The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1908-04-30
MAKING Hogs PROFITABLE On
THE FARM.

The position of the sheep In live
STOCK production for profit was dis
GUESSED lsst week; and while the hog
and his products have received
good deal OF attention in our paper
recently. We want 10 bring him De-
fore the people OF our section yet
again. az We believe that as me
dunn through which to convert GER
tain farm crops into quick dollars
no animal Is his superior. To cover
the hog question entirely Is too large
an undertaking for me to attempt at
this time, even II my space would
permit So | propose 10 touch on
only a few points that ! believe are
worthy the especial attention OF the
average farmer who Is endeavoring
TO make his living and something
besides from the labor OF his hands
and pains.
FIRST. Get Good Breeding Stock.
Nov first. the type Of SOW we want
on our place to produce a profitable
Iitters OF strong pigs. that Will make
good feeders. Is happy medium be-
tween the little chunky "gob OF fat"
and the old long-nosed, long-legged,
slab-sided. female hog. good for moth
Ing much but running, roofing and
turning good corn, peas, and grass
into a poor quality Of snout, skin.
and bones. Instead OF animals OF
either Of the above types, we want
for our use large, long-bodied, short
legged sows, with nose OF medium
length, and then they must be good
suckers. Breed this sort OF a SOW
TO a rather blocky boar In time so
the pigs may be dropped during the
months OF March or April. and the
latter part of September or October
and the first part OF November.
Now Give Them q Grass Pasture.
Give the sows a good sized pas
ture to run in, that has some grass
growing in It, Bermuda for the East
and Lespedeza, red top, timothy, and
blue grass for the western part Of
our section. Now, don't, | beg Of
you, go and fence off ten acres Of
land covered with scrub oak or pines
and pretend that you are furnishing
your hogs with pasture, for you are
not; you are simply providing then
with a nice large play ground. Thi!
point Of having real grazing for hog
is so very important that we're
a forgetful farmer 1 should have {
large sign nailed up on the hog 10
fence to remind me every time
passed that way that my hogs wan
grass"
Make this hog pasture large
enough so that should one of the OLE
sows get a roofing spell on sh,
wouldn't be able to turn more thar
one-tenth of the soil during any on
wet spell. An acre for each SOW II
a good rule to go by; then any tim'
the pasture becomes too rank thu
cattle may be turned in for a da.
and Craze 1t down.
Plenty of Pure Water.
The hogs must have plenty of goot
pure water, obtained from we'll
spring, or flowing stream, and WI
like to have a place for our hogs tt
'wallow" during the hot period. W.
have never seen that good clean mut
and water injured our hogs in tn,
least, and it certainly affords then
a great deal of pleasure to sink dow
in good sized mud hole where tn,
water for the mixture is supplied
from a spring.
What and How to Feed Your Hogs
There are various methods W.
may use to supply the hogs witt
other necessary rations after we hav
them provided with an abundance o
grass grown in their permanent pas
ture. Ship stuff is a splendid fec
for small pigs, but is too expensive
for our use; so we depend on corn
sorghum, cowpeas, sofa beans, etc
We do not grow these crops in small
fields to be harvested by the hogs
but generally grow them alongsid
the permanent pasture fence, Gu
with moving machine or scythe, an,
hogs as needed. This is not larg
job at all, and saves the farmer
large expense for building hog tigh
fences around a number of small
fields and the crops being grown il
large fields may be planted and cul
tivated at much less expense. w,
: provide a ''creep" through which tn,
small hogs may go to be fed sepa
rate from the sows and no matte
what the age of these pigs they al
ways receive along with their othe
feed light feed of corn in the ear
This Is soaked until it becomes soft
Disposing of Your Surplus Pork.
The most profitable way to dis
pose Of our surplus pork is a ques
ton that our location must decid,
very largely. Our pigs go to tn,
butchers at an early age for fresl
meat, as We have a market almos
at the corner of the farm, and it is
matter of only few minutes time
to throw or dressed hogs int
the spring wagon and deliver then
at the back door of the butcher shop
We always furnish first class prod
uct, perfectly cleaned, and ask thu
top of the market" Others les
faVorably located may possibly do al
well to cure the meat in a first class
manner and put it on the marke
as first class hams, shoulders ant
bacon. Those located near a large