The Greenville times. [volume] (Greenville, Miss.) 1868-1917, 1908-03-01
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THE lot SI,3S2. so They were the pro-
dtgce OF sen sows. narrowing two lit
ter a year. The fall pigs were far
rowed from September Goth to Oct-
ober 10th, and the spring liters from
March 18Th to April 22nd They
were marketed at an average age
OF about ten months Thirty-two
were sold on foot and averaged
rs II pounds. Eighty-fye were
dressed and averaged I35 SO pounds
Tire financial statement showing
proceeds OF sale, cost Of prodsaction
and net profit IS as follows
81 pigs, average live weight
rs II lbs at &c. IS $1,000
s. pigs, average dressed VT.
.135 3-8 lbs. at SC -.... o2o $
: gifts sold for breeding pur
poses at $e5 .....- :. I25 90
Total proceeds -. $3.50. 81
Expenses
265 bu corn at zoe ..........$ I85 so
200 bu. corn, estimeted, at 65c I6o. 90
; tons of efforts at SIS " Is. 90
Rent on - IL acres OF land
at So NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.. 81 90
Seed used on pasture lots 20. 50
Total expense .........$ $50 so
Net profit .............. SSo3 90
If the FIVE gilts, which averaged
roo pounds, had been sold at oo,
net profit would have been $3.50 so
T'he corn IN the above expense
account. which IS estimated was
grown on thirteen acres OF land af-
ter a crop OF oats had been harvest
ed Peas were planted in the corn
and the hogs were turned in the
field in the fall eating the peas and
corn together In order to get +he
peas planted in time to mature, the
corn was given only one working.
and twenty bushels per acre is fair
estimate Of the yield
Management of Herd
The boar is kept in separate
lot, and the sows are bred TO far
ROW in the spring and fall The
litters should be as near the same
age as possible they can be han
diced and led together TO a better
advantage
Each sow has a separate stall, six
by eight feet, with smll lot adjoin-
ing. A rev days before narrowing
.the sow is placed in the house, with
access 10 the lot, and kept there I'M
Ill the pigs are about two weeks
old; the gate is then left open and
the sow and pigs go out to pasture
at will using the house as a sleep
ing quarter.
A box of hardwood ashes and
salt is kept in dry place, access
ible To the hogs at all times. NJ
medicine nor stock food il used, bu
regular attention is given to keep
the herd free from lice. This we
consider very important, as young
pigs will not thrive when infested
with lice A cheap soap is stirred
in boiling water, and to- two gollons
of this mixture, one qnart OF kero-
sine oil is added This is applied
wIth an old broom as often as nee
essary In addition little kera-
sine oil is sprinkled on the floor of
thu sleeping quarters when cleaned.
Another important detail of the
management is 10 keep the sleep
ing places free from dus.. Houses
have plank floors, and these are
swept at regular intervals.
Pastures
Our pasture rotation, which fur
aiehes grazing all the year, consists
first OF bermuda lot i'll which the
houses are located, apd which CON
Gains shade and water. Opening
form this ara three lots of four and
one half acres each; one of these is
seeded with Dwarf Essex rape and
ned clover in August or early Sep
tember. The other two are seeded
to wheat and rcd clover in Septer11-
Der, or early October. The rape 10.
is plowed in April and planted in
sorghum about the first of May In
addition to these pastures every
acre of corn is planted in peas very
thick, at the last working OF the
corn.
The rape will be ready TO Craze
in thirty TO forty days after seeding
and will furnish grazing all winter.
When the slows and small pigs arc
turned ON the rape and clover, the
market hogs are in the pea field. In
April the hogs are turned from the
rape lot into rhe red clover and
wheat lots, which they Craze alter
nately until August, when they arc
turned into the sorghum BY this