CanÌƒon City record. [volume] (CanÌƒon City, Colo.) 1883-192?, 1907-07-18
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six sows. in 1906. pigs for pork for
$500
w. H. vassar, Romeo, bought three
sows with litters OF pigs, June 5, 1906.
November 90, 1906, he sold the pigs,
retaining the sows. and, after deduct
ing the cose for feed on ~ acres,
had $3.50 profit per SOW. This in less
than six months.
G. W. Baer, New Windsor, raised,
in 1906, 165 pigs from IA sows. at two
litters. The lot were kept through
the summer on ~ acres of pasture,
with very little grain.
A farmer near Wray. mixed wheat
with corn and fed to fattening hogs.
He realinzed 95 cents per bushel for
the wheat. Another farmer from the
same neigh borhood sold in 1906, for
pork. s240 worth of pigs raised from
one sow.
A stockman, near La Jara, fed his
brood sows, while sucking, all the
pea hay they could eat and no other
feed The sows became thin from
giving an unusual supply of milk. but
the pigs thrived accordingly After
the pigs were weaned. they had no
other feed but pea hay. They were
sold at months old and averaged 102
pounds each.
The results of our Investigations
show that at the present time the
Colorado farmers who are ,raising
hogs, and who understand the busi-
ness. are doubling their money every
six to twelve months.
At the sametime, We find mary be-
ginners, who. having learned of the
large profits made by experienced hog
raisers. start raising hogs without any
knowledge OF the business. and they
often lose, and frequently heavily.
Early this spring a company in the
western part of the state. after an in
vestigation CT the work of successful
hog raisers. became convinced of the
large profits in the business, and pur-
chased 1875 head to start with. The
pigs were bought in small lots from
farmers where they had been fed
grain and given good shelter. They
were gathered together and the en-
tire lot turned into an alfalfa pasture
where the irst growth was very wa
terry. The pigs were watered from a
we'll. where the water was strong
with alkali. In a short time all but
nine head were dead. the owners
thinking they had died Of cholera.
successful! cattleman decided to
go into the hog business. He raised
$50 pigs this spring and all but Is
died before they were weaned. He
found that the feed and shelter were
all right, but that the lice were so
thick that they had actually killed
1874 head.
A farmer, new to the hog business.
noticed that in fattening hogs with
peas, considerable portion of the
grain passed through the animals un-
digested. He got the idea that II he
fed the hogs concentrated lye II would
soften the peas in the hogs stomachs
and make them digestible. He killed
most OF his hogs before he learned
that concentrated lye is not q good
hog feed
Examples like these are so common
that they indicate that a farmer who
has not handled hogs should start
very slowly in the business. We would
advise the beginner not to start with
more than five sows. Watch these
and their pigs very carefully. The
next year. II reasonably successful,
double the number of sows kept and
increase the number slowly each year
until the full number that the farm
can carry is reached. Handled In this
way, hog raising will become one Of
the most profitable lines on the farm.
H. NJ. COTTRELL.