New Feed Additive Makes Hogs
Leaner While Keeping Fast Gains
AMES, lowa Swine feeding
specialist at the lowa Stale Col
lose hcie icport that they have
learned about a posible new way
to feed leaner hogs without
slowing down gams
The discovery is important be
cause previous attempts to feed
lor less fat have not woiked out
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100 well By limiting energy in
take, you get learner poik. but it
slows down gams too much to'
suit most feedeis
Boosting the protein level im
proves quality but is nearly al
ways an expensne process
The lowa State scientists le
ported that a feed additive called
3 Nitro (lull name 3-Nitro-4-
Indroxyphcnyl arsonic acid) r°
duced backfat seven to nine per
cent in two tests with 80 pigs
fimshed to 200 pounds
They self-fed all the pigs a
standard growing finishing ration
Ihe only difleicnce is that some
pigs got the chemical mixed in
I heir feed fiom weaning to mark
et
Best results wexc obtained with
3 Nitro making up 0025 per cent
ot the total lation It ieduced
backfat 10 to 12 per cent at that
lc\el There was no difference in
late or efficiency ot gam in these
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The eailier weighing time
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tests on conctetc The pigs gain
ed 1 4 to 17 pounds per day and
made a pound ol noik on 3 3 to 3 1
pounds ol feed
This checks out with eailici
tests when the scientists measur
dd only 3-Nitro s ctlcct on late
and efficiency ol gam They got
lb per cent faster gains and three
pei cent betel feed conveision
with it in dnl drylot and a five
per cent improvement in both on
pastuie, but no extra help on
concicte
‘lt looks like 3-Nitio impiovcs
late and efficiency ol gam only
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2,4-D, Dinitro Okay for Weeding
Sweel Corn; Both Have Advantages
Two chemicals 2,4 D and watei
soluble dmitio, are lecommendcd
l(i weeding of sweel com R“
scaich with these hcibiciclcs by
the Agucultural Expenment Sla
turn at Penn Slate shows 2 4 D
and dmitio can be applied at the
time the field is cultivated in
either pro oi post cmci gence ap
plications
The cheaper oi the two heibi
with a high disease level But it
boosts poik quality oven with a
low disease level,” said Dis
\ngil Hays and Damon Cation,
vyho made the expel iments
Reducing backfat by 13 to 17
inch in a lot considering that it
takes at least two yeais to breed
that much off with what we know
about genetics today And this
3 Nitro improvement* apparently
acids on to what you can do
(mough bleeding
A few feed manufacturer have
3 Nitro in then feeds now, in
combination with antibiotics
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cidcs on an acre is 2 4-D This
chemical can be applied from
planting lime until corn is 2 to 3
inches tall Best results in ex
pen imental plots at Penn State
wane obtained when the 2,4 D w'as
applied at the time of corn em
eigence Cultivation following a
post emeigenco application of 2,-
4 D s should be delayed at least
It) days as the corn stalks mav
become buttle and subject to
bi eakage
Dmitio is moie expensive to
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limes as much This herbicide
cioes not make the corn stalk brit
tle thus permitting earlier
ciillivation following treatment,
Noll points out It is generally sal
er to use on sandy or stonv soil
and is easier to remove from
mi ay equipment than is 2,4-D
This same chemical may be used
to weed other vegetables such as
beans and peas
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