Mexico weekly ledger., 1913-10-30

some Of these examples occasionally
will be worth while.
One instance that has beeu brought.
to my attention in the last few
days concerns the matter Of bog
management in particular. On my
way to vaocinate some hogs south
west OF Mexico. I stopped for a few
minutes at AIr. Vim. H. Loeke's farm.
Mr.. Locke had q herd Of stock
hogs that he was feeding. Along dur
ing the dry spell be had feared that
his crops would not warrant his
keeping the shoats. but he kept his
faith 81 the cowpeas that we're plant
cd in every corn field, and IN the
few acres OF rape which be had. RstA
er early he was compelled TO turn in
on one corn and eovpea field With
a little additional corn the hogs did
we'll. Finally It rained a little and
the rape began TO grow rapidly. Now
the hogs are on the rape field being
fed corn in addition and doing well.
Not everyone knows the great yalu
OF these forage crops for hogs. The
cov peas in the corn ard in the rape
made II posssslble for Mr.. Locke TO
hold biz hogs and make economical
gains even with the corn so high in
price. Others have been able TO do
this same thing with their hogs and
some arr handling a few lambs to
eat The underground Of cowpeas and
soybeans IN tho cornfieids.
In contrast 70 this condition, there
are many farmers who are sacrificing
their shoats, whereas, in soEne cases
at least. The practice Of growing
cowpeas. rape or other forage
crops would make u possible for
them 70 feed the hogs 70 good ad-
vantage Incidentally, the hogging
of or the crops and feeding Of add.
donal grain Is doing something fos
the lands same
Yslnabla iaf0rmatioa on the sub
iect Of FORAGE Crop Rotation For
PORK Production Is contained IN Bulle
IA No. 1l0 witch may be had from
the Agricultural Experiment Station
Columbia, 40. Among the interesting
figures shown IN this bullet n ars sy
erages for a number Of differen. for
age crops, The average nnmpcr o
pounds gain per hushel Of cor ie
where hogs had access to forage GRO
was 1874 pounds.
With york at SC per pound, this
figures a return of si.I0 per bu- fol
the corn fed The average for dry loi
feeding with pork at &c per pound
was CSC per bushel for the corn fed
When the gains for grain fed was fig
ured. the same az for dry lot feeding
the forage crops were worth an aver
age OF s22.s7 per acre with pork a
Sc per POUND. with pork at Sc PEI
10 the forage crops averaged 5000
per acre
Surely it viii pay Us 10 make NOR
Us OF lorage crops n N hog man
agem9at systems.
Astral King the great saddle Ists
lion of Jas. Houchiin Of Jefferson
CITY. died from pneumonia in Dallas
Texas. Thursday. This was q great
animal and every lover OF fine ANNA
will join the Ledger in extending syr
pathy to Mr.. Houchin. He wa
worth $4,000. II is reported n,
Major Dare is very ILL
J. r. Fennewald, an Audrain promi
nent ~stockman. had IN st. Louis OF
Tuesday two loads OF good helferF
which brought ss.75 per cwt.
BroWn, one II Audrain coan
lily. Nos foremost feeders and csttl
dealers, has demonstrated that he I
a thorough believer in the st. Loui
market, says the Live Stock Report
er. During the past week, he con
tributed 3 loads Of beeves, as he ha,
3 cars Of 15ef-pound steers on Wed
nesday's market that brought hin
1915. and fhe following day market
ed six loads II l243-pound beeves a
sS.50. All Of these steers were Mr.
Browns feeding. showing that
be does things up right. He was well
pleased with every transaction.
Col j. T. Johnson. our old friend
from Audrain county, Mo, marketed
two loads Of l15e-pound beeyes here
this week which be OF course had fed
personally that went to Morris & Co,
for ss.15 per cwt. The Colonel said
that he was fairy well satisfied with
his sale. considering the condition Of
the market,
Col. johnson needs no introduction
TO readers Of the Reporter. He is
one Of the siaunchest supporters St
louis has listed among rs many
friends, He recently go first prize
for his State IN the Feeder Cattle
Contest held here this year, on two
loads Of feeders that sold for same
price his beef cattle brought to-day.
In addition to this, he won the Grand
Sweepstakes in the sam event-st
Louis Live Stock Reporter.