The Tucumcari news and Tucumcari times. [volume] (Tucumcari, N.M.) 1907-1921, 1911-09-16
PROPER HOG FEEDING
Variety Should Be As Great As
Is Possible.
Man Who Makes Business Most Prof
table 10 One Who Induces AM.
mails TO oevour Most Of Right
Kinds OF Food.

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whatever leeds may bee used the
variety should be ms great AZ possible.
and changes should be made at every
opportunity The only object In rails.
ing hogs ~ tho production Of meat
and the more rapidly IA hog can be-
made to produce meat the more profit.
able he becomes. The man who makes
hog raising the most profitable Is the
ore who induces his hogs TO eat the
of the right kinds of food. and
VINO never Keeps them on any one
Kind Of grain or forage until their ap
petites become clUycd sud they get
ON their feed The greater the VA.
ri"ty and the more frequent tho
changes the more viii be eaten and
the more rapid will be the growth
No matter what food may be used
or what the ag" " the animals which
consume IL q great saving may be-
effected by feeding 80 that none Of It
will be wasted. While q hog II not
over particular about cleanliness. and
viii eat food which is covered with
almost any kind OF nth, still he pre-.
fers clean food. and will not waste
time and strength I'm roofing half an
ear Of corn out Of the mud when he
sees an ear which has not been soilod
Throwing corn. or any other feed. ON
the ground Is wHsictul. and n. as IN
too often IN" case. the hog are Kept
In u small pen which n trampiod and
rooted so that II has become a per
mancnt mudholc. the practice Is tx,
'eodIngly wastcMl In managing the
grazing lots. especially those on which
roo crops are grown. the TEMPORARY
cross fences Will save from ]ono.fourth
"a one half the feed Il pays. and
pays we'll. 10 have q floor on which Il
Feed corn. and when shorts or uthcI
ground feeds are used they should ~
ways BE- vet and led Ia a trough tn,
that the hogs cannot turn 81 over. bu.
shOIld not Doc fastened 90 the floor
a. Il viii need cleaning often The
feeding floor aud trough should b,
under a shelter 81 rossiN'" o. is move
q good plan 20 feed animals Of 90.
'cront sizes in the same pen WhoI
large and small are fed together "a.
small are sure 'o suffer. no matte
how much may nc given 90 the lot
The food which ma animal gets b.
fighting may sustain life. bat n wi.
make very little tat An ample varict
Of feeds suited 10 the age of the an
mails. and a feeding place where non
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pottant factors IN profitable hos rail-
INK In regard to feeding hogs. Hot
W. l.. Foster OF Shreveport. La. wh
has been tor many years one Of IA
largest breeders In that state. says
"On IN" Hill lands. rye. barley. ua'
and n]rtioEokos are the best whit,
grazing. taking the hogs on the grai
crops about the las Of February
permit th" crops 90 mature aro
sorghum, to come In shortly att,
barley or rye. ought 90 be- planted
Spanish peanuts, sweet potatoes ar
peas. Turn the hogs onto the ou.
when N" seed is about ripe then ,
a%rtichokos again for the winter. (
cours" bermuda pasture Tor SUNNI,
grazing n q sine qua non. ON q
luvial lands I would say alfalfa Il
pasture ~" year around. with ,rruirN
corn. hard Tor better n soaked tive
iy.four hoursr Tho nllu''a should :
cut and fed when the ground b. @
wet lu pasture. Hog should run u
AZ all times. but should have Vshap,
shelters 90 go under when very co
or extremely hot
fur grain feed I think corn aluu
and not much Of n. good enough wi.
alfalfa or clover. Skim mix wi
shorts, bran, oats ana corn moa,
equal parts iH, 10 my mind, the be-
feed, but hardly profitable for hu.
intended for slaughter I do not thin
II pays TO cook feed. other than q.
nips, irish potatoes, or similar crur
which nre made more plla'uhlr r.
growing pigs ON allal'u, soak corn
good enough. while tor pigs on g.,
muda grass think shorts. oats u'
corn almost necessary to good result
unless u has plenty OF peas, son
hum and vegetable. or milk e.
i%attoniug ! prefer the same feeds
for growing except 10 increase a
proportion OF corn