Kansas City daily journal., 1895-11-23
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IrOUIhDlN t''tlHE "a
Michigan Farmer: The care and feeding OF
hogs, says a veteran In the business, Ia
in some respects the most unsatisfactory
part OF the farmers business They arc
not pleasant creatures to handle. Matt
urally contrary, they hardly ever become
docilc and tractablc on the least provo
cation they set UP most unmusicM sQuealS.
Their expression both of content and dis
as some of their friends assert, they be
come so on the smallest provocation. The
that they have an instructive fondness for
'walowng in the mire." Feeding them Is
very slavish work. AS / write, 1 have a
picture before me, of an old farmer whom
| have seen many a time carrying TWO
heavy pals of swill with the aid of shoul-
der yoke. OF late, as he gets up in years
it seems most lahorious job.
The question arises however, whether
we have not caused much Of the the, incopyen- .l1a
ma n@is bat Feneraiiy @nSqF speaking. "~s we make
soSai Pi'qeF for 2 his hm ycnas IN nstead ' of e g6mF
a-foraging for them himself When he runs
ways amuse himself in search of food, ,and and
is a very peaceable, quiet neighbor. The
present demands of the pork market make
more comfortable life. At present the
preferred feeding, weight is from 10 to 29o
about the smallest for which there was
any call among buyers Hogs of 800 pounds
dead weight and upward could . hardly be
This took ali the gliding on the ginger
bread. unless prices were abnormally high
be brought to saIable maturity in the
course of one season. An early spring lit
fore cold weather begins to make feeding
unproftabe. Then, when the young pigs
are sold Off. there Is only the breeding
sow, or possibly two OF them, to keep over
winter, and She or they can roam the barn
yard, picking up waste grain, working over
manure and taking comfort beside the
TO feed hogs with the least trouble and
the most comfort Il clover field is neces-
sary. They will grow right along and even
take ON some fat, fed on clover alone all
summer long. Then, as the clover pastur-
OF q grain ration will make them tit for
market before feeding becomes unproiit-
able, as it does, when, owing to the wealth
food to make n pound Of gain. This is the
true system of hog feeding. It is the nat
ural method. There is less labor about this
plan than any other. The disagreeable job
gether After a summers run in a clover
field, it is in splendid order to plow for
a grain crop. TO get the most and the
best out IN, the way of fertilization, it
during which the crop natures, both root
and branch dying. and rotting for plant
An ideal pasture field should have an
abundance of shade ana an unlimited sup
Py OF i nrei % %ateT brod R @ ypfe tne a[Gr bo
tom. There should be strong and abundant
growth of clover and other grasses, for
though clover is best for them. hogs will
grow, thrive and fatten on other grasses
a rather mcaEer pasture may be elted out
with other green forage, cut and fed daily,
This involves more trouble, but, after ALL
far less trouble than sty feeding. The nick
of time must be taken for beginning the
grain ration, and 1t must be liberal enough
TO keep the animal improving all the time.
The mistake must not be made OF trying TO
"Ect there" on grass alone. once there
begins TO be falling off, it will be hard
to turn the corner again and resume the
march OF Improvement. The true method
is to keep the hog ON the upgrade from
start 10 finish.