ss Better, Gains Slower
Alfalfa Hay For Pigs
•cass quality of hogs can be improved by feeding
« a lfa as well as by maintaining higher protein levels
■hing rations, USDA scientists report. But they find
’ re time and feed are needed to produce a market
extra alfalfa is used.
series o£ experiments the rations of swine weigh
fnnducted by ARS at ing 100, 125, and 150 pounds
%icultural Research and the effects of reducing
Beltsville, Md. Re- protein levels during finish
's studied ’ the effects mg m feedlots.
in g 16 or 28 per cent Carcass backfat, bacon
ted alfalfa meal to thickness, and the percent-
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age of total fat were signif- Lancaster Farming. Saturday, January 30, 1960—9
icantly reduced by feeding —-
extra alfalfa to hogs of all of 100 and 125 pounds live
weights tested. weight, it took more feed
Progressive decreases in (4.12 pounds compared with
rate of gain and feed use 422 and 4.59 pounds) to pro
etliciency took place at all duco a pound of gain as the
weights, however, where the alfalfa content rose. Adding
alfalfa content of the diet extra alfalfa in the diet of
was increased from 4 to 16 the 150-pound hogs improv
er 28 per cent. Rate of gain ed carc ass grade and increas
dropped from 165 pounds ed carcas s length but pro
per day with 4 per cent al- duced on i y s i lg i lt effects on
falfa to 1.55 and 140 pounds ra t e of gam and feed effi
per day as the alfalfa con- ciency.
tent increased. Protein level, in the oth-
At the same time, m hogs er experiment, caused no
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changes in rate of gain or
feed efficiency./.JThe _ higher
protein level the
percentage of carcass fat and
increased the percentage of
preferred cuts of meat. In
this test, the protein level ol
one lot of pigs was reduced
from 18 to 15 per cent when
the pigs reached 125 pounds,
and another group of hogs
had the protein level of
their diet reduced from 14
to 11 per cent.
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