Iron County record. [volume] (Cedar City, Utah) 1893-1982, 1912-01-26

svmpcruJure. TINS crmate is certainly
ideal for hogs of all ages.
Concerning the soil, little need be
said for II is such In almost every
section that 1t will produce maxi
mum yield of all kinds of cereal
grains. as well as peas beans and
other legumes, and in the most favor
able sections corn crops can be very
successfully grown. In addition 10
all this, we grow here the most valu
able of all hog feeds in almost per-
feet form; namely alfalfa. With al
falfa, dwarf Essex rape and English
hale for forage a minimum amount of
concentrated high priced grain is re.
duired fer best results. The trouble
has been, in many instances. to de-
pend altogether too mu"h upon al
falfa. Because II 10 good forage
people should not make the mistake
OF depending upon IL alone for feed
to raise and fatten their hogs. The
hog is gregarious animal and is
physiologically and anatomically
more nearly like man than any
other domestic animal. his stom-
ach. intestines and whole system
of digestion and assimilation is al
most counterpart of the human.
and as result he cannot thrive on
coarse, bulky or very fiberous food.
It is a good rule to follow inc hog
vaising, in all particulars. to put your
self I'm the other fellows place.
Where you would thrive and wax fat,
Mr. Hog will also think that he has
entered hog heaven You would not
long maintain your health and
strength on such food as alfalfa,
either green or in the form of hay,
nor will the hog do his best. know
that II Is common practice to turn
brood sows and young pigs into an
alfalfa lot and there let them range
during the most OF the summer with
out additional feed. This is very
serious mistake; at no time in his
life history can as cheap gains be
made on the hog as in the early
stages of his life
In an experiment conducted under
my direction at the Wisconsin Elk
pertinent Station. number of years
ago, IL was learned that the proper.
ton of food OF support or mainten-
ance, to total feed in a 50-pound pig
was IS per cent; with a 100-pound
pig, 25 per cent: 150.pound pig, q
per cent; and a 200.pound pig, SO per
cent. From this II will be seen that
1t takes twice as much OF the total
percentage of the food eaten to make
up the food of support between so
pound pig and 200-pound pig
Again, 1t was found that In the case
OF a 50-pound pig, II required 2244
pounds of dry matter in feed to
produce 100 pounds of gain;
IN he Mo
uuired 1922 pounds of dry matter to
produce 100 pounds gain, and in a
200-pound pig, 1t required 395 3
pounds OF dry matter to produce 100
: poundf of gain, From this II will he
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 given amount of feed (;
and, this is particularly true when
the grain feed can be fed In combi-
nation with alfalfa pastures AS a
maintenance ration, alfalfa will just
about support n pig without allowing
anything additional for gain i'm
weight The more grain, therefore,
that a hog can be induced to eat
when en- alfalfa pasture the more
rapidly the gain and the greater the
profit.
With barley, mill stuffs. wheat
peas, rye, oats and small amount
OF corn, such as can be grown in this
country, we have ell of the grains
necessary for the most profitable pro
duction OF pork. II may be said, how
ever, that these grains must be fed
in proper combination TO give palata,
bility and TO supply the various nut
riments and other elements in proper
proportion for growth and develop
ment without any waste During the
winter months roots and tubers such
rs beets mansels turnips. carrots
and potatoes, all of which may be
readily grown in this country, will be
found very valuable as supplemental
feeds to the grain ration.
In addition 10 this, we have a rap
idly growing dairy industry, and the
by-products from the dairy in the
form of skim and butter milk we
have another valuable food supply
which can best be utilized when fed
to hogs.
Concerning the matter of disease
there is no large section OF arabic
land in the United States that Is as
free from the many diseases TO which
the hog is heir IS is this intermoun
tain country. The sunshine Is 50
bright and strong and the atmos
phere is so rare that all kinds Of
germ diseases have a poor chance for
development
As to the last ard most important
factor, which is the demand or the
markets, we have every evidence that
In this respect this section Of the
United States IS az the present time
particularly favored.
The last census report for 1910 gavo
Utah population OF 1913 35l peonle.
The same census gave Utah totel
OF 64,244 hoge, including young pigs,
nr trtNa ono hon, fnr a.