The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1910-10-19
IMPORTANCE OF
HOG RAISING TO
THE SOUTHLAND
Much Valuable information Is Con-
tanned in Farm Bulletin Issued by
Agricultural Department.

the South can bring about this much
desired condition and can at the same
time realize handsome profits for
themselves if they will engage in the
raising of hogs more extensively, de-
clares Prof. Dan T. Gray, of the Ala
bama Polytechnic Institute, who has
charge of the department of animal
industry at Auburn, and is also an
expert in animal husbandry in the
Bureau of Animal Industry of the
United States Department of Agricul-
ture, in Farmers Bulletin All" en-
titled Feeding Hogs in the South
just issued by the department.
Hogs can be raised as cheaply in
the South as anywhere else, and in
many cases more cheaply, but hogs
can not be raised proftably on corn
alone" says Prof Gray, and in the
bulletin he gives in full detail the
proper methods of feeding hogs in
order to realize a profit Figures are
given showing the results obtained
from the use of various feeds in ex-
periments conducted at different
points in the South. The bulletin
should prove of much value to any
Southern farmer, and its circulation
will doubtless result in a greatly in
creased activity in hog raising.
President w. w. Finley, of the
Southern Railway Company, who is
greatly interested in having the
South raise its food supplies at home,
will be glad to have a copy of this
bulletin sent to any farmer in the
South who will address a request to
him at 1900 Pennsylvania avenue,
Washington, d. c., or request may be
made directly to the Department of
Agriculture.
Before going into the details of the
proper feeding of hogs, Prof. Gray
makes some very interesting observa-
tfons, showing how. the raising of
more hogs in the South will prove
benefit to the whole section. He
gives figures showing the consumption
of home-raised and Western animals
in Birmingham, Ala, in 1907, proving
that in that year alone more than
million dollars went out of Birming-
ham into distant States, all of which
should have gone into the pockets of
Southern farmers. Other reasons
why Southern farmers should raise
more hogs are stated as follows:
Pork can be made as cheaply and
perhaps more cheaply, in the South
than in any other section of the coun-
try. And there are many reasons why
our Southern farmers should intro
duce this line of animal production
into the farming system. One of these
reasons is mentioned above, the mon
ey spent for meat by the Southern
people would be kept at home. An
other is the influence it would proba-
bly, have on the price of cotton. 1t
will never be possible for the South
to control the price of cotton until
the Southern farmer places himself
in such position that he can hold
the crop after it is produced. So
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to sell the entire crop of cotton each
fall, so long will it's price be an un-
reliable and unstaple one. The only
way by which farmer can place
Almself in position where he will
not have to sell all the cotton each
fall Is to produce something in addi-
ton to cotton; and unquestionably
one OF the best supplements to the
cotton crop would be the raising of
hogs. The hog business can be so
managed that the owner can have
money coming in from it at least
twice year, which would enable him
to hold his cotton as long as he
pleases.
Furthermore, the hog is especially
adapted to the farmer with small
capital, as but a small amount of
money is required with which to be-
gin business, and returns begin to
come in few months after it is
started. The SOW is a rapid pro-
Queer. Money is turned over rapidly.
With $125 invested in one boar and
five to eight sows, it is easily posi-
bic to have for sale from 5000 to
5000 pounds of pork, live weight, in
year. In, other words, the yearly
sales should be from two to four
times the amount of the investment"