The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1897-10-30

the sleeping quurters tronghts and
adjacent grounds. Air-slakea lime and
carbolic acl are good disinfectants.
Close study and observation has led
me to believe that we can produce
pork of the best quality ct q great deal
less cost than the average farmer has
been doing, and at the same time
greatly reducing the risk of loss
from disease. One way TO re-
duce the cost of pork is by re-
ducing the time to produce. A
thrifty pig that will weigh 200 pounds
gross, with meat well marked with
lean, is the most desirable for the mar
ket Of the world to-day; and with .
good breed Of hogs, mature mothers,
proper care during pregnancy and care
full treatment Of pigs, this weight can
be produced at six months. Keep the
pigs growing from start TO finish. To
make the most of the SOW, let her pro-
duce two litters year, prefer March
and September for narrowing times.
Since some argue that fall pigs do
not pay, let me give one illustration:
About the 10th of last October l
had a sow to farrow q litter of
ten pigs; no special care was given
them, as the weather was pleasant,
and when the pigs were about seven
weeks old they were turned into the
artichoke field with the SOW, where
they were allowed to run with other
hogs all winter, except when very
muddy they were shut of, and when
the ground was hard frozen they were
fed some corn. About the 10Th of
April they were taken from the arti-
cholses and fed corn until the first day
OF June. when they were weighed, and
the litter averaged two hundred and
seventy-eight (s7s) pounds. Now 1
should not consider this extra
weight for spring pigs at q little
less than eight months old, but simply
mention it to show that there may be
profit in the fall pigs if we give them
proper care and treatment.
If you are fancy breeder of the
hog, and wish to make the most of him,
remember it is the wide-awake breeder
who keeps on the tidal wave of inn
provcment. Strive oil the time to inn
prove, both by breeding and feeding.
Never misrepresent your stock to
"would-be" purchaser; far better should
you tell him you can't fill his order
than to deceive him. Strive to have
the best, then ship nothing but your
best; thus when you gain a GUS
toner, you not only hold him, but the
probability is that you will get some of
his neighbors. On the other had, if by
Misrepresentation you should sell one,
you may never expect another from
him or any other man with whom he
has an influence. To say nothing of
the moral effects, let me say that IL
you would. in the long run, make the
most OF the hog financially, you must
deal justly with all men.
When we sum it all up, the two most
essential factors in this subject are in
telligent breeding and feeding. Every
young breeder, and old ones as we'll,
should make thorough study of
feeding swine and how to balance
properly the rations so as to develop
every part alike. This, with the prop
er selection, mating and breeding, have
transformed the original scrub to our
present high standard and finely
imported swine-a Transformation
which is now going on more rapidly
than ever before, and the breeder who
does not realize this will soon be left
far in the dim, smoky distance.
Last. but not least, keep yourself
POSTED by taking and reading some
good. up-to-date agricultural paper, in
connection with good breeders jour.
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