The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1897-04-03

More Corn and Less Red Tape In Farming.
In the fall of 1881 / bought small
Hook OF sheep and engaged in WOOL
growing. As soon as knew of its ex-
istenee l subscribed for the Texas
Wool Grower. have found it very
interesting and instructive, hence very
useful. In one thing, however, now
think it was at fault. 1t set the stand.
ard of successful and scientific breed.
ing SO high and its approaches SO diff
cult that it discouraged beginners
from attempting to teach il. So
plodded. Yet In few years had
herd of grand sheep. headed by the
unapproachable "Baby Lord. II
had attempted all the difficult methods
and scientific vagaries given as ''sine
qua mons" of success doubtless would
have found perplexity, confusion and
defeat. Hence / feel like saying q
word for the comfort and encour-
agement of beginners on the sub.
ject of hog feeding. You do not need
to put your hogs in q carpeted parlor
with milk and mush to be followed by
a royal desert for each meal. Don't
you remember when they penned 40 or
so razor backs" and emptied few
baskets of corn to them twice day,
and how those hogs of the past piled
on the fat and made themselves ready
for the slaughter? But do You say they
were razor backs? That's true, but
they were hogs. They were grown
and fattened on corn. And the corn
that fattens q razor back will fatten
a Berkshire and make out of him
more hog, more ham, more fat.
These thoughts are suggested by
the discussions of the subject of food
for hogs at the late meeting of the
Swine Breeders association at Fort
Worth. Doubtless all the articles
of food recommended are good, but
such stress is laid upon one and
another by different breeders that the
uninitisted are scared of, the novice
makes requisition on Georgia for a
DARRELL of COOLERS. or sends to east
Texas for sack of seed potatoes the
wants the kind that fattens hogsl, and
the mossback fourishes his trumpet
over the razor back, because the fine
breeds are so fastidious in their make
up Now, my point is, let those who
wish feed COOLERS, bran. sorghum, POI
tatoes and whatsoever they will, but
tell it aloud that corn, old-fashioned
Indian corn, will raise and fatten
hogs. fine hogs, the very finest But
does some one suggest 1--WE are trying
to get at the cheapest feed?" That is
wise, but don't talk it in such way
rs to create the impression that
1t won't pay to raise hogs on
corn, for those who may be SO sit-
uated as not be able to procure the
"cheap stuffs" win be frightened out
OF the business. We have fed nothing
but corn since last fall. and we never
had fatter sows, nor prettier, thriftier
pigs. If we could have gotten bran
and oats in sufficient abundance and
cheap enough, we would have done it
because we thought we had to, but we
didn't have to-" We could only pro.
cure limited supply of these valua-
BILE articles. and they were needed for
our Jerseys. The best hogs know of
are raised in the corn counties of
Texas. If anyone who reads this
wishes to invest in fine hogs, and has
nothing but corn to feed on, go ahead
corn will do. Give it to your pigs
and they will grow and fatten and
make you happy.-cor. Texas Farm
and Ranch.
Need of Planting Mixed Orchards.