The Logan Republican. [volume] (Logan, Utah) 1902-1924, 1912-01-11

hog Is gregarious animal and 10
physNlogically and anatomichlly
more nearly like man than AAy
other domestic animal, his stom
ach. lntestines and whole system
of digestion and assimilation is al.
most u counterpart OF the human
and as result he cannot thrive OF
coarse, bulky or very Rberous food
II Is q good rule 10 follow In hos
raising. in all particulars, TO put your
self In the other fellows place
Where you would thrive and wax tat
Mr.. Hog will also think that he has
entered hog heaven. You would moi
long maintain your health ano
strength on such a food as alfalfa
either green or IN the form OF hay
nor will the hog do his best ! know
that II Is a common practice to turn
brood sows and young pigs into ar
alfalfa LOT and there let them range
during the most of the summer with
out additional feed This Is a very
serious mistake: at no time in his
| life history can NJ cheap gains be
made on the hog as in the early
stages of his life
! I'm IN experiment conducted under
, nay direction AT the Wisconsin Elk
pertinent Station, number Of years
/ HG1, 70 was learned that he proper
ton ~ ruol as support OF mainten
ancc TO total feed Ga ,O.prund pig
was IL Dor cent WITH lOO.Uound
pig - per cent: lJNpound Mig, 81
per cent; aud u 2on-uound pig. 80 per
cent From this L will be seen thai
! VI takes twice ne much of the total
percentage of the food eaten to make
M the food of support between a so
pound pig and n compound pig
| Again. IL was found that in the case
of 50-pouud pig. 1t required 224s
| pounds of dry matter In feed to
produce 100 pounds Of gain;
In the ljO-pound pig, It re
quired 3l2.2 pounds of dry matter to
produce 100 pounds gain. and in a
s00-pound pig. it required 1858
pounds OF dry matter to produce 100
pounds of gain. From this II will be
seen that the earlier in life the pig
can he induced TO eat largely of grain
tho greater the returns that may be
secured from a given amount Of feed;
and. this is particularly true when
the grain feed can be fed in comb
nation with alfalfa pastures. As
maintenance ration. alfalfa will just
about support a pig without allowing
dINlnlnE duulllOndl lot gam III
weight The more grain, therefore.
that n hog can he induced TO eat
when on alfalfa pasture the more
rapidly the gain and the greater tho
profit.
With barley. mill suffs. wheat.
peas. rye. oats and small amount
OF corn, such as can be grown in this
country. We have all of the grains
necessary for the most profitable pro
duction OF pork. IL 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
~ bcets, mangels. turnips. carrots
and potatoes. all Of which may be-
readily grown in this country. will be
found very valuable as supplem entail
feeds to the grain ration.
IN addition to this, we have "A rap
idly growing dairy industry. and the
bH-products from the dairy I'm the
form of skim and butter milk. we
have another valuable food supply
which can best he utilized when fed
10 hogs.
Concerning the matter of disease
there Is no large section of arabic
land in the United States that il as
free from the many diseases TO which
the hog is heir as Is this intermoun
tain country. The sunshine ia 81
bright aud strong, and the atmos-
phere is so rare that all kinds OF
germ diseases have poor chance for
development
As ~ M" last and most important
factor which is the demand, or the
markets, We have every evidence that
IN this ospect this section OF the
United states Is AT the present time
particularly favored
The last census report for 1910 gave
Utah population of 373.35l people.
The same census rave Utah a total
Of 64,244 hogs, Including young PIGS
or 'riile over one hog for every five
and onehalf persons on The average
and this would require that every hog
In the state would have 20 be slaught
cred during the year: whereas. a
large percentage of them are kept
over for breeding stock In the case
Of Idaho with Il population OF 325.694
We hHv" hog population of 1924;
IN which case. we have q little oyer
onr-halr II hog for each person, nro
wiling I'll were slaughtered II can
De read'ly s"Fp th0t bese two states
do not in rhomsclyos produce nearly
enough pork for their own supply
The sheep men of this intarinountaiu
country estimate that t. requires
three pounds Of pork pTOlUats a day
for each ono OF their employees. which
would mean that for each employo
on the sheep ranches. IL would re-
auire over four average sized hors
annually. In addition 20 our local dc.
mands, for which we pay the highest
prices, we have to the west Of us
number or large cities. particularly