The Logan Republican. [volume] (Logan, Utah) 1902-1924, 1912-01-25
PORK PRODUCTION IN THE
INTERMOUNTAIN COUNTRY

and is the most effective method that
| free from lice and vermin. With
these minor projections against sud
den extremes in temperature, this
climate is certainly ideal for hogs of
all ages.
Concerning the soil, little need be
| said for IL is such in almost every
section that it will produce a maxi.
mum yield of all kinds of cereal
grains, as well as peas, beans and
ether legumes, and in the most ia
vorable sections corn crops can he
very successfully grown In addition
to all this. we grow here the most
valuable of all hog feeds in almost
perfect form; namely alfalfa. With
alfalfa, dwarf Essey rape and English
| kale for forage minimum amount
of concentrated high priced grain IS
required for best results. The trouble
has been, in many instances, to de
! falfa. Because 1t is good forage
, people should not make the mis-
take of depending upon II alone for
, feed to raise and fatten their hogs.
/ The hog is a gregarious animal and
| is physiologically and anatomically
mere nearly like man than any other
domestic animal his stomach, intes
| tines and whole system of digestion
and assimilation is almost counter
part of the human, and as a result be
cannot thrive on coarse, bulky OF
very fiberous food 1t is good rule
to follow in hog raising in all parti.
culars, to put yourself in the other
fellows place Where you would
thrive and wax fat, Mr. Hog will al
so think that he has entered hog
heaven You would not long maintain
| your health and strength on such a
food as alfalfa, either green or in the
form of hay, nor will the hog do his
best know that it is common prac-
| tice TO turn brood sOws and young
pigs into an alfalfa lot and there let
them range during the most of the
summer without additional feed This
| is a very serious mistake; at no
time in his life history can as cheap
gains be made on the hogs sin the
early stages of his life
In an experiment conducted under
my direction at the Wisconsin EEK
pertinent Station, a number of years
ago, it was learned that the proper.
tionate food of support or mainten-
ance. to total feed in a 50-pound pig
was rs per cent; with "A lOOpound
pig, . per cent; l50-pound pig, q
per cent; and Il 2OOpound pig, SO
per cent. From this it will be seen
that it takes twice as much of the
total percentage Of the food eaten 20
make mp the food of support between
d j0.pound pig and a 2O0-pound pig
Again, il was found that in the case
of a j0.pound pig. il required 224.f
pounds of dry matter in feed TO
produce 100 pounds of gain; in the
| l50-pound pig, IL required 3l2.2
pounds of dry matter to produce 100
pounds gain, and in a 200-pound pig,
it required 1858 pounds of dry mat
ter to produce 100 pounds of gain.
From this 1t will be seen that the
earlier in life the pig can be induced
to eat largely of grain the greater the
returns that may be secured from q
given amount of feed; and, this is
particularly true when the grain feed
can be fed in combination with alfal
ia pastures. AS a maintenance ration,
alfalfa will just about support a pig
without allowing anything additional
for gain in weight. The more grain
therefore, that hog can be induced
to eat when on alfalfa pasture the
more rapidly the gain and the greater
the profit.
With barley mill stuffs, wheat
peas, rye. oats and a small amount
of corn, such as can be grown in
this country, we have all of the grains
necessary for the most profitable
production of pork I. may be said
however, that these grains must, be
fed in proper combination to 81 o
palatability ard TO supply the vari
Gus nutriments and other elements
in proper proportion for growth and
development without any waste. Dur,
ing the winter months, roots and tu
! bers such as beets. mangels, turnips
carrots and potatoes, all of which
may be readily grown in this coun,