Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1912-09-06

velopment later in their lives. II
the feeder does what he should for
his hogs on grass he will iced some
corr or Other grain along each day
TO furnish the pig more nutrients
than he can secure in his grass diet
md also to help concentrate his Ia.
ton. II tnts Is Kept up to the time
N the pigs life when he Is six, seven
or eight months Of age, he Is then a
large pig. growthy, strong, but not IN
any condition TO market. He has built
up his frame and muscle work large
enough SO that by feeding six weeks
or two months longer he can be fin.
ished of on corn into the prime pork
the market pays the long price for.
This last period is called the finish.
ing or iattening period: but this does
not mean that the pig, which has
been allowed to owe q grass
pasture tor better still, "A clover pas
ture, and been fed perhaps a pound
or two pounds OF corn or other grain
n the evening, just to keep him grow.
.ng fine, should be kept in an SXl0-
foot pen and stuffed on corn. He will
not do best under these conditions.
He wants some good clean soil TO
eat every da, as he had all the rest
of his life. He wants a fifty.yard
straightway, where he can scamper
md shake up his intestines. which
are as full as a city boy at grand.
mothers IN Thanksgiving day.
Nov, corn alone and a lot to scam.
per in wlIl not be all that is neces.
sary for finishing these hogs. They
are still 10 grow some, and their
growth requires protein material, and
This protein material must be in ex.
cess of that found in the corn. Moth.
ing could be better than the clover
field or the alfalfa field, but as these
are frosted or covered with snow, the
Canadian field peas can be used that
should have been threshed out some
weeks before. These should be ground
FOR best results and fed in Stop. II
this slop could be made OF the fresh
separated milk, so mucn the better;
but II it cannot, the hog is thankful
or the field peas and corn. or the
skim milk and the corn. and they
will show their appreciation by lay
ing on their carcasses a pound to
two pounds or nor of fat and mus
Gle each day.
The ration of corn, should you
have it ground. and the field peas,
which ought to be ground, is very
well mixed and makes q good ration
when about five parts of corn are fed
with one part of the pea meal and has
only the skim miln. ii is well to pur.
chase shorts and make a good slop OF
the shorts and milk and feed all the
pigs and they will clean up without
leaving the trough. We find the pigs
!ige the shop of this kind very much
and We feed our corn, if shelled, on
| a floor, some twenty or thirty min.
utes before putting the slop before
\ hem.
Some feeders overfeed hogs and do
not know why their hogs fail to do
best for them. Hogs fed twice a day
Ill they will clean up Of the above
mixture before they lie down to rest,
will usually make economical gains
lad come steadily upward in their
weight. When the feeder observes
his hogs leaving some of the food
| given them and he wonders watts the
matter. If he is active he will think
If the dinner a. Thanksgiving time
! md know that o much of a good
thing prevents %2artaking of the good
things for an ~unreasonably long time
| thereafter.
So it is not most economical to
keep food before hogs all the time,
but it is conductive to best results to
feed no more than they will clean up
at feeding time. Try always to have
them ready at meal time for their
food.