Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1903-09-29
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The Stockman's Column
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$500 VI 'ne ne1i'h ana THRIFT or pig
u 'ipps w sooa. warm, dry place to
ana . o nieo, IA msn enrre are no coid drafts,
anu sieah piace 70 iced, says breeder
a aha ieeuel prefer feeding floor, so
- H.. w, Nv. ue conipeiied 10 eat TOO
aiss =, UT i,ousHs lof FEEDING slop should
Aus oe - reeu,ms h1or' Keep your feeding
and good place TO sleen and die the n Ma'is IL
likely to be healthy"
Growina p.co,
MI,
i, e. , tale iaetor IN the produc-
MI MI VI nrii. pHcon Is undoubtedly the food
ny ia'e VI ieeuihs Is OF more or less I'M
ao,. az iiiuieateu ABOVE, since rush
~ ~ plss piouuee niore OF less 'softs. SAYS
isuaie' VI pueiph. inc knd
. 49, % .ne inihs. Sorh leu alone pro-
-, %, Nei ;., iaise percentage OF sorts.
=, m, ~ ~, 49, sa'l lropoftioti OF SKIM
M ~. ~ ~ Why SIZES huch better results |
80. .ne Hhlih ni'ik VI whey constitutes ~
VI - rei etl. VI me ury matter OF the "a |
saol .hs p.opoi,ion uoeS NOT appear 70
Say niat.eft Just lhciuentaiiy, the addi-
eloh VI such an amount OF skim milk, or
my, Sneapens production materially.
No 49,, s.o'eI, s.euNieu OF green, rape OF
II
WIN corh ana give results nearly as good.
a shlaH proportioh Oh corn with cereals,
OATS OF Dariev, OF win peas, does not not
appear 70 nave very injurious eHect.
| barley Is unsurpassed as FEED Tor the
Production Oh nrln bacon. oats also are
most excellent; Peas produce good results;
are exceedingly aiuable. In conclusion,
skim milk or whey Is an almost infallible
guarantee OF hrn pork Corn may be fed,
but must have some counteracting food
"''ns WIN - u = WI site pau results
success WIN Hoss.
/ Professor Skinner OF Indiana, in discuss
ling the above subject recently. said: The
4 success. OF the FEEDER OF hogs depends upon
4 three particular things-Sood breeding, in
i telligent FEEDING and careful marketing.
4 The feeding of hogs and cattle are very
similar processes in that there is not much
difference in the essential qualities of the
successful feeders of each. Nood breeding
4 is necessary in order that the quality may
be OF sneh nigh grade as to permit the
finishing of an excellent looking and well
i proportional hog The feeder must be a
4 student of his business and watclful for
signs Of change or peculiar development In
his animals Certain practical points In
hog feeding should be kept in mind con-
stantly to do the hest work In feeding.
More economical gains from feeding can
be made on the younger animals and these
animals will best be made to grow protta-
IDLY If kept constantly growing, permit no
stopping or seasons of of condition, and
. the greatest profit will result The length
| of this period of fattening has very direct
influence on the quality ana amount OF
food required. Whether or not to reed
i grains or highly concentrated FOODS de-
: ponds upon how you want your hog 70
grow. Slow, steady gains may be made
: from the coarser foods but II time Is an
. opJect the pest 1000 Us Indispensable.
Selecting the Stock Boar.
1t is no advantage for herd boar TO
! have immense. coarse joints and round,
coarse bone. Like begets like, 1t Is said,
but that is no reason Tor choosing coarse
boned, ibad-boned boar for the purpose OF
correcting faults In the bones OF farm
: swine, says DR.. a. =. Alex nder IN faf'
y mer's Review. Where there Is deficiency
, of bone in the annual crop OF pigs the use
= of coarse-boned boar VIII not properly
!, correct the trouble. There is something
u wrong with the nutrition of the unborn
> pigs, the feed OF the sow, the reed OF the
boar, the entire manner of managing the
> : swine The use OF the coarse-ooned noai
will be liable 20 produce coarse pone II
. less degree nut u 10 hoe coarss oo,e wv
= are after. but sound, dense, mlneral-com
!. posed bone. Quality of bone is then OF fal
!. more importance than bulk OF bone. Mef'
y bulk. coarseness. Is very often due 10
:. superabundance OF organic mattefs ralhe
l. than inorganic salts. 1T may come iron
. the long use of corn and other farbona
= ceous foods in the absence of lack of nitro
genous and mineral-providing foods. I'M
u coarse bone, Indicated by coarse joints
does not prevent hogs from becoming para
= lyzed In the nina Quarters OF from knuch
-, ling over In the fetlocks. It Is no criterio
- of strength but an Indication OF grossnes
u and fabbiness and to be rejected rathe
than cultivated.
~ Bit of Swine History.
- 49,, r,.o
The swine lhtrouueeu lnlo NV ~ ~ .,
States by the carry soioilis.s were , oa iai
rior stock, ana the iIuprofeilent III uieeu
"a the result OF eareLui seiee.ion, pre ..sli
~, ~. and feeding IN coh'p pa, feeens seai'
Size was formerE .he chiei ann OF pree.
i ers, and was ihsisleu upon. resaruiess
~ proportion, per cent OF onai OF cost
:, production, says the iasL census rGpolt. AZ
w cording to writer ~ Farmers heV lev:
~ Between 1878 ana 1851 tne sGnester VIM.
~ was evolved as alstlncl pfeea ps u
crossing o. sou Mn,,ianJ viii, tho whit
J.. hogs then ,,a eon the Rerkshire s was intr
lis duced from England about 1880. but di
not come into general favor till the decat
al of 1870 to 1850. Inc Poland-China orlgll