Hutchinson gazette., 1901-06-06

While the attention OF stockpreeueTb
is being Justly attracted to the won
derful possibilities offered for the sue
cessful production OF sheep for mutton
and wool upon the fertile, virgin soils
OF the cheap, cut and burnt-over lands
sklrtIng the lines Of the Wisconsin
Central railroad IN Northern Wiscon-
sin II should be borne In mind that
the same region offers essentially prac-
tical inducements to the swine raiser
The corn belt, with It's magnificent
yields of golden graln--corn that by
reason OF Its treasures OF starch ana
oil furnishes the best possible mate
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 fitting name for the
Poland China, which, with the trot-
ting horse, lays claim to American
orlgination and has brought credit ana
cash galore to It's producers, But
even corn, like other kings has lts
failings and the lard hog Is not the crl-
terlon OF conformation constitution, or
quality. Corn is an incomplete food
superlatlvely rich In fat formers Dut
correspondingly poor In bone and mus
Gle making materlals-hence animals
produced generation after generation
upon corn as well nigh exclusive
diet become similarly incomplete, Like
corn they abound In fat; like corn they
lack the corresponding constituents or
protein-they are deficient In vim,
yigor, bone and muscle, To these hogs
cholera has proved 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 on
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 1t originate in that
colder, higher land where corn Is not
the cheapest, most prolific grain
Where legumes luxurlate there the Da-
con hog thrives best, His frame ls
strong in bone; his muscle well deveI-
oped, his constitution rugged and mar
dy; his blood pure and his whole sys-
tenn healthy, hence cholera and Kind
red diseases rarely find In him a
breeding place. Nowhere do legumes
flourish better than in Northern WIS
consln. 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
alske clover, cowpeos and beans
these are the legumes, while supple
mentary nitrogenous food Is near Al
hand in the cheap wheat screenings "a
be had from the great -four mills oi
Minnesota and used with profit for hog
feeding.
When to high altitude, pure water
lnvgorating atmosphere and abund'
ance Of oats and other pro-
teln-rlch feeding material cheap
ly produced and procured Is add
ed the fact that swine disease hai
never invaded this region, It surely be
comes apparent that here is to b'
found Natures sanitarium for the pro
duction of healthy swine. Here in thu
opinion of the Farmers Review couC
be bred and reared to fattening age
hogs Of perfect constitution and vital
lty, to be killed for well-mISed bacor
or fattened on cheap corn farther
south, with no loss from cholera Of
other disease.