The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1910-05-11

tween the Irish potatoes and had the
finest cotton | saw during the year,
after he had produced a fine yield OF
potatoes. thus proving that we are
not dependent upon one crop during
a year, but that we can grow several
on the same land in the course of a
year, something our Northern and
Western farmers can't do.
Some of the other crops that viii
supplement and can be raised to pro-
duce cheap pork are sorghum, Span
ish peanuts, sweet potatoes, Sofa and
velvet beans. These crops can be
planted SO as to afford succession of
crops that will keep your hogs grow
ing nicely for early spring until the
regular crops are harvested in the fall
Some other crops that can be raised
advantageously toward carrying your
hogs through the winter are sugar
beets, pumpkins and turnips.
l have mentioned the corn crop but
said nothing about it other than this
being the greatest corn producing
State of the United States. South
Carolina is not ranked now as the s.
10, ~ bushel State but is getting to
be known as the 30. 40. 81 i5U busiei
State. Corn is one of the essentials
of hog raising. therefore if we are
the greatest corn producing State.
why should we not be the greatest
pork producing State? The two go
hand in hand. The South. especially
South Carolina is aroused to the i'm
portance of leguminous crops, es-
sown to great extent and planted
in almost every row of corn. and
should produce, under ordinary con
ditionS, from ) to 10 bushels per acre.
Just think of the unusual amount OF
hog feed this means to the South.
intend planting peas in every other
row of cotton this year. | will give
YOU by way OF illustration the value
of field being fenced. as | mentioned
III the first part of this talk Last
year | had field of GO acres, wired
in. planted in corn and peas. After
shredding my corn and picking my
peas fairly clean my work stock of
20 mules and horses as well as the idle
stock of mule clots, numbering a
dozen were turned in this field at
night for two weeks, the work ami
mails being fed at ~ o'clock. The
| idle horses and mule colts were
, N i'm
being taken out during wet weather.
| also turned in about 40 killing hogs
and about the same number OF pigs
IN the same field. Now these hogs
and pigs did not cost me a cent while
in this field. and you should have no
ticed the gain they made. Cows were
4 fattened here also. The hogs were
only put up for a week to ten DAYS
and fed corn but some did not really
need it. You can easily see if these
stock had been fed out OF a crib il
would have cost me more than the
wire that enclosed the field | men
tlon this to encourage the building
OF more wire fences. 1t is one of the
b0"I pay hlS investments on the farm
Now you see the wire has been paid
for and is ready to do even better the
coming year, | hope. | cannot too
strongly urge upon you all the i'm
/ Dortance and profit of wire fences
/ Then YOU are prepared to raise hogs
cheap; not only hogs but horses.
mules. COWS. sheep and goats. The
general complaint or scarery part in
hog raising is cholera can't say
| have had it at my place, if so. only
one or two died One will ask what
is good for it? To use the old adage.
a preventive is better than n cure ;"
| VIII give YOU a very simple remedy
that have great deal of faith i'm and
is very highly thought of. and that is
plenty OF hickory ashes salt and char
coal and of course plenty of good wa
ter. With the above always ON hand
| don't think YOU need be very aDpre-
hensivc. don't mean to say | never
lose any by disease. but occasionally
do. Why one should raise more hogs
than heretofore seems very plain 10
me. have tried to impress upon YOU
that the crops to raise hogs ON can
be raised very cheapy.
While a COW at three years old
brings from $50 to $25. a mule three
years old from $l75 to 5000. a little