Date of Award
8-1961
Document Type
Thesis
Degree Name
Master of Science
Degree Discipline
Agriculture
Abstract
The hog efficiently converts far® grain into pork. To succeed in profitable hog production, however, the farmer cannot depend entirely upon the efficiency of the hog. He must use good feeding, management, and marketing practices and must produce hogs of good breeding. Under well-planned conditions, hog raisers produce 100 pounds of gain with 400 pounds or less feed.
Grain is the principal feed-in pork production. An abundant, dependable, cheap supply, contributes to greater profits. About 170 bushels of grain satisfy the annual grain feed requirement for a sow and her produce based on two 7-pig litters, fed to the usual market weight.
When plenty of good pasture is provided for swine throughout the growing season, pork can usually be produced at much lower cost than when swine are kept in dry lots. Not only does good pasturage furnish digestible nutrients at lowest cost, but still more important, it provides insurance against deficiency of vitamins.
Committee Chair/Advisor
E, M. Norris
Committee Member
E, M. Norris
Publisher
Prairie View Agriculture and Mechanical College
Rights
© 2021 Prairie View A & M University
This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International License.
Date of Digitization
1/25/2022
Contributing Institution
John B Coleman Library
City of Publication
Prairie View
MIME Type
Application/PDF
Recommended Citation
Foreman, R. B. (1961). A Study Of The Feeding Practices For Swine By Farmers In The Dogan High School Community, Freestone County, Texas. Retrieved from https://digitalcommons.pvamu.edu/pvamu-theses/999