The Twin Falls times. [volume] (Twin Falls, Idaho) 1905-1916, 1912-01-12
RESPONSE BY D. r. HUBBARD.

In behalf of the swine breeders OF
western Idaho, anyway, and | think in
behalf of the swine breeders of this
vicinity, we can readily respond to the
hearty welcome of Mr.. Breckenridge.
We came here to cooperate with you
in the study of things that pertain to
successful swine raising. We do not
come to strut about as instructors and
teachers; we come simply to talk to
you heart to heart as fellow investiga
tors. The man who says he knows all
about the hog business in Idaho is the
man | don't want to see participate in
this meeting.
So, if you are here with convictions,
without knowledge, you come in bet
ter attitude and you will take more
away than the man who claims to
know it all
The hog, like corn, is a creature
subject to its environments, surround
ing conditions, in which it is placed,
and it has been demonstrated that with
proper care and conditions it will ad-
just itself to almost any environment.
Corn is a tropical plant, and the hog
is a tropical animal. The corn plant
cannot be started in Idaho from seed
raised in Missouri, Arkansas or Texas
and succeed. You may get some re-
suits from Iowa seed, but you can get
better results from Minnesota seed be-
cause this seed is more nearly accli-
mated to Idaho than is the Iowa corn.
| 1t has adjusted itself to it's environ
ments and is more hardy and better
resistant of the cold nights than that
of the southern states. Now, the hog
as we know, is raised mostly in corn
country, where it is fed on corn from
! the time it is old enough to eat until
| it is ready for the butcher. That has
resulted in an adjustment of digestive
apparatus to certain kind of feed
| This means it has reduced the size and
| capacity of it's intestinal apparatus an6
we have to change that and feed along
! lines that will develop and adjust this
digestive apparatus to local feeds anc
| local conditions. You will be pleased
| to see the results. Take for instance
calf belonging to the dairy family
If you are going to develop that cal
| for milk COW you should keep her OF
course feed, not on rich feed. If | an
to pick a dairy heifer from your here
l will take the most pot-bellied one
can find because ! know that calf hal
developed digestive capacity. II
fact, you will spoil a dairy calf to lie
is run with the COW. This is the rea
son that you raise your hogs largel.
on pasturue as it develops the diges
tive abilities. The successful priz
fighter spends months and even year
in training for a battle. So it is witt
the young animal. You have hear
people say that you take hogs off al
falfa pasture and you never saw any
thing feed out like they did. Why
of course they fed out. They were pre-
pared for it. These are problems TO
all of us to discuss and the man VIII
discovers things by actual experience
is the man who is most welcome t
come here and discuss them. If yol
cannot say ten words, we want you t
say them because there may be NOR
in these ten words than in Who'll
hours talking. We want this exper
fence to get into the press so tina
those who have been unable to atten'
these meetings will have chance t
] learn of them. For my part, begal
studying hogs way back In rs, and an
still studying them and still learning