Evening Republican, Volume 20, Number 210, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 1 September 1916 — Page 4 Advertisements Column 5 [ADVERTISEMENT]

Self Feeder For Hogs I§jr Found to Be a Success. The value of,the self feeder method of fattennig pigs was demonstrated in an experiment recently in Maryland by the bureau of animal industry. The object was to determine the value of this system as compared with the ordinary method of hand feeding. The pigs used were grade Berkshires farrowed in the fall of 1915. They averaged 93 pounds per head when the experiment started. They were fairly uniform in size and age, but were not the best pigs in the fall farrow. The liand fed' ’ct were fed three times daily, the amount being governed by the appetites. The ration given the hand fed hogs was composed of five parts com meal, 4 parta middlings, and 1 part tankage. The corn meal and supplements were mixed dry. Just before feeding, the amount to be fed was weighed and then mixed into a thick slop, enough water being used to make the slop pour out of the bucket without sticking. The feeding was dono at certain hours. The self fed lot hatLfree access at all times to corn meal, middlings and tankage in separate compartments of a self feeder. Close watch was kept on the feeder, and a supply of each feed maintained. Both lots of pigs were kept in dry lots a quarter on au acre in size. The pigs were given ample room for exercise and sufficient shelter. All the pigs in the self feeder lot

maintained keep appetites during the 70 days of feeding. The hand, fed pigs averaged 94 pounds per head and the self fed pigs 92 pounds per head at the beginning of the test. At the end of 70 days the hand fed pigs averaged 167.5 pounds and the self fed pigs 205 pounds, 37j5 pounds more than the hand fed pigs. The self fed pigs consumed a greater quantify of feed per head during the test than the hand fed pigs, but it. took only 405 pounds of feed to produce 100 pounds of gain in the case of the self fed pigs at a cost of $5.67, while the hand fed pigs produced 100 pounds of gain at a cost of $6.24. TTie self fed pigs made a better showing, surpassing the hand fed lot in both i ate and economy of gains. The results of the experiment clearly show that for quick fattening the self feeder is very practicable. Methodist Conference At Greencastle in September. The program for the annual meeting of the northwest Indiana M. E. conference, which will open in Greencastle, September 26, has been issued by Dr. Demetrium Tillotson, pastor of the Greencastle 1 M. E. church. The conference will be directed by Bishop Nicholson, of Chicago. Curtis Creek. There will* be preaching at Curtis Creek school house Sunday, Sept. 3, at 11 o’clock a. m.—W. H. Sayler, Preacher. Mrs. Jhe Jeffries returned last evening from a five weeks’ visit, at Davenport, lowa. The Michigan Conference of the Methodist Episcopal church has just received as a gift, a farm with growing crops valued at $12,000, for a retiring competency for old preachers, and adequate care of their widows and orphans. This announcement is made by Dr. L. E. Lennox, of Benton Harbor. — i One of the first tests of the validity ■ of the false advertising law is now in ' the courts. The case is the arrest of one H. G. Southwick, of the New York Southwick Stores, and the particular instance is a shirt purchased for $1.29, and advertised as reduced from $2.50. It bore the double price tag with a red mark through the $2.50, which is very common in retail stores now. The shirt was duplicated at a reliable men’s store for 79 cents on regular sale.

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