Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1912-09-27

Oh pasture until they are a year old
ana averaging IT'S to 200 pounds in
weight, then shutting them up and
feeding grain for 60 to 1910 days is
neither an economic nor profitable
method OF pork production. Numer-
Gus feeding experiments indicate that
Il the pig Is fed moderate grain ra-
ton every day while on pasture he
Will average twice the daily gain no
would on pasture alone, and can be
marketed at 200 pounds weight at
about one-half the cost of finishing
the shoat that was raised on pasture
alone.
Crossbred or grade sows as a rule
are better breeders than pure breds.
A good breeder and mother should
be kept as long as she will breed
i care should always be exercised to
avoid too much fat Breeding stock
should always be kept separate from
that being fed for market. The sire
should always be pure bred Never
keep scrub or crossbred boar on the
! farm.
The faster the pigs are crowded
until they go to market the larger
the measure of profit, providing al
ways that they are never fed more
than they can digest and assimilate.
Over feeding and irregular feeding
causes Indigestion AS the pig in
creases in weight the feed should in
crease, Pigs fed for profit should
never stop growing for a single day,
and should be marketed when they
| reach goo pounds weight
On good pasture the daily grain
ration should be one-half pound for
each % pounds live weight Feed all
grain dry in shallow flat-bottomed
troughs, Slated so the pigs must eat
from the side, and eat slowly. The
! swill barrel is a relic of unthrift and
ignorance. one of the most potent
| factors of bad luck with pigs.
| Cleanliness in the feed and care of
pigs Is the best known remedy for so
called bad luck"
| Bran and shorts, rolled wheat and
rolled barley are the feeds that se-'
cure the best results. One of the
men who secures the largest measure
| of gain at the least cost per pound
feeds the pigs weighing 25 to SO
pounds one-half pound of bran and
shorts per day when on good pasture;
so to rs pounds live weight, one
| pound rolled wheat, increasing the
wheat as the pig grows until 100
pounds live weight, then adding the
rolled barley, and continuing to in
| crease one-half pound of grain daily
for each 25 pounds of live weight.
Plenty of clean cool water should
be supplied at all times. Shade OF
some kind should be supplied IN
every pig pasture.
A mixed pasture, including alfalfa
red clover and Bronze grass, is better
than straight alfalfa. When perma-
nent pasture is not available, rye and
| vetch or winter wheat and vetch
seeded in the fall is good. For spring
| seeding use mixture of oats, spring
wheat and barley, seeding loo
mounds 70 the acre. When pasture is
not available or for fall pigs that are
tn he turned for the spring market
mangels. carrots, rutabagas or arti-
chokes may be fed raw, at the ratio
of five pounds per day for each loo
| Mounds live weight Potatoes can
also be fed raw, but will give better
results if cooked. The water they
are boiled in should always Dc
drained off. the potatoes masheu
slightly sailed and fed warm
If the hog pasture is divided into
| four SGCllOllSs anu WV
changed each week, it Will proVlot
more and better feed than II the'
run all over the field.
However good the pasture, supple
ment it with peas, oats ana corn
plant one-half acre of the peas ano
oats for each ten spring pigs anc
one acre of early corn, and one acre
of a medium dent variety.
| Provide enough portable fence t'
fence as large an area as the hog
would clean up in four or five days
when there is permanent pasture
Tho meas and oats can be moved AM
fed in the pasture.
| To grow the peas and oats to TN
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