The Cook County herald., 1901-07-06
Laan vs. Lard HOGS

While the attention Of stockbreedeTE
IS being justly attracted to the won.
sderful possibilities offered for the sue
eessful production Of sheep for mutton
and wool upon the fertile, virgin soils
OF the cheap, cut and burnt-oYer lands
skirting the lines Of the Wisconsin
Central railroad in Northern Wiseon-
sin it should be borne in mind thai
the same region offers essentially praes
tlcal inducements to the swine raiser.
The corn belt, with its magnificent /
Yields OF golden grain-corn that by
reason Of its treasures Of starch and =
oil furnishes the best possible mate i
rial for the production of animal fat
has given rise to breed Of swine
noted the world over as the lard hog.
This, surely, is a fitting name for the /
Poland China, which, with the trot-
ting horse, lays claim to American
origination and has brought credit and
cash galore to- its producers. But
even corn, like other kings, has it's
failings and the lard hog is not the cri-
sterion of conformation, constitution, OF
quality. Corn is an incomplete food
.superlatively rich in fat formers but
correspondingly poor in bone and mus
Gle making materials-hence animals
produced generation after generation
upon corn as a well nigh exclusive
diet become similarly Incomplete Like
corn they abound in fat; like corn they
lack the corresponding constituents OF
protein-they are deficient in vim,
vigor, bone and muscle. To these hogs
cholera has proved a scourge. Their
debilitated constitutions and sluggish
blood have offered the germ of the dis
ease it's most suitable habitat and pro.
liferating place; thus the annual raw
ages Of the fell disease have sadly off
set the profits Of marketing corn in the
shape Of the lard hog. In Canada the
lard hog has not, been extensively /.
bred; nor could it originate in that
colder, higher land where corn is not
the cheapest, most prolific grain.
Where legumes luxuriate there the ba-
con hog thrives best. His frame is
strong in bone; his muscle we'll devel- 8
oped; his constitution rugged and har-
dy; his blood pure and his whole sys-
tenn healthy, hence cholera and kind.
red diseases rarely find in him
breeding place. Nowhere do legumes
flourish better than in Northern Wis
consin Glover, springs up wherever
sown, drowning unsightly stumps in
pillows of succulent green forage. One
seeding is enough, for clover here
neither winter kills nor throws OUT
with frost. Crimson, red, white and
alsike clover, cowpeas and beans
these are the legumes, while supple
mentary nitrogenous food is near at
hand in the cheap wheat screenings to
be had from the great -four mills OF
Minnesota and used with profit for hog
feeding.
When. to high altitude, pure water
invigorating atmosphere and abund-
ance of oats and other pro-
teln-rich feeding material cheap
~ produced and procured is add
ed the fact that swine disease has
never invaded this region lit surely be-
comes apparent that ht is to be- g
found Natures sanitarium for the pro-
duction of healthy swine Here in the
opinion of the Farmers Review could
be bred and reared to fattening age
hogs of perfect constitution and vital
ity, to be killed for well-mixed bacon
Or fattened On cheap corn farther
south, with no loss from cholera OF
other disease. ,-