The Bottineau pioneer. (Bottineau, N.D.) 1885-1895, 1893-07-22
NEW BONANZA ron FARMERS
How Il Double the Price OF Wheat
by Converting 1t Into Hogs. (

HOW TO DOuDlG the IfteG OF wheat L
by Converting 1t Into Hogs.
st. Paul, June, 1910 the Editor
The low price of wheat and the tend |
ency to still lower prices, seems to |
present an opportune time to call the
attention Of the farmers of the wheat
districts in Northern Minnesota and the
Dakotas, to the high price Of hogs.
At the present prices Of hogs recent
experiments seem to demonstrate that
by fattening hogs on wheat, the farmer
may realize more than 81 per bushel
for his wheat, now worth at the farm
40 to so cents, and which after freight
has been paid to Minneapolis or Duluth,
Is worth only about 62 or G3 cents.
At present prices, the largest car load
Of wheat, 1900 bushels) in st. Paul,
is worth only about $500, while a u
load Of hogs Of the same weight Co.,
600 lbs), would be worth about $4,000.
The hog natures at the age of six
to nine months. Hence il it Is true that
SO cents wheat when turned into pork
becomes worth more than 81 q bushel,
the business of raising hogs by the
wheat farmer promises large profits
and quick returns.
Now let us see what evidence there
is upon the value of wheat for fatten-
ing hogs.
Upon this point the following state
ment has been made: A farmer in one
of the best corn md wheat counties in
Central Illinois was SO reluctant the
past season to sell his wheat ut the pre-
vailing prices that he thought he would
try to convert it into pork. He was
greatly pleased at the result. He had
$1,000 worth of hogs, and fattened them
almost entirely on wheat, using 4 little
corn. His method was to soak he
wheat in warm water twenty-fouI
hours before feeding. In cold weather
he let the water come to q boil in tho
kettle and then poured in the wheat
and put out the fire. When it cooled l;
was soaked enough and ready to feed
which he did Immediately. He weighed
the hogs before commencing to feeG
and kept a strict account of the weighti
of all grain fed, also fgurede the cor1
ut IS cents and the fat hogs at l.:
cents. Said he, "the wheat Just brough
me $1.01 per hushel."
From this statement it would seen
that wheat is worth $1.O1 per bushel t.
feed when hogs are worth 4 IL cent
per pound. The present price of hog
in the St. Paul market is Sc cents
which on the above basis would maxi
wheat worth $1.25 per bushel.
The writer is informed that durin,
the last few months "a full car load
of fat hogs have been sold ut the Soutl
st. Paul market, which were raised i
Northern Dakota and fattened entirel,
on wheat, sometimes fed in the maine
pointed out by the Illinois farmer an
sometimes converted into a rude "gra
ham -four" before feeding. The unan
nous testimony Of the raisers has bee
to the effect that ty feeding it, they ha
realized over 81 per bushel for thei
wheat. The quality Of the product q
such hogs is said to lie superior to tn
product Of the cor1l-fed animals. 1t thl
is true 1t seems to open up the posslbl
ity to the wheat farmers of i%ntroducin
to the markets of the world Il bran
of American pork, which in time Woul
become as famous Us Minnesota har
wheat, and like 1t command theh ighe'
+, prices and the best markets.
1t is certainly u matter worthy OF CO.
+ sideration. "A. Is. Stickney.
= BARLEY is said to be equally as got
4 for hogs as corn or wheat, II shou
- be fed in the same way. At South )
Paul there Is an unlimited market I
X hogs, 100000 being required Tor u
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