The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1896-04-03
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An Interesting Topic Among stock
RaiseFs.
The question Of what kind Of food
will produce o pound Of pork at the
least cost is one which is sure TO be
answered from the standpoint Of 10
eality and availability rather than
from the constituents of the foods
themselves. Most feeders are ready
TO agree that corn will produce q pound
Of pork at the least possible cost, es-
pecially when it is MS cheap as at the
present season. There is q large class,
however, who claim that a clover field
will produce the cheapest pork, while
some combine the two, and say corn
and clover. Here and there a feeder
pins his faith to bluegrass pasture,
aud some feeders say corn and milk
produces the cheapest pork. 1t is safe
to conclude. therefore, that there is NO
fixed ration that will be accepted gem
orally as the cheapest and best. Those
who favor corn and milk generally
have the separator milk from cream
cry near by to feed their hogs; but the
feeder without that advantage could
not very we'll accept the statement as
correct, SO fur as he is concerned. The
men that say corn Is the cheapest have
q great abundance of home raised
corn that can be sold only ut a very
low price, and the hog is necessary to
turn It into cash crop and carry it to
market. In the Middle states, where
clover is largely grown, corn and clo-
yer will give rs good, If not better, re-
suits than any other combination, and
the fat and flesh of a hog grown upon
these foods are much better proper
toned and balanced than those grown
entirely upon corn. The latter have
too much fat. and consumers now de-
mand more lean meat. But the sea-
son and the yield of crops will some
times determine the question of cheap
ness. Last season wheat was found to
be cheap and profitable food. This
season corn is cheaper than wheat.
Potatoes were worth 80 to 40 cents per
bushel year ago; now, at to 10
cents, they are cheap food, and assimi-
late well with milk and ground grain.
We have seen as quick growth made
OH some damaged -four. mixed with po-
tatoes and steamed until the latter
We're cooked, as upon any other food.
But cheap potatoes and cheap -four are
not always available, while the clover
pasture or the corn crop is. The by
products Of wheat, with clover pasture
and good corn, is the basis of hog
feeding in this state, modified to some
extent by the great growth of dairying
within the past three years, which is
making its by-products available to a
much larger number of feeders than
ever before.-Michigan armer.
Snow Proof ventilator.
Just at this season Of the year when
man goes into his stable and finds a
bushel or two Of snow under the ven
tilator shaft, he wonders If it wouldn't
be fully as conducive to the comfort
Of his COWS IL he had less ventilation.
1t is not essential that we have the
snow to get under the ventilator and
the plan Of cupola here shown will
solve the problem. A a are windows
hung on easy working hinges; b is an
iron rod, not too heavy, connecting the
two windows, and long enough so that
when one is closed the other will be
open as shown in the large cut. When
there is no wind the windows will
hang as shown In the small cut. When
the wind is in the west the pressure
will close the window on that side and
open the opposite one. Enough draft
will be formed to draw all the foul air
from below. The cover (c) to the shaft
will further prevent snow coming in,
and will keep sparrows from bother
ing. The best plan Of cupola will pro-
vide for windows on all four sides. con-
nected as shown. The shaft should