Winter wheat middlings 40 lbs.
Hominy meal 40 lbs.
Oil meal 3 lbs.
Whole oats (heavy) 5 lbs.
60 per cent. Digester tankage 12 lbs.
Fine salt 1/2 lb.
Mix thoroughly.
When the pigs are weaned they are placed with the herd, a safe practice
because of the general contentment and quietness and the entire absence
of meal-time stampedes. They quickly adjust themselves to their new
surroundings, and, because accustomed to the use of self-feeders, at
once begin eating the regular hog ration with the rest of the herd.
In the hog house, enough self-feeders are provided to permit all animals
to eat at will without being crowded. One feeder to each twenty-five
hogs is the rule.
The hog ration, like the pig ration, varies according to conditions. But
at all times it is palatable and contains feeds which build bone, muscle
and fat. A favorite formula is this: