The Columbus journal., 1895-07-03
TurnIps for S0Ws.

1t is known by the farmers who have
tried it that no live stock on the farm
is more profitable than the old SOW,
who raises q litter of pigs in the fall,
which find a ready sale when four
weeks old at 81 each. and another in
the spring, bringing at the same age
ct the Pennsylvania Farmer.
1t is also known that one hog can be
wintered with slops from the house and
a very small outside grain expense. but
when the proposition. IF one SOW is
profitable why should 1t not pay to keep
ten or twenty" Is presented. invaria-
bly, the answer is given. the expense
of wintering would eat up all the
profits" Therefore the only pending
question to q successfully managed
hog rancho" Is the production of cheap
winter food.
For several years I studied and ex-
perimented with roots of numerous va
rieties. finally settling beyond a doubt
in my own mind that mangel wurzels
are the least expensive and better.
adapted for wintering hogs than any
thing which can be raised on the farm.
1t has been my method when expert
menting with different foods to keep an
accurate account of the cost of produc-
ton, and particularly with this expert
ment was 1t, profitable. for the results
were truly wonderful and to the casual
observer almost impossible.
fitted q piece of ground in as proper
shape Is my knowledge would then al
low and harvested from it 1.24O bushels
Der acre Of mangles. weighing more
than a bushel Of potatoes. have since
learned better methods of mangle Guilt
walton and in good seasons do not ex-
pect less than q rate of 1900 bushels
per acre.
The expense Of seed and labor in fit-
ting ground, planting, %cultivating, hoe
ing and harvesting was $42.25 per acre,
or less than three and a half cents per
bushel. This ground received about
100 loads Of manure to the acre, of
which only the hauling was charged.
l put my brood sows In their breed
ing pens about Oct. I and commenced a
series of experiments regarding amount
of mangels per animal, and the proper
ti0nate amount Of cornmeal Herewith.
As my hogs are a large breed, the fol-
lowing conclusions may be safely fol-
lowed by the average farmer: In a
proper pen, constructed so that manure
will not freeze at 10 degrees above zero
and subject to ventilation when wealth
er requires.I a place a brood SOW that
is in good, reasonable breeding condi-
ton and winter her in a corresponding
condition until narrowing time In the
on two feeds a day, consisting
of one peck Of mangel wurzels and one
quart of corn meal. Considering meal
wOrth SIS per ton. it costs me less than
5 cents per day to winter my sows in
a good enough breeding condition.
In above calculations I CHARGED man
and team work at 81 per day each.
Now. dairymen, please consider: II O
charged corresponding prices for man
and team work In the production Of the
feed required to winter one COW IN the
proper condition Of flesh to give the
best results the following summer and
the fall deduct the amount from the
proceeds Of that bovine, do you not he
lieve the net profits of the sow. will
place the old COW 80 far in the shade
that, to . . slang expression, she will
be clear out of sight?" But, then. ven
have the pleasure Of milking her, nixht
and morning, for nine long months.
and that il something.
80 D>-