Lincoln County times. (Jerome, Idaho) 1911-1919, 1912-06-06
(By B. E. LARA)

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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 a 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 scrub hog.
He is an Improbable animal any way
you take him.
AS an economical pork producer he
Is failure. Even his ability to shift |
for himself does not recommend him |
to 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
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scrub hog it is root hog or die"
hence the long snout. His narrow
body aids him in getting through
small fence cracks and if he fails to
find a place large enough to go
through the fence he can soon dig I'M
der it with his long snout.
There is no standard Of excellence
Tor the scrub hog since he may pos
5ess almost any form except a 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 doubt
whether this quality attributed to the
scrub hog is true since we have no.
ticed that hog cholera takes the scrub i
as we'll as the well-bred hog.
One thing is sure-that the scrub I
hog can consume more valuable feed I
and give less in return than any other :
animal that we know of. S
farmer who owns a herd of scrnb t
hogs seldom needs any other corn t
crib than his hogs.
He never gets rich selling pork and {
In fact if he depended upon his hogs |
to make him money to buy better +
bred hogs he would never own better S
ones.
The scrub hog usually keeps his S
owner so poor that he is not able to
BUY better stock. In fact, this is the ,
excuse usually given for his existence.
Poor farming and scrub hogs are usu-
ally found associated together.
They are near and dear compan-
ons. Both make a rapid retreat be-
ore progressive spirit and there is ]
lot better evidence of the general
of a people than the
lbsence of the scrub hog from a COM
nunity.
100 much stress canont be laid on
electing breeding swine from sound. Il
Healthy parents. Animals that are "
lot strong in constitution cannot with u
tand disease as well as those which
ire strong in that respect. In case C;
logs are troubled with disease II is C,
lmost impossible to give them medi- b.
inc or anything else that will prove In
cry helpful. About all we can do ia re
o feed a ration that can be easily d. CT
ested and keep them in clean quar-
ers, thoroughly disinfect the pens and rs
ct the disease run its course. 81
Whole milk is one of the hest al
eeds for hogs that are suffering with lie
lsease of any kind It is an exceI- T
snt feed and has often been of great W
in bringing hogs through ST
pells of sickness.
There is no disputing the fact that W
orn Is an ideal hog feed but every in
tactical feeder admits that better re- d,
nlts can be brought about by feeding
ration that is composed of less than tn
"o-thirds corn. 1t Is a mistake IN ST
INK that we cannot afford to buv 10,
Their feed to mix with the corn.
Ordinarily 1t is a mistake NOT 70 90
led the hogs the liquid before the lie,
bid food. ~,
Hogs will make from 10 IN 10 Ir
ounds of meat, live weight, for eact. w,