Lewiston evening teller. [volume] (Lewiston, Idaho) 1903-1911, 1907-03-01

chopped wheat for the first two or
three days, then three pounds for two
or three days, and so on until they are
on full feed. 1t usually requires zen
days to get the hogs on full feed.
Never Crowd Hogs.
Never crowd hogs. Keep them
greedy; always ready for their feed.
Wheat should be well chopped. Be-
fore feeding moisten al add a little
chop. The trough should b. fixed so
the hog cannot get his feet into It
Wa ar should always be at hand in a
separate trough. Eight o: ten hogs in
one pen are plenty. Weigh the feed.
as uniform feeding brings the best
r sults- A daily ration Of five or six
pounds per heal Is sufficient.
The feeder should be careful about
the pen. preventing the hogs from be-
coming excited.
Pet them. A hog likes kind treat
ment. A little time spent to scratch
the hog on the back is feed saved.
Seventeen pounds of gain can be
gained from one bushel OF wheat and
is pounds should be easily obtained.
With the hog market at 6Acents per
pound, is pounds will bring s3N cents
bushel for wheat.
D. G. Rogers of Caldwell, one of the
most successful hog raisers in the west
gives his views in the Gem State Ru-
raj as follows:
without solicitation I have prepar-
ed few hurried items relative to the
| great question of swine production in
Idaho. Being identified as I am very
closely in that line of business in your
| locality, I feel free to make a few
statements of the question which
stads first of all in value in relation
to other meats, being double tina of
Nbeef and nearly three times that of
mutton.
Hogs Abused Too Much.
The hog. of all animals is the most
abuse. the most neglected, and the
most despised, save one; that one is
man; who bemeans himself with intox-
icants as to- lose all self control and
is reduced from being made in the
image of his Maker, to a mere brute;
yet, Notwithstanding all these oppos-
ing influences the hog ranks first of
all in volume of production and wealth,
reashing the enormous figure Of $780,
145, 900 for the last census year of
1900
When we consider the, enormity Of
the export products of the hog for the
year of 1906, viz, lard $60,00O,O 900, ba-
con $36.OO0.000, and hams $4,000, 900
is 1t any wonder that farmers of Ida
ho or other localities should be stimu-
lated to action thereby and share very
largely in the production of this most
important commodity, either for ex-
mort or home production? And TO
show how easily and chearly this may
| " lI'NbTI Oh tHeSe papers.
Give Them Lots of Run.
/ Where the climatic conditions are
most favorable, and the freedom from
destructive diseases, which are so
prevalent in many localities, almost
unknown; with all the requisites for
cheap production, with plenty of alf-
alta for pasture, ranking first of all
! as food product for pigs, being hibh-
est in protein of all known feeds Ida
no presents to my mind the veritable
/ field of operation in this particular
line of industry. And just here, let
me say what has been done elsewhere
can be repeated here.
In the state of Washington I raised
pigs which, at eight months old. dres-
sed $50 and 275 pounds. But how was
this done?
! And what the cost?
Hogs Must Have Milk.
But just here let me say 1t must he
done in connection with the dairy; the
dairy being a very important factor
and an inseparable adjunct to success
full hog raising. for pigs must have
milk, and milk lays the foundation on
which TO build the superstructure of
the future hog. for milk being rich
in protein and fats, builds the muscle
and the bone, while alfalfa is rich
also in protein and adds the carbo-
bohydrates also.
To these should be added small
quantity of ground feed, either wheat
or barley and this feeding should be
kept UP constantly from the time the
pigs are. old enough to eat until they
are supplanted by another lot. Only
sufficient grain should be fed to them
to keep them in growing condition and
not to fatten.