The Glenwood post., 1914-12-19
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BY Z. w. Fesv~ssa, Jr.

Ny hogs are getting = fau ssHisa Vt
essa which is aow very plentiful Aers
At &5e to soc per bushel. Al . price of
tS.65 live weight tbs Uains - thsa in
dicate jsst abest 100 per osat Pssfit IN
the corr fed. A little history = = the
way thsse hegs have Asaa sasrisd
through the sanses might - vsA to
repeat. The sprins pig vsss nsstly
fszFovsd in April fsso ysast.g gifts,
half blood RsAs.A CAias 81 OAsaGef
Whites, ths Piss fssa . fan kaasl Ps-
laAd China bsar. Cesa vas veg saaree
and high priced last sPsiag 20 tAss the
sovs we're carried On . roeiea q rye
and oats for their oaly grain, tAsagh
they had unlinitsd pfairis to saAse
over also field of oats sad rye, the
latter WAS scarcely touched uatil the
grain began to fsrn- The spider lily
is abundant here and seeas to be a
wonderful feed. l do not hAsv its
scientific analysis, but do know that il
is . wonderful plant for practical re-
suits with all kinds Of stock
The pigs had q little corn to crack
from about June l to August l about
" pound day at first and increased
to . pound day by the middle of July.
BY August 1st, the corn was all gone
and practically the only grain any of
the hogs were getting was rye, Of which
had left several acres for the hogs to
harvest. 1t was so very dry here
through August that feared some de-
rangement would strike the hogs on the
rye without much succulent green feed,
20 I began feeding . quart Of oats a
day, each to the bunch, sows, pigs and
all; about September 1st the hogs be-
gan working in my cane and mile.
fields of which had 20 acres and
much of it an excellent crop, even
though the season was quite dry through
July and August, both cane and millet
seeded quite heavily 20 the Pstion was
cane and millet seed with . great deal
of cane stalks. From watching them
feed should Judge that . full half the
bulk of feed consumed was cane stalks.
Since the cane was cut and the stalks
dried out I have fed quite . quantity
of oats again. have taken careful
estimates of the different crops that
were "hogged" down as we'll as tie
feed measured out and basing my esti
mates on live weight Of t7.50 for
hogs-they were higher than this poirt
all the time before the middle Of Aug
ustVand figuring the grain at what it
was worth on the market, with skim
milk figured at *l.OO per ewt., had
over so per cent profit.
1 know that $l.OO per cwt. 10 from 9
to times as high . price as szpaEinG7
stations allow for skim milk, but ny
experiment proves to me that il il
worth cent = pound, with an add
profit, to feed pigs at weaving tins.
with pork and feed at present prices.
Ny shoats are not overly large-they
weigh about $50 pounds at months
old. They weighed 36 pounds at wean.
ing time when they were ten weeks old,
and have made a uniform gain Of bet
ter than three -fourths of pound 4 day
since that time.
They are not fat at all, but are large
rangey fellows just ready to be fin
ished out on corn. Most of my sows
brought fall pigs through the month Of
an average of seven pigs to
the SOW, one dead in the nest, another
died after two or three weeks, and only
two runts in the bunch, but that 10 a..
other story. Some of my readers will
say: "Oh, yes! You fellows in The
corn belt can make it win raising hses,
but it won t win under our conditions. "
I have corn to finish my hogs on, bat
haven't you rye or oats or best Of On
barley! Pound for pound of barley
meal will produce as much pork - corn
will, and it is better for the ANIMALS
health. can fatten old SOW stuR ss
oats alone At present prices $6.6S for
hogs and 40c for oats and have ssAe
margin left. A big thin SOW viii esa-
sumo over a peck Of oats a day, but
she will gain more than two pounds.
Wherever hogs are raised there nesA
be no fear Of the mortgage taking The
some.
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