The Atlanta constitution. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1885-19??, 1894-03-20
Raising Hogs o. SOr"'

AZ, w u Alexander Felix, Ala, WRITES
n criticism on the advice Oh W.. .;t,,tton
in a late issue of The pan! t we
in regard to raising corn Tor hosS, go =
have already approved lor Ps'.,l,ar and
sufficient reply from another ia ia ,,1 rifle
c.rnot lin the crowded state Oh o'ii ~
denartfnenD give place to aiiothei NJ
tail. Mr. Alexander is correct aau ,-da.
Oelesby is wrong-accordlhS 10 oui 80
,}ent. It will not do to rely largely Oh ca ~
or grain of any kind, to gro" poiN
Alexander concludes by saying ,,
what crop will make the best tan Gnu
Jess) rotation for hog feed!
In reply. we say it depends very rhuch Oh
the conditions and cifcuihStat' 60,
1aroalv on the man and management. some
.,rnns that afford excellent food for growing
hogs will succeed in one section, or on one
CON-, and fail on another. Red clover Is
ono of these crops. The first requisite Is ii
good thrifty breed of hogs-not necessarily
thoroughbred or high-priced ANIMALS II 10
doubtless wise to use a Thoroughbred Iiale'
but good thrifty. dark-colored, Shlille"-
Sored short-legged sows Will answer Ior
brood sows 1t is easy to grade up, II
,5esired The next requisite is a good
past1lre not necessarily a large area, but
81 field Of grass with some woodland, anu
cloar pure wcter Red clover is good for
hogs. especially during late winter and
eurng Burr clover is claimed to make an
excellent winter pasture. and especially for
hogs and the same land may be also set
in bermuda grass. thus making an all-the-
vear-round pasture. But the hogs must be
taken off the burr clover from March until
& blooms and natures seed in May. During
this time the herd could enjoy a rye
pasture but should have daily ration of
corn or other grain.
We have found the SorghumS Il good
crop for hogs. to be cut and thrown to
them as soon as the seed have come into
tiy,tr l(IJt
we like to have forgot lucerne-the southern
clover. Hogs are fond of it, and it is really
more nutritious tina nred clover. Then
Spanish peanuts, common Georgia peanuts
Gor successiou) will afford roofing from
July TO Christmas. until they give out"
We do not sufficiently appreciate the sweet
potato crop as hog food, and especially
for fattening. The writer has made as
nice. firm. sweet bacon from potatoes alone
tfor fattening) as any one could reasonably.
desire. But a little corn land we believe
small ration of cotton seed meaD would
help very much. The sweet potato is not
quite concentrated a food as we could
wish to fatten rapidly. Probably the Rus
sian sunfiower, which IS easily raised and
quite productive, might be grown to adj
vantage a hog food. The heads may be
cut and stored to be fed at convenience,
and the seeds are very nutritious and fat
tening. The eaTticholIe is another crop that
is easily groHh quite productive. even on
not so palatable as the sweet potato Nor
should the value of the old long-legged
blue-stem, Georgia colard be overlooked,
or underestimate. 1t is especially fitted
for young and growing hogs, being nutri-
tious rather than f2ttcning. This is some
times quite all-the-year-round crop.
Plants may be set out in March or April
and viii be ready to commence using
thinning OUT in Il month. furnish leaves
for printing all summer and fall, and until
seeding time next spring. Will somebody
try collards0 1t is a good plan not to
rely on any one or two resources, but
rather four or five. or moe. Another point
should be stressed: Very few, if, indeed,
any boss should be carried through n
winter, excepting, Of course, the breeders
y two-year-old hog is not so profitable q
pork producer as a one-year-old. 4 nine
or ten months old pig makes the best and
cheapest pork. Breeding should be so ar
fan%ed that the sows will furrow i'll March
ana the pigs pushed from birth to butcher
ing Christmas should find the meat in
the smokehouse, except a few left over to
prolonS the delights of spare-rbs, back
bones, etc. \ pig should have all he will
eat from the beginning to the end of his
HE; the first six seven months food
10 make muscle and bone, etc; the next
TWO or three months to produce fat and
muscle both. II. j. REDDING