The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1896-02-21
THE HOG BUSINESS.

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portant and universally considered
the easiest to manage. The industry
is not confined to the farm alone, but
the artizan, mechanic and laborer as
well, find recreatin in hog feed
ing. In the suburbs Ufour cities and
in the smaller towns all over the
country, where other farm business is
impracticable-we find the hog he
is at home everywhere.
have the acquaintance OF num-
Der of people in lola who make a
practice of feeding or more hogs con-
stantly and realizing large profits for
the care and labor bestowed, the cost
being inconsiderable as they are fed
largely the house slops, or the refuse
of the human palate, and herein lies
the great secret of hog feeding, for
there is hidden secret In this as we'll
as in other pursuits of life, and that
secret is the adaptation to and love
for the business in catering to the por-
cine appetite. Comparisons are some
times odius."
But science has taught US that the
internal system of the hog is more
nearly like the human system than
that of any other of the lower ami
mails. Our observation and expert
ence teach us that those principles are
true, then let us be governed by our
reasoning faculties and adapt our
selves to natures laws. Let us abuse
our minds no longer with the idea
that corn alone is king in the produc-
ton pork.
Many persons have seen the ap-
parent success of the industry, and
believing it to be the greatest source
of profits rush into it, only to fail
ultimately. The pigs get off their
feed, they get the thumps, the so call
ed cholera or swine plague enters and
begins to decimate the herds. So
many people endeavor 10 get some
thing for nothing, or attempt to real
ize profits without first cost, care OF
labor, and disaster is sure to follow.
We often read in the agricultural
I press of the science of hog feeding or
hog raising and it is often so compli-
Gated or so impracticable that the
average reader pays little or no at
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believe the secret is within Us and
needs development by the common
sense faculties with which we are Ell.
lowed
Many successful breeders and feed
ers have discarded corn altogether
for breeding stock and young pigs
Corn is of an oily nature wholly lack
ing in muscular tissue and when fed
alone will soon break down the con
stitutiou OF the hog and rob the purse
of the feeder. So corn is only king
when fed with other cereals or cOndi.
ments to balance the ration. Corn is
the great staple of the feeders; as
bread is the great necessity of the
human family, but imam can not live
by bread alOnen for we need some
thing to sharpen the appetite and
make US enjoy the staples we have
There is but little nutriment in many
articles We use. Pickles. salads, and
such things would stand very poor
analysis, yet by them our tastes are
gratified and our digestion is better
And so with the hog, it gets tired OF
corn and water in the morning and
corn and water at nigAt. Now it is
neither impossible, impracticable OF
unreasonable for US to procure the es.
sentiaI feed for the hogs that will
make complete or balanced ration.
There are many vegetables and fruits
that we may produce almost as sue,
cessfully as we do corn, that go to
make the "bill of fare' complete
Beets, turnips, parsnips, carrots,
potatoes, pumpkins, melons of all
kinds, these are all appetizers. They
aid digestion, they assist the corn
in building up the constitution, in
making the finished hog.
Then we have the ship stuffs and
mill feeds that cost but little more
than the corn which We. may ex-
change corn for. Many consider OIL
cake superior to corn for young pigs
and all who have fed it with corn
speak highly of it. Experiments
however recently conducted at our
agricultural station at Manhattan
shows that oil cake fed exclusi lively
is sure death TO the hog.
The trial proved that for long
time great gains were made in every
( instance in the beginning of the trial
but in a few weeks time, all succumb-
ed to the deadly poison, which it
proved to be when fed alone. And
/ I believe that corn alone is just as
sure death when persisted in. One
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