The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1913-06-13
More and Better Hogs
Larger Profits Sought
From Saturdays Daily.

From Saturdays Daily. !
Profitable sessions of the Minnesota
Swine Breeders association have
been held in Mankato during the
past two days. Interesting discussions
of questions relating to the raising
of hogs were feature and demon
strations by experts served to give
the meeting an Impetus.
This mornings session opened with
an address on Swine Houses and
Shelter" by w. F. Hagerman of the
University farm. Mr.. Hagerman
based his talk on several charts show
ing properly constructed hog houses.
There is probably no class of ami.
mails on our farms so poorly housed,
said Mr.. Hagerman, "as hogs. We
need shelter for the little pigs dur
ing the wet spring weather, when
so many of the young pigs are lost"
Mr.. Hagerman showed five types
of practical hog houses, showing
their advantages, disadvantages and
approximate costs.
A number of questions were ask
ed and Mr.. Hagerman stated that
cement floors were undesirable in
hog houses because they prove to be
too cold. -
w. ]. Gregg of Pennington con-
Quoted a discussion on hog houses
and the matter of cement floors
evoked much interest.
1.-THE Breeding Herd"
s. McKelvie, Sr. of Lincoln, Neb.,
spoke on "The Breeding Herd"
1.-The Importance of the swine I'M
dustry, in my opinion, makes swine
deserving of greater respect. A man
usually speaks of hogs in tone of
disgust. but they are handy to have
around if you need a little ready
dustry through the corn belt, is one
of the most profitable stock indus
tries of the present time. The farm.
ers in our section are now educated
only a pure bred sire, but a pure
bred herd They have learned that
they are bound to go ahead when
they keep pure bred sires.
"The pedigree in my opinion, Is of
secondary Importance, and individual.
ity comes first. After the selections
of good individuals for our herds, the
next thing of Importance is the care
and management of the herds. How
can we build up our herds?"
Mr.. McKelvie discussed types of
hog houses and also spoke of the
necessity of exercise for pigs. Some
of the worst ailments among the pigs
are vermin, worms, lack OF exercise. "
Address BY Mr.. Teller
H. o. Teller of Whiting, Iowa,
who has been connected with one
of the leading live stock papers, talk.
ed on Marketing Pureb bred Hogs"
business in which he is now en-
gagged. Il believe that it takes years
for a man to become a breeder in
the true sense of the word i have
been firmly convinced that every
hog which has pedigree is fitted for
breeding purposes. Some of them
should be sold at the local stock
yards The good breeder is necessar-
lily good feeder, and they must be
we'll fed and cared for from the
time they are little pigs A great
many breeders are. wasting money
in advertising, theyy are attempting
to spread it out too much. But 1t
must be a constant campaign, make
people know you are in business
all the time But in advertising
be truthful. There is nothing that
pays so well in the advertising bust
ness like satisfied customer.
Private Sales.
81 believe that as a rule private
sales are more satisfactory Most
breeders have not enough bred swine
to make a public sale. The public
sale has the advantage of bringing
your money to you all at once and
is a nice thing if you have a large
enough herd. | believe that the
breeders are selling their swine for
less than they are actually worth
H. G. Krum of White Bear, led
the discussion on Mr.. Tellier's talk.
"A man should keep the hogs, which
are above the average, for his own
use. should sell the average hogs to
other breeders, and those below the
average to the regular market
Mr.. Teller was asked whether he
would advise a breeder to write his
own advertising copy or have an ex-
perienced advertising man handle it.
He said that he believed that il was
wiser to have an experienced man
write it. Mr. Teller also said that
for an average herd he would not
/ expend more than 50 or So for each
male pig the breeder has to sell, or
about 800 to 1925 year for adver-
Using.
How to Fatten Hogs.
"Fattening Market Hogs" was the
subject discussed this afternoon by
f. w. Peck, of the University farm.
"Hogs need protein to start with and
that is secured from alfalfa, if that
is procurable or from tankage. Then
the carbohydrate is found in the
corn. Protein will produce the mus