The Bottineau pioneer. (Bottineau, N.D.) 1885-1895, 1893-06-10
THE AGRICULTURAL WORLD
SOME VALUABLE INFORMATION
FOR FARMERS.
Good Profit In Pork RaIslng--Clov-
or Hay Worm--Buttermilk for
Pigs--Saving on the Farm
How to Feed Stock-Some
Short Pointers.
Profit I'm Porkers.

E FRONT In EOrkeF8s IL n
As a general rule, the farmer makes
no mistake who doesn't rush in with
the crowd, after the comparative fail
ure Of a certain crop, to produce as
much Of that crop as possible the fol-
lowing year. He is apt to make more
money by producing some other crop
one that everybody and his next door
neighbor" hasn't gone to raising.
But to this rule there is an occasional
exception, and this year, we think, it
will be found in hog raising. e,
There is no doubt of the scarcity.
Nor is there any likelihood that the
scarcity can be caught up with this
year. There is a hughe shortage in
this country, and the department Of ag-
rfculture, In a recent bulletin, points
out that there has been a great reduc-
ton in the number of hogs in Europe
also. So there is a warld shortage to
make good, and American farmers may
safely do their best to supply the de-
mand. so ;.
The bulletin above referred to not
only throws light on the worldwide de-
fciency, but also gives some highly inn
portant information with regard to the
growing of choice bacon hogs. After
mentioning the fact that the reduction
in the stock of live stock in Great Brit
ain is e 100000 head, and in Ire
land Of LOO, OOO.head, it goes on to say
that American farmers would do well
to make note of the fact that the pork
products which command the highest
price in the English markets come
from countries that are not noted for
the production of Indian corn, namely,
England, Ireland and Denmark. The
| quality and consequent. high price of
the bacon produced in these three
countries is due, first, to the feeding of
the hog, and, second, to the manner of
curing the bacon.
The best quality Of bacon is pro-
duced by feeding barley, rye, wheat
and peas, boiled potatoes, skinned
milk, buttermilk and whey. In this
kind Of pork raising corn isn't lin it"
The hogs, in order to supply the best
bacon, should range in weight from 1SO
to 200 pounds and should be long and
lean, with well developed hams and
thick, straight bellies; and the fat on
the. back should not exceed n and a
half inches in thickness. This is a long
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corn-fed hog, whose overfat carcass
does not make the finest bacon, and OF
course does not fetch the highest price.
Corn is the cheapest food, it is pleaded,
for raising hogs.
But it isn't cheaper if the ratio of
profit to cost is greater with othcs
foods. A subtle fallacy often turks in
that seductive word Cheap" The
English have an expressive phrase,
cheap and n~asty''-the latter WORD sig.
nifying not foul, but worthless, good
for nothing. Corn is easy and cheap to
raise, but If used exclusively, or in toe
great proportion in pork raising, sc
that the quality is below the best, it Is
not really cheap, for it lessons profit.
BY their careful attention to the feed
ing of swine and to the curing of the
pork, the Danish farmers have increas
ed their sales Of bacon in England
from 100000 pounds in 1881 to about
2OO,0OO,OOO in 1924 very satisfactory
advance in eleven years-and the price
has steadily increased. Let our Ameri
can farmers go and do likewise" and
see If they cannot, at this favorable op,
portunity, get a share Of this gread
market. b