Rensselaer Republican, Volume 26, Number 4, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 21 September 1893 — Oilmeal For Pigs. [ARTICLE]

Oilmeal For Pigs.

This is what Waldo F. Brown, of Ohio, says on the subject: Another valuable use for oilmeal is in raising pigs. Two years ago an old farmer asked~me if young pigs could bo weaned and kept thrifty without milk and I told him I thought slop could be made with bran and oilmeal that would be both palatable and nutritious. Last spring T had nineteen pigs and but little milk, and all we had was needed in the family and to raise a calf, so I made slop for the pigs with bran and oilmeal and never grew a more thrifty lot and they sold at 145 days old at top prices for big pork. If any farmer will try the experiment of stirring one pound of old-process oilmeal into a tcu~quart pail of boiling water and see how near it comes to making a mush then add this to ton gallons of slop made from bran and see what a good body it gives it, he will begin to get an idea of the value of oilmeal as a pig food. Bran is an excellent food for any growing animal, but alone it does not make good slop, particularly the coarse bran made by the ro 11er mills; the oiltneal added makes it far more palatable and the pigs will eat more of.it!