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War-time rations for pigs: Report of experiments with mangolds and biscuit waste, fodder yeast, urea and dried skim milk

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  27 March 2009

R. Braude  and
A. S. Foot
R. Braude
Affiliation:
National Institute for Research in Dairying, University of Reading
A. S. Foot
Affiliation:
National Institute for Research in Dairying, University of Reading
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1. An individual feeding experiment using forty-eight pigs and a group feeding experiment using twenty-nine pigs have been carried out with the object of testing the so-called Lehmann system of pig feeding, where the amount of meal allowed for the fattening pig is restricted to a basal ration of 2½ lb. each and farm bulky foods or food wastes fed ad lib. used as supplementary foods.

2. Using a mixture of 6 parts mangold and 1 part biscuit waste as a supplementary food, live-weight gains only slightly less than with all-meal feeding have been obtained and a great saving in meal consumption effected. Under more favourable conditions as much as 1¾ lb. of meal has been saved for each 1 lb. live-weight gain.

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Research Article
Information
The Journal of Agricultural Science , Volume 32 , Issue 1 , January 1942 , pp. 70 - 84
Copyright
Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1942

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