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Wheat in Diets for Growing-Finishing Swine¹

North Carolina State University, Raleigh 27607

Abstract

THREE trials involving 303 growmg-finishing pigs were conducted to evaluate "Blueboy" wheat (a soft winter variety) as a feed grain for swine. In one trial pigs were individually fed either corn, barley, wheat or 50% wheat plus 50% corn. There were no differences in gains made by pigs fed corn or wheat, but the pigs fed wheat gained more efficiently. Pigs fed barley gained faster but less efficiently than pigs fed corn. The pigs fed the corn-wheat mixture gained slower but more efficiently than did the corn fed pigs. In two other trials, there were no differences in gains or efficiency of gains as effected by grain source. However, pelleting did improve rate and efficiency of gain in pigs fed either the corn or the wheat diet.

In these trials Blueboy wheat and corn were of similar feeding value for growing-finishing swine. The slightly higher lysine content of Blueboy, compared with most other varieties may have resulted in its higher feeding value.

¹ Paper No. 3521 of the Journal Series of the North Carolina State University Agricultural Experiment Station.

² Present address: Animal Science Department, Texas Tech University, Lubbock 79409.

³ Present address: Carolina Biological Supply Co., Burlington, N. C. 27205.