The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1902-03-20

VOLUME XVI. NO. Il.
growth and very palata bic. The sweet
corn was much better than the fodder
corn, and he advised farmers to try a
small patch if they have never fed it to
cattle. He advised them to save the
seeds by husking and tying the tops
together with binder Irvine and hang
ing on the rafters in a good, dry place
in the house or barn. He spoke of the
value of rape sown with grain, using
as seed one to one and half pounds to
the acre, and after the grain was cut
there was good pasturage. 1t was
especially good for the sheep, though
the lambs SHOULD not be allowed to
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Mr::Trow did not forget to say that
pumpkins were relished by the cows
just as much as man relishes his piece
Of pumpkin pie: He raises patch of
pumpkins by themselves and feeds
them freely to his COWS. There was
nothing in the seeds to hurt the cows,
and he feeds as high as 200 pumpkins
in q single day to his cows. Mr., Trow's
talk was of a very practical nature
throughout, and was listened to very
attentively. -. II. 49,.
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BREEDING AND FEEDING HOGS.
Forest Henry. of Olmsted county,
Minnesota, spoke on breeding and
Feeding Hogs,'' his remarks being
more especially on the raising of hogs.
Mr.. Henry is we'll posted on the hog
and has very wide reputation as a
most successful hog raiser. Twenty
years ago he went in debt $1,000 for a
farm in southern Minnesota, and in
Eseven years he paid for his farm by
raising hogs. He of course raised
other stock and conducted his farm
along general lines of farming, but he
made hogs his speciality In 1878,
when wheat failed and the yield was
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price was very low, prospects for the
southern Minnesota farmer were poor,
with land valued at $40 per acre. he
took dressed hog to town one day for
his father, when he was a young man,
and received $19 for it, and he thought
at the time that hogs ought to pay bet
ter than wheat, and SO informed his
father. When he got his own farm he
decided to 60 into hogs. With less
money than it required to buy horse,
he got enough in the hog line together
to start in the business Of raising hogs.
He paid SO for the first pig, he bought
and in three months sold him for $40.
When one SOW would net $50 per year
he considered that the business was
profitable. ANY lard hogs are money
makers" said Mr.. Henry. He had a
chart showing the proper type of SOW
and boar for breeding purposes. The
SOW should be long in body and deep
with short snout and full between the
eyes. A chubby body in brood SOW
was poor indication of good breeding
points. The ribs should be we'll sprung
and the animal should be little coarse
in it's make up. The brood SOW should
be brought up largely on pasture. One
very essential feature in brood SOW
was maturity. Cholera and many other
diseases were traceable to immature
breeding many times. Full blooded
| animals were not essential for brood
sows. In the boar however, q full
blooded animal was necessary, though
the sire could be little more COM
pact in build than the SOW. The brood
SOW should be fed protein or growing
feed for good development and hardy
litters of pigs. No SOW will ever eat
up its pigs if it is properly fed during
the breeding season. Clover hay,
ground oats and bran and corn were
the rations necessary. Corn should be
fed sparingly and in quantities only in
cold weather. Oats were fed dry on q
feeding floor, which should be out of
doors, and kept clean. The animals
should have plenty of exercise. Bran
was not too bulky feed and contained
good bone making material. After
narrowing time feed shorts. The hog
has the smallest lungs of any animal in
existence, and dust should not be
allowed to collect around the feeding
lfoors, Special attention should be
paid to keeping the barns and all
places where the hogs are kept abso-
lutely clean. There should be plenty
[of sunlight. One second of bright sun
Flight would kill any germ in existence.
Mr.. Henry spoke of his feed barns and
showed drawings of the same. Each
pen was 7x10 feet. He also showed
drawing of his ''wigwam" farrow pen