The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1915-02-25
The Hog as a Scavenger.

is the eliminating of waste and the
using Of by-products.
This is a business principle tina,
I think is applied less on the farm
than anywhere else, and we have
found that the waste on farm Is
one of its biggest items of expense.
In other words, in harvesting a
crop of grain, in digging a crop OF
roots. in utilizing the slop from the
kitchen, and in getting the maximum
from a pasture we find that the hog
is the greatest saver Of waste that
can be found.
People seldom look at this point
of view, they always think that In
raising hogs special feeds must be
grown for them, special lots built
and the hog business made distinct
industry.
This is true where hogs are the
most important things raised on the
farm, but when the farmer is in some
other business than hog-breeding. he
will be surprised to find that he can
pick up extra money and get his win
ter's supply of meat with scarcely any
expense except the attention that Is
required in any business to make it
success.
Hogs fit in we'll with nearly any
livestock raising, or in fact, in any
method of diversified farming.
Good Fencing.
The one necessity of this plan is
good fencing, for it often becomes
necessary to turn hogs from one field
to another on very short notice, and
if a few days must be taken to hS
the fence sometimes $500 worth
of pork will be lost by rotting or
decay of the grains or roots.
It is generally the custom to shock
wheat, rye, or oats after binding
until the thresher comes. BY that
time the grain is very dry, and some
skaters out in handling. Instead OF
wasting this grain, turn some 6O-lb
shoats on it, and see how, long 1t Will
keep them gaining lb. a day.
l have even heard of people turn
ing small shoats into the co1field
and letting them eat the lower leaves
of the corn plant. 1t is claimed that
this does not injure the corn, but
/ have never seen it done myself.
When potatoes are picked many
are left behind. Why not let the
hogs gather them for you?
Most of us have orchards that we
do not utilize to the best advantage
in fact, We allow the coddling moth
to make these apples fall from the
tree before they are ripe. Of course
the best thing to do, would be tc
prevent this waste and take care OF
our trees, but if we do not do this
one can at least allow our pigs tc
stop some Of this loss, by giving
them the orchard as pasture.
When the apples are gone the wild
artichockes are coming on. Pigs vii.
root these out of the ground and dc
we'll on them.
We can now rough over our pigs
on a little corn with clover pasture
until our second crop of potatoes are
ripe. Then back the pigs go to the
potato field and there they stay as
long as they continue TO gain flesh.
Giving Some Corn.
BY this time the COWS or steers are
getting some corn. When we realize
that 20 per cent. of the corn goes
through the cattle undigested II
seems nearly a crime to let this &C
to waste, and especially as it will
with the aid of some pasture, keeI
the hogs in fine, shape. This is kept
up until about November, when the
brood sows are allowed to follow the
cattle and with the addition of lit
tie more corn and some tankage are
run through the winter. The shoats
when taken from the cattle are put
up in close pens, that have good shell
ter and plenty of water. The farm
er should now have about ten OF
+uolva nips weighing about 125 t(
$50 pounds, which have cost hin
about IS to $40, for, of course. they
should have been fed little tankage
through the summer and sometime:
it was necessary to give them one OF
two ears of corn a day if they were
on short rations.
This method is better than allow