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Feeding of Soybeans to Hogs in Definite Proportions and Their Effect Upon the Quality of Pork

Ohio State University

Abstract

The soybean acreage in the United States has been increasing at a tremendous rate. Five hundred thousand acres were planted to soybeans in 1917; in 1924 there were two and one-half million acres. This increased production justifies experimental inquiry concerning the feed value of soybeans.

The South Dakota Experiment Station has completed two years' experimental work and an additional year's work has been completed at Ohio State, toward the writers' graduate study. The object of the trials was to find in what proportions soybeans could be fed with corn without affecting the quality of the pork; likewise, the influence of the hog's age and length of feeding period upon the pork produced.

General Plan of the Experiment

Pigs similar in breeding were used. The data collected were grouped as follows: 1. Feeding data; 2, slaughter data; 3, cutting data; 4, curing, cooking and bone data; and 5, chemical analysis of leaf and back fats as well as lean tissue.