The Dickinson press., 1912-11-02
PRODUCTION
ON GENERAL FARM

VUv O6NEI0Ak An
Important Essential for Success
Is Liking for Animation ;:
Must Know Business.
<By B. F. MARSHALL. Minnesota Far
mers' Institute.)
The very first thing and the most
important thing, II M would make a
success In raising hogs on the farm.
1t a liking for a hog. So, then, at the
beginning let me say to you: II you
don't like a hog, stop right there. and
never buy one, It il the man who
likes a horse that makes the best
Jockey; and 1t Is he who loves the hog
best that makes the most money from
him. OF course it Is true that ones
respect for a hog will increase as he
works with him; but generally speak
Ing, to succeed in the business you
must like a hog. Next you must settle
on some breed. 1t ought to be the
best. and it's individuals %gilt-edged;
but can't tell you what the breed
should be. l could tell you what I
like; your neighbor could tell you
what he likes; but you alone know
what kind of hogs you like; and that
rs the kind Of hogs you should grow.
For you are the one to succeed with
It; not I, nor your neighbor, nor the
Judge at the fair. Truly, however,
your opinion may change as your ex-
Eperience grows.
, The point I wish to impress on ev-
'ery reader Of this article is that, to
make a success in raising hogs, you
sooner or later must know the bust
mess. You can't get the knowledge
from a book or paper; you can't get it
from a school or lecture; you can't
steal it nor buy it. 1t is true you can
get a portion of it in the above ways:
in fact l think you should study from
other peoples experiences; but the
most of 1t you must get right in the
'hog-pen, by that old and sure way, ex-
perience-by a careful eye and quick
i~action, a willingness to take other peo-
pies advice, and being ever ready to
advise yourself, you will gradually
learn the business. Not in a year and
a day, but in a lifetime. And let me
say to you that it doesn't matter what
you Inheritance is-how rich or how
poor, how pretty or how plain you
ARE; If you love the hog, If you study
the hog. you stand just as good a
|chance to succeed as though you had
the money of the Standard Oil com-
;pany.
Go watch your pigs after they have
been fed, and you will e some take
a monthful of feed and then run to
find a better place, while others Will
brace their little feet, and stay right
by the trough, and attend strictly to
business. You will notice that in the
end the latter are the best pigs. So
with yourself. Don't always be jump
ing around from one breed to another,
or from one type to another, but stay
right by the trough and attend to
business. Don't depend On getting
your hog Of better quality from some
one eelse, but produce it yourself. In
a way, you must be a breeder; ana
you are not doing enough II your hogs
are mot a little better each year-per-
haps not Of better weight. but better
in quality.
Then, hand in hand with breed" IN
feed. There never has been a breed
that would thrive without feed, and
there never will be; and the best
breed On earth will degenerate with
out proper feed. Don't pay good prices
for breeding stock, and then neglect
: to feed them as nearly right as IL DOE
|: sib(e. Better keep scrubs until you
feel that you are yourself ont Of that
class; and remember that with you
the sAuestion Is: How cheapay can I
grow that hog?" not, ~How cheaply
can I keep that hog3" Hog cheaply
can 4 make . pound Of Sain7" not,
How quickly can I make 4 pouad of
'gain7' For cheap pork We must watch
for cheap feed. palatable feed. feed
that will appeal to the pigs appetite
feed that will combine both nutrition
and sbulk. Among feeds like this are
p%asturing leld-peas, a free run to the
.corn@aeld, pumpkins, etc. Outlines
shorts at as high al twenty-five dol
lars per ton, in combination with 9th,
or feeds, will make a cheap feed.
Then, finally comes the selling.
'tme-the time that should rightly
test your success as a hog-grower.
You should have an even, well-nnished
'bunch-a bunch that will appeal to
the eye Of the buyer. If may be true
that there is a graft on the part of
the buyer and packer, but at the pres,
,ent time It seems that all We can do
is to abide our time. So let us work
carefully, oonscientiously and honest
ny; remembering that there Is truth
In that old quotation, Act well your
part, for there all honor les"
VALUABLE As WINDBREAK.