Turner County herald. (Hurley, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1912-05-30
tBy B. f. LARA.o

(By B. E. LARA)
The farmers Of Denmark secure the
best prices for their fancy bacon for
the reason that they have established
small packing establishments where
they can haul their hogs and get their
pay for the hogs according to their
actual worth
The man who has lot of thrifty
August and September pigs and gives
them rational care until grass comes
and has them ready for the market
by the middle of June will make bet
ter money for his feed than he will on
any bunch of pigs that he feeds during
the year.
On each and every farm there
should be some provision made for
dipping hogs. This not only proves to
be an easy and effectual way of disin-
fecting animals which are brought
onto the farm but it also keeps them
free from lice.
Possibly there is no other farm ami
NAL that can offer as poor an excuse
for his existence as the scr'lb hog.
He is an unprofitable animal any way
you take him.
AS an economical pork producer he
is failure. Even his ability to shift
tn the people within the limit of his
range as he has the reputation of
preying upon neighboring corn fields
when food is scarce.
His build naturally adapts him to
his manner of living since he is long
legged, narrow in the chest. has a
long, narrow snout. This adapts him
| to his manner of living With the
scrub hog it is sroot hog or die,'
body aids him in getting through
small fence cracks and if he fails tc
find a place large enough to &C
through the fence he can soon dig un
der it with his long snout.
There is no standard of excellence
for the scrub hog since he may pos
sess almost any form except beau
tiful one; he may be of any color.
He has the reputation of being able
to stand all kinds of rough treatment
and still survive.
He is regarded as being able to re
sist disease better than the improved
breeds of hogs We very much doub
whether this quality attributed to thu
scrub hog is true since we have no
ticed that hog cholera takes the scrul
as we'll as the well-bred hog.
One thing is sure-that the scrul
hog can consume more valuable fee,
and give less in return than any othe
animal that we know of.
A farmer who owns herd of scru'
, hogs seldom needs any other cor
crib than his hogs.
He never gets rich selling pork an
in fact If he depended upon his hog
to make him money to buy bette
, bred hogs he would never own bette
ones.
{ The scrub hog usually keeps hi
owner so poor that he is not able t
> buy better stock. In fact, this is tn
, excuse usually given for his existence
!. Poor farming and scrub hogs are us'
ally found associated together.
; They are near and dear compal
4 ions. Both make rapid retreat b.
fore progressive spirit and there
a not better evidence Of the gener,
2 progressiveness of people than til
I absence Of the scrub hog from cor
. munity.
n Too much stress canont be laid {
d selecting breeding swine from soun
a healthy parents. Animals that al
q not strong in constitution cannot wit
stand disease as we'll as those whit
a are strong In that respect. In ca
~ hogs are troubled with disease 1t
4 almost impossible to give them met
II cine or anything else that will pro-
I. very helpful. About all we can do
to feed a ration that can be easily .
n gested and keep them in clean qua
~ ters. thoroughly disinfect the pens al
"a let the disease run It's course.
(" Whole milk Is one of the be
~ feeds for hogs that are suffering wi
=. disease Of any kind. It Is an exc
lent feed and has often been Of gre
;. assistance in bringing hogs throu
: spells of sickness.
!. There is no disputing the fact th
- =. corn is an ideal hog feed, but eve
-. practical feeder admits that better
: suits can be brought about by feedi
ration that is composed Of less tn
~ two-thirds corn. It is mistake
= think that we cannot afford to b
~ ether feed to mix with the corn.
Ordinarily 1t is a mistake net
feed the hogs tie liquid before .
- solid food
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