The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1910-10-21
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assessors there was marked increase In the number
Of farm animals dairy products and crops produced III
1908 Oklahoma farms, as compared with those bIoi
duced lii 1908 There an Increase OF thrtyNu per
cent In the alfalfa acreage well marked increase
In other forage crops The most remarkable incrersc
5l7 per cent. however is shown In the number OF ami.
mails fatening and sold for slaughter. This may have
been In part duo to the very high prices for ye
which prevailed during the year 1909 Howsyer fl t.
general way, these statistics indicate that OhiaA0na
farmers are fully apprecating the profits accruhs
live stock raising
The statistics for 1910 will without doubt show
decidedd Increase In the number OF live sOck
on Oklahoma farms, as compared with 1904 1hs viii
be particularly true In the OF hogs raised he
many letters reaching the A. & NJ College this iu IN
dicate that the shortage the corn crop In many
tons OF the State this season. due to drouth and hot
winds is being keenly felt Farmers In these sections
evidently have many pigs that they would Ike to finish
for market but being short Of iron puzzled to know
how to most cheaply finish them. Corn even at fifty
cents bushel will have to he the chief grain used TO
fattcn these pigs unless kafir corn milo maize arc
available Oats are not satisfactory hog feed and
wheat is too high priced to for hog feeding
Whether corn or kafir Is fed they had best ground
and some supplementary feed fed In addition as neither
corn nor kafir alone will give best results has been
shown by many experiments conducted at experiment
stations.
Three supplementary feeds are to be recommended
alfalfa. tankage meat neal and cotton seed neal
Hogs be fed alfalfa hay II the hay is fed in raks
what the hogs do Not can be fed the other stock
When fcd alfalfa nay, hogs VIII eat more corn than
they will when fed corn alone, and will make better
and more profitable gains. Tankage and meat meal
are produced by the big packing houses and usually
soils at around $4,000 ton I. o. b. cars at shipping
point. Fed ration mixed In the proportion OF
part ankage or meat meal to eight to ten parts
these feeds have shown themselves to be profitable for
hogs at the price quoted. Cotton seed meal will prob
ably sell this fall at about $500 ton.
II It were not for the fact that 1t is not very safe
feed for hogs 1t would be the cheapest OF the three
supplementary feeds named Practical and expert
mental experience, however, show that cotton seed
meal must be fed In limited quantities hogs In order
to be SAFE not more cotton seed meal than onehalf OF
! per cent OF the live weight OF hog should be fed
daily, that is pig weighing 100 pounds should not be
fed more than oneha pound OF cotton seed meal daily
weighing 200 pounds not than one pound daily
w is believed that soaking cotton seed meal until It
Nsours renders 1t less dangerous
The writer believes, however, that where farmers
have or readily buy kafr and alfalfa hay
That they need buy neither tankage, meat meal nor
acotton seed meal to finish their hogs.