Fergus County Democrat., 1915-12-30
RAISING GOOD
E HOGS PAYS HIM
GETS BEST RESULTS-OF IN
TEREST TO FARMERS.
DEERF|ELD MANS FINE SUCCESS

Deerfield farmer, who has attracted
wide attention by his successful meth
ods of raising hogs, was in Lewis I
town yesterday on business. Mr..
Cheesman says that because he is
raising good hogs he is getting some
unsought for publicity, but neverthe-
less, the fact that he is having such
success is worth heralding far and
near as his experience may prove OF
value to every Fergus county farmer.
His methods are not difficult They
are simply common sense applied to
the hog business. Mr.. Cheesman has
several more carloads which he will
soon dispose Of
He has just returned from Great
Falls where he disposed Of large
shipment at good prices The Great
Falls Tribune of yesterday morning
says:
Mr.. Cheesman had a load Of espe-
cially fine hoge which he had raised
at his big ranch at Deerfield. His
shipping point is Danvers on the Mil
waukee, his nearest railroad point. He
brought in 70 head that weighed H.
465 pounds or an average of 22l
pounds per hog 1t has been but a
few weeks since Mr.. Cheesman was
on the market with a couple Of loads
of extra fancy animals with which he
topped the market. All his product
is his own raising. He has ranch
Of 4,300 acres, including much bottom
land that Is easily irrigated and it
makes him an especially good hog
farm. He grows all his own feed
This load of hogs which I sold to-
day" said Mr. Cheesman. were far
fowed in April and May. The ones
with which I was on the market few
days ago were February and March
pigs. / have sold 229 head of hogs at
your market here within a few weeks,
all Of which were farrowed since the
middle Of February, and the packers
know the quality. They were develop
ed to pigs Of say 10 to 100 or 125
rounds in the alfalfa field, and then
they were taken to the fattening lot,
where they were put on a ration of
wheat and barley, the mixture being
two parts barley and one part wheat,
They were served their food through
self feeders on floors and had fresh
water whenever they desired it, Thev
fattened rapidly: there was no loss of
feed, and they had fine frames when
they were started on their finishing
diet.
Takes system to Get Cash.
"AS a result of NV methods. I am
selling all nv wheat at dollar a
hushel, even when hogs are only worth
six cents pound at the market.
There is money in the hog business.
but it takes work and system to get
the money. The reason, as | see it.
that some people grow discourage
with their efforts in raising hogs is
their lack of attention to detail There
was case that came to my notice a
few days ago. One man was putting
forth a lot of effort to turn some hogs
to the market, but he was LOSING
money at the work It was not hard
to learn why. He was not grinding
the grain, but feeding it to them
whole: allowing them to run to the
feed from the time they got big
enough to chew grain, and he had his
feeders out in the open, on the ground
and 30 that quite a norton of the
grain was lost while the hogs were
trying to get what they wanted. The
hogs were not getting much good
from the grain and the farmer was
giving 1t to them at nositive loss.
Increase Comes Rapidly.
'sIn raising hogs, l prefer the cross
breed. using the Poland China sows
and the Berkshire hoars 1t gives me
hog of fine quality and satisfactory
frame and also insures an excellent
color for the animals. aim to keer
20 sows for breeding and they arc
bred so that the litter CT pigs come
at all times of the year. 1t doesnt
matter about the season if one takes
care to have good, dry quarters fol
the pigs. AZ to the increase in the
number. in some recent farrows, ar.
found figures that emphasize the pos
sibilities. With six sows fallowinf
about the same time, have IS pigs
all we'll developed ard no runts in tn.
bunch. On another occasion. | hat
1l2 pigs from 10 sows. The SOW will
produce two litters yearly, if wei
cared for.
"As to the cost of fattening hogs
the first shipment | made to thi
market put on $4,000 pounds of mea
in the alfalfa field, so you will Sc
that l am selling my alfalfa as wei
as my wheat. to a good advantage, b
growing pigs
Grows Wheat Also.
ence in other lines of farming 81
is not because / happen to get th
results; it is the system of procedur
that makes results possible. To illu
trate, some men turn fields back. yea
after year to the same crop with tn
result of getting smaller and smalle
yields. A case in point is found i
wheat growing in which my own Gro
is compared. One outfit got aroun
10000 bushels from LOO acres
ground, and their wheat was defec
i've in being affected by smut NJ
wheat was good quality and all grade
No. 2, to total crop being littl
more than $4,000 bushels from sc
acres. The difference was not b.
cause ! was better looking or had an
better land than the others had,
they had handled their land as di