by the Illinois Experiment Station. The subject may be well divided as follows:

1. Kind of hog best suited for following cattle in feed lot and pasture.

2. Method of determining the best number to use.

3. What may be done to increase the efficiency of the pig ?

4. Results which may reasonably be expected. First, as to the kind of hog best suited for following

cattle in the feed lot and pasture. It is seldom good practice to use pigs under six months of age because of the danger of injury in running about among the cattle, and further, the feed which they get from the droppings is not calculated to produce growth on the pigs. Brood sows are sometimes used to follow cattle. This practice may be followed with good results when fattening cattle are on grass, especially if the pasture furnishes clover or alfalfa pasturage for hogs as well as for cattle. But allowing brood sows to follow fattening cattle which are rather closely yarded in winter, and especially where no separate shelter is provided for the sows, is a practice to be discouraged. The kind of hogs that have proved to be best for following cattle are young thrifty shoats weighing about one hundred pounds each. These should be in thinnish flesh and of an active, strong boned type or breed.

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