The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1904-03-23
HOW TO RAISE PORK.
Practical Information ON Important
Subject by an Expert.
Anderson Daily Mall.

Anderson Daily Mall.
The following is the admirable ad.
dress on pork raising delivered by
MY. B. Harris at the meeting of the
Farmers' Institute last Wednesday.
MIR. Harris is well qualified to speak
upon this eubjeot. as he has had @
great deal OF practical experience as
the manager OF Maj. Smythe's Wood.
burn Stock Farm aG Pendleton.
Mr.. Harris gave his talk more as u
collection of hints based on experience
on How to Raise Pork at Four
Gents Per Pound" than as any for.
NAL address. In substance he spoke
as follows:
10 produce pork at four cents q
pound 1t is very important to have
the right breed Of hogs to start with.
In the second place you must have
the pig at the right age. 1t Is best
to have the sows farrow in ecem-
Der or January and to kill tht pigs
about ten months later, as there is
more profit in pig ten months old
than In one twelve months old. II
properly taken care of up to this
age they will weigh $50 pounds or
more, and the first $50 pounds is the
cheapest flesh you can grow on q pig.
Every hundred you put Oh after that
will cost you one-third more. Now
as to the method Of growing at the
rate of four cents per pound:
Pigs farrowed in December or Jan.
uary will be large enough to begin
grazing by February 18th. A hog is
natural grazer and 1t is very impor-
tant to have good grazing pasture
If the pigs are to be kept III o healthy
and growing condition. This can be
secured by sowing crimson clover or
barley on good rich land in the early
part Of September. I consider Grim
son clover and barley two Of the earli-
est aid best crops that can be grown
for grazing. Sown about the first Of
September they will be ready to Craze
from the first TO the 10Th Of February,
according to the severity OF the win.
ter. There is nothing that will fatten
pigs faster and would rather have @
good patch Of crimson clover OF barley
than well filed corn crib. Glover
and barley grow bone and muscle,
which you must have in young ami
mails for good results. One-haIf acre
in crimson clover or barley will
Craze 20 pigs from the 18th Of Febru-
ary until the lat oY JGns.
From the 1st 70 the 10Th of April
SOW one acre in tsosinte in rows two
end one.half feet apart, Is inches in
the drill This will be ready for
grazing by the first Of June.
Teosinte is very luxurlant grower,
rlch In nutriment and it will
bear close grazing. This will
July. The first of April plant one
acre in sorghum cane, one-haf in
early variety and the other half in a
later variety in order to secure sue.
cession. This will support the pigs
until Sept. 10Th. About the first Of
May plant one acre in citrons, which
should be planted in land prepared
the same as for watermslons. Then
it ls well to have two acres in sweet
potatoes and four acres in peas,
which may be sown broadcast or
planted with drill, according to in
dividual preference.
CitroDs will be ready te feed by
August 18th. They should be boiled
and then mixed With . small proper
tion of rice meal or shorts. They
contain sugar and are very nutritious
when prepared this way. The yield
per acre is great and citrons require
very little cultivation. The sweet
potatoes will be ready for use by
Sept. 18th If you plant an early
variety such as "Queen of the South"
or "Nigaer- chooker." There are two
ways Of harvesting the potatoes.
Either put the hogs in the patch and
let them root for the tubers or gather
them and boil with the citrons.
get better results from boiling with
oitrons and adding the rice meal or
shortg. This mixture will put on
more flesh pei hundred pounds of feed
than any other feed I know Of. 1t is
balanced ration and well pays. for
the extra labor. Turn the pigs in on
the pea-held and they will do their
own harvesting. Allow them one
hours run Of the patch until the
ground is clear.
BY this time the hogs are ready for
butohering. The method outlined is
sufficient TO carry 30 pigs until they
are ten months old. They will aver
sge $50 pounds.
! Ab 60 cusU:
11aa acre in orii.lson olover.$ 3 90
1'aore in teosinte. -. 10 90
Q acres in potatoes. ..... Is 90
acre In sorghum cane. 10 90
4 acres in peas. ......... 10 90
tons rice meal. ....... 100 90
Labor for feeding hogs. 80 90
Total expense. $500 90
By 5000 lbs. pork at 4
cents per pound. ..... $500 90
Pork Of fair grade can be sold on
the market today at 81e cents per
pound, which would make the market
price OF 200 pounds S425.
Under. this system one hand at 9l25
per wear can do all the work for Al