The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1912-10-24
PORK PRODUCTION
ON GENERAL FARM
important Essential for Success
Is Liking for AnimaI-0ne
Must Know Business.

- ItkIIly IOT AIlliIldl-Ollo
Must Know Business.
(By r. F. MARSHALL. Minnesota Far
mers' Institute.)
The very first thing and the most
important thing, If one would make =
success in raising hogs on the farm,
It . liking for q hog. So. then. at the
beginning lot me say to you: II you
don't like hog stop right there, and
never buy one 1t 10 tho man who
likes q horse that makes the best
Jockey; and it Is he whe loves the hog
best that makes the most money from
him. OF course 1t 10 true that ones
respect for 4 hog will increase % he
works with him; but generally speak
ING, to succeed In the business you
must like hog. Next you must settle
on some breed 1t ought to be the
best, and its individuals gilt-edged;
but l can't tell you what the breed
should be. l could tell you what l
like; your neighbor could tell you
what he likes; but you alone know
what kind of hogs you like; and that
II 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 a. your ex-
perience grows.
The point l wish to impress on ev-
Gry reader of this article is that, to
make success In raising hogs, you
sooner or later must know the bust
ness. You can't get the knowledge
from book or paper; you can't get it
from school or lecture; you cant
steal it nor buy it. 1t is true you can
get portion of it in the above ways;
in fact think you should study from
other peoples experiences; but the
most OF it you must get right in the
hog-pen, by that old and sure way, ex.
perience-by careful eye and quick
action, 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
Z day, but in 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: II you love the hog, If you study
the hog. you stand just as good
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 see some take
a mouthful Of feed and then run to
find 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 else. but produce it yourself. In
. way, you must be a breeder; and
you are not doing enough II your hogs
aro not q little better each year-per-
haps not OF better weight, but better
In quality.
Then. hand in hand with breed" IL
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
tor breeding stock, and then NEGLECT
10 feed them a. nearly right ~ 10 pos
s1bas. Better keep scrubs until you
tel that you are yourself out Of that
class: and remember that with you
the question 10: How cheaply can
crow that hog?" not How cheaply
"a keep that hog1" Hog cheaply
"a I make pound OF gain?'' not,
How quickly can I make . pound Of !
ga1nr For cheap pork ve must watch
oor cheap feed. palatable feed, feed
t1at viii appeal to The pigs appetite-
eoed that will combine both nutrition
md bulk. Among feeds like this sre !
nsld-peas. . he run b the
ooFn-held, pumpkins, etc. Oftttnsd
BAosts It - high - tvs.ty-lve dol
lars per ton. in combination with 9TH
y feeds, win make . cheap feod.
Then. finally comes the selling;
e1mo-the time that should rixhtiJ !
lest your success a. . hog.growor, |
You should have an even. well-nnished !
banch-a bunch that win appeal to
he eye Of the buyer. II may be true
Nat there IL graft on the part Of
he buyer and packer, but 1t the pres;
mt time II seems that all We can do
p to abide our time. So let us work
conscientiously and honest
b; remembering that there II truth
h that old quotation, Act we'll your
DArt, for there all honor lies" Il
valuable As WINDBREAK.
~ g. D. WALDRoN. Horticultusist.