The by-products of the dairy are more highly prized by hog-men than perhaps any other form of protein supplement. The value of skim milk and buttermilk is such as to make pork production a valuable adjunct to profitable dairying when either of these products are available for swine feeding.
...or in other words 4.18 pounds of milk had the equivalent of 1 pound of corn. (for weight gain-ed)
We don't feed our hogs much pure corn. However, an added incentive for feeding milk is the taste of the pork. The pork from hogs feed milk as a supplement has a sweet creamy taste not found elsewhere.
Oremus pro invicem!
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Hi, i've heard the tastiest pork comes from pigs that ate nothing but acorns. Is this true? What are the additional costs per pound of pork would occur? Is there any market for fancy pork like that?
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