The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1900-11-17


some Eooas Tor rosk IS
At tho Arkansas Experiment sta
ton experiments were made: To
determine the adapt ability of differ
' ent crops s. q rotation Tor hugs: or
to determine, the cost of rearing ten
month e pigs on food gathered b. them.
selves .. We and grown on soil of known
fertility; CD to ascertain i system Of
rearing pigs for pork with q minimum
8 Quantity Of corn. The foods used were
rye pasture red clover pasture, sorg-s
. ,ll,E pasture, sweet potatoes, Spanish
peanuts, lfa1f pastnr at pasture.
!. c,'o'Wpeas pasture and shelled corn. A
practical conclusion OF the three OBJ
jects Of the experiment appears to be
attained. 81 81 d e. 81 & Il. .5s &.
59 - Red clover, sorghum and peanuts
were the best adapted foods for ro-s.
t !; Y I hey are cheap and easy to
produce, and their seasons OF matur-
ity are in convenient order for pigs
20 consume them. Roofing for the.
peanuts was too slight to ainjure the
soil. There is no necessity for root
crops for feeding with these foods
sweet potatoes were unequal to the
peanuts in palatability and fat and
flesh formers. By this system of rear
Ing and fattening pigs the manure re-
mains scattered OYER. the soil from
which the foods were eaten that pro-
,duced It. This together with the fact
=tnat clover and peanuts are soil i'm
provers Is great advantage.
2. The cost to produce a pound of
pork with a pig from. birth to 10
months Of age on red clover, sorghum
and peanuts, and s s-5 bushels of
corn, and grown on soil that would
produce, rs bushels OF corn per acre,
was ~ cents. z SIX. h. H..
y 3. The rotation or red clover, sorg-
hum and peanuts is system that re-
CURED 6 35 bushels of corn to pro-
duce hog weighing 243 pounds at
IL months old. Less corn could have
been fed in farm practice by keeping
the pigs two weeks longer on peanuts
in December, and feeding corn only
While the ground was frozen. Two
weeks feeding on corn would have
been sufficient to harden the pigs for
slaughter. r. ~ ,....>s H..
Remarks on the Experiment.
gain on corn was little less than on
peanuts though the corn was fed less
than half the time the peanuts were
ted The increase while feeding on
corn exclusively Is not quite up to the
usual gains made while feeding on
that food. There is no room for doubt
that cooked meal would have been
better for this short period. The
weight of the pigs September II, at
the age Of IS months and 10 days, is
less than it would be in farm prac-
tice, because they had an insuff1ciency
OF food when the clover was drying up
between July S and July 20. With
crimson clover for winter grazing the
:urcod sow can. be- kept on green food
throughout the year with but very lit
tie grain. The pigs were required. to
craze the clover close, and to eat
sorghum clean so that an estimate
could be made OF the area used Of each
= o-SoFeg& 80 sAAoAA SouAu NAVE DSSAl pkdut-
ed ten days earlier, and that would
have relieved the pigs from clover that
much sooner. This would have caused
them to gain more during that time.
The peanuts were ready for the pigs
August Is, within about fifteen days
after beginning the feeding OF sorg-
hum, but they were not put on pea
nuts until thirty-six days thereafter
for reasons before stated.
On better soil than that used in the
experiment less area would have been
used of each crop, and if lime had been
applied to- peanuts their yield would
have been greatly increased, The fer
tility OF the soil should be remembered
when considering the cost to rear the
pigs, and the area Of soil required
to produce the food. The pigs were
in perfect health On each crop, thus
showing those crops, to be entirely
suited to hogs. Grain was fed the
pigs until they We're S months old
with the green food TO keep them in
health and In rapid growth. A pig
will return better profit for food con-
sumed prior to 10 months old than it
will after that age is passed. Ill.
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