The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1904-05-05
THINGS DOING.
Hog Feeding That Is Interesting In
View of the Low Price of Wheat.
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by j. L. MARSHALL.
It is at first glance a little surprising
to be told that wheat surpasses corn
as food for growing pigs, but the Mis-
souri, experiment station seems to have
demonstrated it as q fact. High grade
healthy Berkshire pigs were used to
test various schemes of feeding. 1t is
an old Sayiag that the rate of increase
in Digs diminishes with their age; that
the first part of the fattening period is
the more profitable. The Missouri test
however, brought out the additional
point that when animals are put too
young on full feed they do not hold so
constant rate Of increase as maturer
animals that are placed on the full
feed in fact, they soon fall materially
behind the latter.
1t was made plain that the fattening
process must be short, say two months
Neither wheat nor corn clear was
Bound satisfac tory for growing pigs.
Another element is needed, and the
soy bean was found excellent, with
either wheat or corn, to fit spring pigs
for market, and better than the cow
pea for finishing hogs. In every case
wheat was proved superior, weight for
weight, to corn for growing pigs.
Wheat chop was preferable to whole
wheat, either clear or mixed with bran.
The result of the whole experiment is
stated thus:
First, pigs with increasing age di-
minish this rate of increase; second,
pigs rather young upon full feed do not
maintain this rate of increase, but fall
behind others that are older and less
long on full feed; third, the fattening
process for pigs to be profitable must
be short, perhaps not longer than two
months; fourth, wheat as food for
growing pigs is superior to corn, weight
for weight; fifth, neither wheat nor
corn gives the best results when fed
alone; sixth, young pigs cannot be
reared at all on a clear wheat diet.
Farmers Elevators.
The usual plan Of managing a farm
ers' elevator company is to form a To-
cal stock company, build the elevator,
employ a manager and ship to the COM
mission mer in the grain market. Lo>
cal companies Of this kind are quite
Independent of one another. A later
plan which is on trial now in Nebras-
ka is the establishment of a large cor
pOration with system Of elevators at
different points and stockholders at
the various places where elevators are
located. The several communities have
voice in the management of the COM
pany prOpOrtionate to the amount of
stock they hold. This scheme includes
a terminal warehouse to clean and mix
grain and the maintenance of a spe-
cial agent at the market, both advan-
tageous measures. But, whether on
the new or the old basis, bright out
look is claimed for the farmers eleva-
tors in Nebraska. Some Of the old
companies have declared good divi-
dends, new plants are going up, and
the influence of these plants has been
to keep the price of wheat and corn
cents nearer to terminal market rates
on the average than before the indie
pendent elevators came into existence.
Peach Leaf Curl.
Peach leaf curl has become very
troublesome in Michigan, and the au-
thorities are urging the use of copper
sulphate spray Zone pound copper sui
plate to fifty gallons of water) before
the buds begin to swell Bordeaux
mixture is still relied upon by many
growers and should be used full
strength for this purpose and before
the buds swell. AS combination rem
edy for San Jose scale and leaf curl
the lime, salt and sulphur spray of the
Pacific coast is OF late preferred by
others as killing two birds with one
stone
Cuba Proving Attractive.
It appears that Cuba is attracting a
number of farmers from the United
States. Quite number from Iowa
have been there this winter investigat-
ing the country and seem we'll pleased
with it. EXcursiOnists from Minnesota
give good report of the country, and
an Ohio man has an extensive ranch
which is proving very profitable.
Farm Engineering Now Taught.
Farm engineering is the latest course
added to the curriculum of the Wis
consin State College of Agriculture.
Roadmaking will be one of the first
specialties taken up, and farm archi-
lecture and landscape gardening will
be included.
Breeding Pedigreed Corn.
It takes three years to breed pedi-
greed seed corn for the market, and
one Of the important points is the de-
tasseling of all plants that appear i'm
perfect or in any way unsatisfactory.
The Automobile In Farm Life.
South Bend, Ind.-What the automo-
bile can do for the farm will be made
plain at the st. Louis worlds fair. Not