The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1859-11-10
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For the Gate City.
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Assuming We fact shdA the rich soil and
warn climate Of soathsen Iowa lie better
adapted to tho growth Of corn shan any other
cereal, and assuming also that THE article
can never b probably taken to market in iss
natural state, but only in a consolidated
form, az in Pork and Beef; and as the stock
oil beef cattle esnnot be increased or multi
piled az fast as the wants Of the produt@
require, we are necessarily compelled TO tnrn
our attention chiefly to fattening hogs--
making Portland this recourse perhaps
will be found the most advantsg eous that oan
be adopted
Breed OF Hogs--there are great vari-
ETY.; ali know this to be trne. Whenever
travel few miles from home, in whatever
direction 60, notice the fact Now ask
you, gentle reader, if all these different
breeds are alike good II the practice Of :
large majority 10 evidence Of the faith they
hold to, We might infer ,hatrall sorts are
good. We so judge, because 1t is just a.
easy to raise the good A. the poor. I have
had some experience, mostly with the poorer
sort. have at three several times procured
an improved breeder, but as my hogs ran at
large, and a. there were many land sharks
running about, little advance in improve
ment was practicable. | have now very
good variety, and in order to keep them pure
keep them up, which should be the uni
versal rule.
shall not attempt to describe the best
breeds. will just.mention the names Of
some Of the baser sort, viz: Gland Sharks, -
"Sand HILL "Alligator," ssPike," ssPlow-
SHARE" DO. About thres-fourths Of the
stock in the county are crosses Of these spe-
cies. Now suppose that one hundred bush
els Of corn fed to this general mixed variety,
will make on an average, with what is picked
up during the summer, twenty dollars worth
Of pork. There are number Of improved
breeds, which by the same amount Of feed,
would make from $40 to $50 worth Of pork,
90 believe.
Providence has SO ordered fer our welfare,
that in this particular provision, the stock
can be easily changed and improved and rap
idly multiplied. fully believe that il an
improved breed was substituted, there would
be gain of near one hundred per cent. II
our Legislature inter senes in any dom estic
affair, if they have power, land ii seems tina.
they should have power to promote the gen.
eral good) should be glad to see it exercised
with special reference to this subject, SO a.
to exserminate the poor and substitute the
good, thus increasing at once Fifty per cent
the resources of our agricultural products
To suppose that the people generally will
voluntarily attend to this matter is vanity oil
vanities. They follow old footsteps. / will
suggest one mode Of meeting the case: nbo,.
ish the Office Of County Superintendent Of
Schools, which is useless, and thus save
enough to support twelve schools in each
county, and create a new Office, viz: Hog
Reeve, whose business it shall be to search
out and improve the above described bogu,
varieties Of hogs. s. B.
S.-Suppose Lee county
to contain 100000 acres land
| That one half is cultivated. 10000
| That g. LIS lie in corn, 10000 i"
The average product is so
/ bu. per acre, 1900, 1000 bushels.
One third is fed for fatten-
| ing pork, 100000 Sc
That 100 bushels.make $40
worth OF pork, 100000
Pork will more readily bring cash tina,
wheat will.