Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1895-09-27
cgops HARVESTED BY SWINE.
.. Localities Where labor IL -oarce II
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uarvesting field crops by swine is Of
common a. formerly, but Thumas
',.,w NJ the Minnesota station thinks Il
I'D he going far to say that we have
.nlsce for It under utiy condition that
,n,voyist He writes rs follows to Ohio
y,rmer on tho subjects
I, is possible to carry swine through
,isrm part Il the summer and to get
Nam ready ~ market without any hand
,a,liur 1h.se field crops could be
,r,wn. rye, 'pheat, peas, corn, mangcls
"a articholes. and they would come in
A. orlor named Rye would first be
'.,dv The swine would waste some Of
,sa ~. but what WINS shollcd in this
cav would room sprout mp again and
~onid rfoyidu pasture later In the sea-
~, rbr would be thus harvested
nil elo..r would hc available ~ q
rs,,ur,. and the the advantage would bo
rro,,cr Ryc alone would be- oyoratimu-
aiing
Neyt TO rye comes wheat Harvesting
rho,t by turning swine IN upon II Is
,otnpa.ativoly gnro and for tho reason
mi wh AZ has been found too valuable
IA bay in that way. But with the
,rices n,., obtained for wheat why
,bould $50 object to harvesting II thus
any more than % harvesting ryo or corn
ne the snn.e means! In the dry condi-
lions which prevail IN the west ut the
harvesting season the loss would not bo
III gt,,t as In localities with greater
amount of rainfall The swine would
doyerr vol ga the wheat without my
,upplemmAi food. providing they could
I'D an abundance u water TO drips.
After whoit. pas would bo ready.
In fact. II s1wn carly, they would DO
ready about o. soon Ms tho wheat II
would b. dangerous 20 turn pigs into q
neld of ripc rgas aud allow them TO eat
at wifi Ut The hrgt, hut ~ soon as they
have become accustomed TO tho now diet
dansar would cease. Corn would bo
ready a. eo1n as tho peas and wheat
had faiiri, aud tho season Of harvesting
th, com ly swine would extend on I'M
Ill DO lato autumn. There are some oh
}NlI.ns 10 harvesting field crops In tho
manner indicated These are, first. tia.
ta5 poccss Is wastoful; second. tho ra-
tim % not always balanced one, and.
tird. some injury follows from IMPACT.
ng tho GROUND II thoru should DO much
rainfall ut tho iimo tho crop ~ being
thus harvested But the question no
ulgos itself into enc 81 the greatest ab-
ioluto profit. and that method would
rrotably ho both lawful aud cxpcdicnt
which would bring in tho highest net
r,iuni
Whore those crops may not DO all
needed two or thrro Of thum may b.
grown tho same season, or only one.
Any one ~ them may be- mado TO carry
lhe swine over o desired period, during
which Il may not be- ensy 10 obtain food
from other sources Ryo and peas, for
instance, may be- mado 10 carry them
for many weeks, aud tho same is true
u rye and corn
Mangols may b. eaten off by swine
while yet IN the field These alone
would not make suitable food for fat.
tcning swine, but along with corn thee
would serve a good purpose, or even
along with peas
Arii-hokcs aro ready about the Same
iimo as mangels, or little later In
themselves thoy aro not very good fat.
tcning food. but along with some sup
plement ~ corn an aero 81 artichokos
would furnish very largo amount OF
yaluablr food.