Lower coast gazette., 1914-07-18

md develop the citrus fruit business.
Hog Raising in Ascension PARISH
rr ;s . far cry from selling a thousand POUNDS
~ sugar to disposing of a boar p'g, anu -
would think that the man who nereooloie us
hoon occ,,n;ed in the successful Occupation Oh
s,,rar house. grinding a thousand tons OF cane
, dav would find very little interest IN seeing
that . three-weeks-old pig was properly leu.
And vet those are the things that just now are
very much occupying the time and attenuon u
the proprietor Of one Of Louislana,s hness suxal
plantations. A few years ago Mr.. Evan NV
Cali would have thought it an insult that ne
ehonld be expedited to spend his time IN the lav
ter occupation and that the land OF Evan han
plantation was too valuable to be devoted TO the
raising of pigs; but he has now not only peen
converted but realizes that such an Occupation
us eminently fitting for the soil and the proprle-
tor. Of such property. 10
Having decided that money could be mace
from pigs. MIR. McCalps next step was 70 ue-
eide what kind Of pigs he wanted to raise. ne
comes from pedigreed stock himself, so IT was
bnt natural that he should show a decided aver
sion to scrubs of any kind, and one IS not sur
nrised to learn that when he went into market
10 purchase his foundation stock ne had eyes
for none but the aristocrats OF the breed. lnere
are Duroc-Jerseys Of all kinds to be had-some
for 4 mere song and some for what useo - y
considered 4 kings ransom. But it mattered
not how high the price, Mr.. Mccall was con
vinced that the only right way to start was WIN
The best blood obtainable. So nothing would
satisfy him but the purest Defender blood 70 DC
had.
So d Of the best sows that he could lind and
1 direct descendant Of Defender as . herd boar
waa the foundation Of his herd. Starting with
these n the early part Of the year, ne has al
ready sold 1872 pigs at prices with which any
one should be satisfied. The balance OF the 2uo
MOS that have been farrowed on his place have
cone the way Of the unfortunate from one
canse Of another. Mr.. Mccall is very rigid in
his selection Of the breeding stock that ne seils
and yet TIE small number Of culls indicated Dy
these figures speaks volumes, not only Tor the
nnal;Sy of the foundation stock but as well 1ol
the care and attention that he has bestowed up
al them. and is q strong supporting argument
sor the position Mr.. Mccall takes when ne says
that he prefers q moderately prolific breeder (
one that will cover the earth with 9 shower 9
PIGS and then have half Of them turn out 70 .
nnnts because the mother was unable to furnish
them enough milk in the early stages OF thel
life.
MI. Mccall, while = believer in blood,
equally wide awake to the fact that the cor
CRIB constitutes one half the breed Yet tn
isSnot strictly correct way Of putting his belief
Perhaps it would be more correct to say tn
nroper feeding is the foundation; for while col
forms mart of his ration it is long way fro
being his sole dependence. and he recognize
tie fact that if you want to build bone a
muscle YOU must feed the things that will 81
plv tie material from which these are manufa
tured. 50 eaeh pig is fed upon 2 carefully COZ
rounded ration consisting Of corn, shorts, whe
hran and tankage. There Is also mixed WI
these 4 due proportion Of copperas. charc'
and snlphur. This food is made into 9 q
sever,l hours ii advance Of feeding time,
hat it can be thoroughly swelled before bel
eaten by the pigs.
There Is no doubt that Nj. Mccall has J
anced his feeds with great nicely, and the
fect II this careful feeding i fully attested
the splsndid lt 81 PIN that We saw n
naus. Even ii little three-week's-olds il J
s,tiereed Il TIE splendid hams and br
shcs,ldes. int are such a. essential part I
49, ..4hnr EVIDENCE sOf The care