The Kosciusko star. (Kosciusko, Miss.) 18??-1898, 1895-04-19
,Ioc Raising in Mississippi,
BY
DIR. TAFT BUTLER

,oers' Institute, !VN-o"o' i
rua c published,)
al INV that mild climate,
~ Dhnadance of food and freedom of
aaoraships conduce to rapid growth
nns sarlv maturity. We have on
:, an - look to the human race for
!. y i illustration of this fact. The
a. of warm climates reach ma
lp',r;tv at from two to three years
.a - her than those in cold climates.
aaain. the larger animals and the
81 vegetable growth are found
n tropical climates. That we
nova the mild climate is certain,
ana a the latter we stall show that
,ha abundance of nutritious food is
.,.o present; therefore rapid growth
and early maturity, two great es-
ssntisls to profitable pork produc-
,;on. are assured to the Mississip-
njan who produces good stock and
exercises good judgment in It's
management.
Fourth, No animal that has
haon Hstunted' in It's growth dur
mg early life ever pays for the iced
i eats Moreover, nothing so af-
fscts the growth Of very young pigs
Is cold. For this reason, Mr..
Chairman, it is doubtful if more
than one litter Of pigs per year
from a SOW can be made profitable
in your own northern climate, but
here in Mississippi two litters are
equally profitable;
The fattening of hogs during the
severe winter weather Of the North
western States is much less profit
able than during mild weather.
This is an advantage OF great I'M
portance to the Mississippi hog
raiser For the fact that there is
no month i'll the year that pigs
cannot be farrowed or fattencd
without loss from cold enables us
to have our hogs ready for any
market.
FOOD SUPPLY.
It is now recognized by mos. hog
raisers that pork cannot be profit
ably produced on corn alone
Cheaper foods are essential, hence
our statement that a long grazing
season is required to yield the
greatest profits. Therecords show
that we have a winter like the
present about once in fifteen years
therefore, the. Mississippi farmer
may with proper management rea
sonably expect grazing season 0
fifteen years duration. If we 60 ;
little farther South to Louisiana
the grazing season may be extend
ed to SO years. By means OF rec
clover, alfalfa, barley. wheat, oats
sorghum, etc, it is a simple matte
for the Mississippi farmer to fur
nish his hogs with green foo
throughout the entire year. Thi
is truly an immense advantag
which he holds over his norther
neighbor, who must depend almos
entirely on red clover, and can on
" have that for about six month
Of the year. However, regret t
say that this great advantage IS 3
most entirely lost by the failure {
our people to provide such food fc
their hogs. Alfalfa, that creates
fall green foods for hogs, is al
most "a stranger to Mississippi fai
mers. Yet almost the entire stat
will grow it to perfection.
If any one thing has been MOI
certainly demonstrated than anotl
er, it is that variety OF food is e
sentlal to the health and rap
growth Of a hog. TO illustrat
LEI US look at two typical eXpel
maats. First. One bushel
coz and one hundred pounds
sfA milk, when fed separated
produced respectively eight al
to4' pounds Of pork, or tweI
2 lnde of both. When one bus
& Of corn and one hundr'
pounds Of skim milk were ted
s4ther, from IS to IS pounds
pork were invariably produced,
gain Of from three to SIN poun
ior the two fed together Agar
lot of fifteen pigs were ted
corn alone. They consumed
bushels, made gain of 22o poun
which at s4.75 per cwt. gave
value of sIo.45, or 55H cents !
bushel rOr the corn. Another