Albuquerque evening herald. [volume] (Albuquerque, New Mexico) 1911-1914, 1913-10-09

No farm animal will return a profit
quicker and with more certainty upon
the feed IL consumes and the care
given IL than the hog. u Is always
ready to eat almost anything. produce
ing finished product of high market
value. The hog win often consume
ranch products that would otherwise
be wasted ana makes more meat from
"a certain amount Of feed than any
other farm animal From four-t siss
pounds of dry matter will produce a
pound OF pork. Dut 10 requires from
ten 10 thirteen pounds of dry matter
To produce "a pound of beef Again
the hog b. the most prolific Of farm
animals. For best success and largest
profits, hogs must have plenty of
green feed which can be supplied by
fencing i've or six small fields for
pasture In these something shoula
be kept growing large part of the
year and the hogs must be- pasturcd
irst ON one field ana then the other
To suit the conditions. In one of these
fields seed oats early. Ia another plant
sorghum and later follow these with
milo, kaiir and field peas with per-
haps some peanuts on the side. a
stand Of artichukes would prove a.
great help, Alfalfa makes extra good
permanent pasture ana should be
grown by every hog raiser. For latd
fall aud early spring pasture, rye
cannot be- oxcolled. A patch OF span
iHh peanuts. allowed to mature, makes
excellent feed for finishing a bunch OF
hogs IN the fan and they can be grown
on the dry plains. but are not suited
60 the mountains. Hogs fed plenty of
green feed during tho summer can
be finished Tor market by turning
them into the peanuts, allowing them
TO root them out TOR themselves. while
the san Luis valley people would not
trade OF their field peas for anything
Allnlfa viii provide tie greater part
OF the winter ration. The grains of
kaiir and milo maize are practically
equal Geo corn In feeding value. Hogs
de- wolf on either of these u fed whole
but better results are usually obtained
ly cracking or soaking che grain.
Wheat is equal To corn, taxing equal
weights and in fact hogs win do bet
Ter on wheat alone tnan on corn alone,
Wheat ana kahr or milo give excellent
There is no best breed. one that ~
best for all conditions and surround
.ngs. There Is only an occasional
rapchcr than can anord 10 breed and
raise fancy hogs. The majority OF hog
men must raise them for the general
market The market type most Ia de-
mand today isa young animal of COM
pact smooth form, which has been
quickly grown and does not weigh
more than geo Co $50 pounds. The
Duroca. Rerkshircs and Poland-Chi-
nus answer very well for best breed.
The Durocs are of excellent tyne. pro-
lihc and good mothers the average
number ot pigs 60 each litter being "a
little over nine ana they are about
the hoalthlcst ana hardest swine
grown IN Colorado Tho Poland
China Is the most popular down In the
corn belt and we have "a good many OF
them here. They possess early MATURE
ing qualities. As breed they "a
criticized somewhat on account of the
tendency 90 produce small litters The
Herkshires are unusually classcd as "a
mrd-hog type. They usually produce
medium sized lltters and suokle them
Wcl. IN style and finish the berk-
shire ranks nigh. u h symmetrical in
form and attractive Ia mnkeup The
strong vigorous SOW producing and
successfully raising seven or eight
pigs az "a litter has more than double
the value OF one which VIII produce
and raise bur four Discard an old
sows that have produced the small
litters and those that have been poor
suckers or are cross and nervous a
tried SOW that has fulfilled an tho
requirements H. worth keeping for sew