The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1912-10-31
PORK PRODUCTION
ON GENERAL FARM

important Essential for Success
10 Liking for Animal-0ne
Must Know Business.
(Dy r. r. MARSHALL. Minnesota Far-
mers' Instituts.) ~
The very first thing and the most
important thing. II one would make q
success in raising hogs on tho farm.
It liking for 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 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 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 cant tell you what the breed
should b. could tell you what l
Nike: your neighbor could toll you
what hs likes: but you alone know
what Kind Of hogs you like: and that
y the kind Of hogs you should grow.
For you are the one % succeed with
4: not !. nor Jour nslghbos. nor the
jaAge at the fair Truly, however.
yosS opinion may change . yo11 o.
Doeaeaoe grows. i =" %s.'' y ">~
1Ae polAt I wish . imDCsss q ~.
~ reader Of this article - tAat 70
0ake . Success In raising hogs. you
sooner or later must know he busi-
nsss. You can't ct The knowlsAss
fson book or paper: you can't ct It
hon . school or lecture; you can't
steal It nor buy It, 1t % tue you can
ct portion Of It In Tie above ways:
In fact I think you should study from
otAsr peoples experiences; but the
most Of It you must got right In tho
hog-pen. BY that old and sure way. OK.
psrisncs-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 . year and
| Q day, but in 4 lifetime. And lot me
say to you that 1t doesn't matter what
you Inheritance is-kow rich or how
poor, how pretty or how plain you
aro: If you love the hog. II you study
the hog, you stand Just % good .
chance to succeed 40 though you had
The money Of tho Standard OIL com
pany.
Go watch your pigs after they have
been fed. and you will see some take
4 mouthful of feed and then run to
ind . 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 tho
| 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
night by the trough and attend 70
business. Don't depend on getting
your hog Of better quality from some
! one else. but produce it yourself In
q way, you must be q breeder: and
you are not doing enough II your hogs
are not little better each year-per-
haps not Of better weight. but better
IN quality.
Then, hand in hand with breed" u
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 a. nearly right as 10 pos
sible. Better keep scrubs until you
feel that you are yourself out of that
class; and remember that with you
the question is: How cheaply can I
grow that hog?" not. "How cheaply
can keep that hog?" Hog cheaply
can make a pound Of gain?" not,
''How quickly can 7 make a pound of
gain?" 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 bulk. Among feeds like this are
pasturing field-peas, free run to the
oorn-held, pumpkins, etc. Outlines
shorts at as high az twenty-five dol!
lars per ton, in combination with othi
q feeds, will make Z cheap feed.
Then, finally comes the selling.
t1me-the time that should rightly
test your success a. . hog-growsr,
You should have IN 80. well-nnished
banch-a bunch that viii appeal ia
~ sys a the buyer. II nay ~ trud
tAat there u Z graft On he part Of
~ buyer and packer. bat at tAe presl
! sat tine 4 scans that IN ~ can ID
. . abide our tine g ~ u voe,I
Gassfully, oonsoisatiously a1A honest
b, So0s0bering that tAeeo y tzuth
= tat old quotatioa, Act we1 yoaJ
- toe thero IN ho0oe hoo."