The Red Cloud chief., 1883-12-28
Market welsll for p,nl

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The style of markst pig hal
gone n great change within a RI UNDER
The large 400 to 5O0-po,rnd he years
seldom found. The bvcrgro} Is now
no longer sought aftcf. md d hog iss
has been more carefldly >tudN 2 Feeding
years. Shrewd feeders havcl !cd OF late
the older the hog ths n oreli'nnd that.
costs per pound. IL h AZ Its carcass
the flesh of the large lcs' Eofonni that
stronger. and not II asc'llser and
favored as a ten to ty}elCwees ma line
1t is trie the older k4yc-msnths' pig;
hog yicds mere lard DC ovrr-tattonei
carry rsoft yiih IL, MS uoe' not
no histfr price THAI th ,'' !;d cfagn rings
iarco hlys No lone forc. to grow these
no1nd H. has Tiger EXISTS, and the 300
hoo lie time fplaced the 6oO-ponnd
raised ~ a sloJ was when pigs were
afterwIris' F,k growth to be fmtcncd
Of '.sLhoIss Farmers! often kept Il lot
;ng tbIn IN y winteif without expect
So fha increase IN weight much.
so,tnnCSH might have then ready to
mrtfhe following All. Thc,e we're
'f3sturcd. and given hoCs,slons through ,
the summer, making a .rowth during
the eight TO- ten MONTY OF forty to sixty
pounds. This was WHIT was called n.
healthy growth. II W. healthy for the
pig. IL was very urihcalthy for the
farmers pocket, as thu amount o! cain
was not onc-half the c&t OF keen.
But the farmer did rot then figure
the cost Of keep ms cldecly as he does
now; in fact, he protphly me- took
an accurate account DOL Coz Of win
tering u pig without al ma61&i,l rain
in weight. But when&c cxaySincs thH
question. he finds thats1hc store pip b.sN
often cost more than lie need to have
cost. to have weighed ;oO pounds. ly a
proper system Of feeding. He finds that !
to keep the balance Oh Che right side Of :
the ledger the pig must, ways be kept
gaining. for it is only ont OF gain ia
weight that he gets pGy for hi, feed.
the loss begins p.S :..1SUt. SS''s snss , ons,
'.why not let the pig fecp on gain,nr
till he is two years olE when &c viii
weigh 800 or more pound, and bring a
price worth h~aving?" vi is is lust tho
question tina. should befa ked and an
swered. and every feeder should fully
comprehend the answer. The answer
is that it takes less food {, put a Mound
growth upon u fifteen b. wenty- pound
pig four weeks old than ipon O iiftv-
pound pig two months Old. and less to-
put u pound upon a tf;y-pound pig
than on u lO0-pound pig; or. In other
words, the younger h cianimxl TIE less
il costs in food to add y pountl to its
weight. AS n general lp -oposi ton, il.
lakes more and more ,fopd 10 add a.
pound. live weight, to an auimal the
older it becomes until 1t reache, ma
turity. II takes from 70 y, 40 per cent.
more food to full feed api;y the second
year than the first, and tho gain is only
about two thirds as mu6li as tbc first
year. This shows clearly that il costs
double to grow 100 porpds Of pork on y
the pig the second yeartti,t il does the :
first a pretty good reaton why the pig
should be sold at the ehd of thu first.
year. Besides. the markc,, AZ a gem
cral rule, offers no inducS,r ent Tor keep
ing beyond h first yea. AlwellJed
pig that ways 800 pounds will trinS as
good n price pcr pound D. WIN kept.
longer; so there is nothing to be CARED
in pricet but much II NOT all the plpit-'
Is lost by keeping the second year. The :
Isrsst %ho %is,snIs 81 s;,i ''s 'S,s' TEN in,
months good feGafEH vii often reach
that weight. skillfal kroing consists
in growing the largest apount of meat
at a given cost, and such II feeder is not.
afraid OF throwing away Hood by giving /.
pigs all they will eat with u good appe-
lite. He thoroughly IN ,rst4n IS the
clement of time in the fped o. rohlem, !,
and that when he can ! pro- e time
for the pig to reach 500 po,hk01 he has
increased tho profit. ,ystSe ofpig
feeding is not forcing. u, ju{ riously
giving the pig what IL di and
yet keep a good appetit1V B6st 14o6e.