Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1893-07-13
A NEW BONANZA For r..
How tn Double the Price
by Converting Ii int Wheat

How to Double the Price n, M,
by Converting II Into Wheat
st. Paul, June, 3o.-To tho Ma.
The low price Of wheat and ,ho Vr:
ency to still lower prices. seen ena.
present an opportune time 70 ~ 70
attention of the farmers Of tba :, ,e
districts in Northern Minnesota "neat
Dakotas, to the high price of bona 'he.
At the present prices OF bocs
experiments seem to demonstrate ~.
by fattening hogs on wheat. the far naI
may realize more than 81 per hus@s,
for his wheat, now worth at tho sna
40 to 80 cents, and which after f.a alla
has been paid to Minneapolis or nn,hsaa.
Is worth only about 62 or az aaauf
AT present prices, the largest car -
of wheat 1900 bushels ip 81 p Daa
is worth only about SEQ. wbile aau
load OF hogs Of the same weight oaal
600 lbs). would be worth about 60 ,.ai
The hog natures at the Arc 90 ~
to nine months. Hence If II i tr,o .. -
30 cents wheat when turned into n mSs
becomes worth more than 81 a bpsbI, |
the business of raising hogs by ,hss
wheat farmer promises large pros,s |
and quick returns.
Now let us see what evidence ,ho.
is upon the value Of wheat for fattan
ing hogs.
Upon this point the following STATE
ment has been made: A farmer IN ~.
of the best corn and wheat counties =
Central Illinois was so reluctant ,ha
past season to sell his wheat at tho nra
yailing prices that he thought be wanla
try to convert it into pork. He wa,
greatly pleased al the result. He ha5
$1,000 worth of hcgs, and fattened them
almost entirely on wheat, using a lttDa
corn. His method was to soak ha
wheat in warm water twentyfm,
hours before feeding. In cold weather
he let the water come to a boil in ,ha
kettle and then poured in the whea,
and put out the fire. When ii cooled II
WAS soaked "nough and ready to feed
which he did Immediately. He weighed
the hogs before commencing TO feed
and kept n strict account of the Weighs
Of all grain fed, also figurede the com
at 81 ents and the fat hogs at Ala
cents. Said he, 1.-The wheat just brought
me S1.O1 per bushel."
From this statement il would seem
that wheat is worth $1.01 per bushel to
feed when hogs are worth 4 IL cents
per pound. The present price Of hos
in the st. Paul market is So cents
which on the above basis would MAXI
wheat worth S1.2J per bushel.
The writer is informed that durin.
the last few months n full car lGads
of fat hogs have been sold at the South
st. Paul market. which were raised il
Northern Dakota and fattened entireT
on wheat, sometimes fed in the malH9
pointed ont by the Illinois farmer and
sometimes converted into q rude "gra1
ham flour" before feeding. The unh-
nous testimony Of the raisers has beg
to the effect that Ey feeding it, they had
realized over 81 per buShel for thdd
wheat. The quality of the product q
such hogs is said To he superior TO u
product of the torn-fed animals. hthd
is true IT seems TO open up the pOssNMi !
ity to the wheat farmers ri iitf6idl !
TO the markets of the world a bsHl
of American pork. which in time Won o
become us famous rs Minnesota DIN q
wheat, and like IL command the hlgns y
prices and the best markets. sf
IL is certainly n matter worthy dcl vi
sidcration. "A. Is, SueAnf!, h
BARLEY is said TO be equally as Ky W
for hogs as corn or wheat, ana Se1 :,
be fed in the same way. AT SCUM
Paul there is an unlimited marKel vii
hogs. 100000 being required lA y Da
years packing.-Editor.J ~