Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1915-05-25
Men Who Prove Profit In Hogs.

Maine II raising JUST aoout uaIi o"ouku
hogs to supply its own demand for 80
days. Massachusetts, does not do even
n we'll as this, for were the whole years
killing available at one time 1t would
not last for more than fortnight. And
| since these are typical states, they will
serve to reveal the situation in agricul-
tural New England to-day, section OF
the country that once raised the bulk OF
its own pork, and now goes elsewhere
for 1t, and pays the freight by 80 doing.
Why don't our farmers 60 into swine
as a side line, when the price Of dressed
hogs has been moving steadily upward?
Any one of them who has tried 1t and
failed will tell you that it Is impossible
to raise them now because Of hog chol-
era and other diseases. But the men
who are successfully breeding laugh at
this reason, and give quite another an.
swer. And this IL really the text OF
what am writing.
CONCRETE EXAMPLES COUNT
In the town of Tewksbury, Mass,
John R. Martin is raising hogs as by
product on his land. What makes his
experiment interesting Is that he is q
book farmer. He went out into the
country from the city and was not will
ing to accept the judgment Of his neigh
bors as final. For example, be found
that almost NO pork was produced In the
town. One neighbor had raised two lit
ters the year before and lost nearly all
of them, 1t was q common experience.
But Mr.. Martin observed that they all
held to a grain feed and he came to the
conclusion that the animals died from
indigestion and lack-o of Intelligent care.
Last year he raised 80 hogs Of his own,
on land where tho previous owner bad
lost S4OO worth in one season, and he
brought all but half dozen to market.
de bred from Berkshire with cross
of o l C and two Of his ak sows gave
litters of IS and II pigs respectively.
By the first of May all these had been
weaned, and he turned them out OF
doors, fencing in two acres OF rough
land for the purpose. 1t had an open
land drain, which gave the pigs chance
TO wallow, but he also built dry shell
ter for them, for 1t 10 we'll to remember
that while hog wants to get Its feet in
water frequently. it greatly prefers to
sleep dry.
Mr.. Martin was not troubled with any
of his sows eating the pigs when young
Recognizing that the craving for meat
was due to the loss of lime In the body
of the SOW, he fed handful OF linseed
meal to each SOW daily for six weeks be-
fore fsrrowing, and be gave them tank
age in equal quantity afterward. This
is sterilized slaughter-house refuse that
costs about 80 q bag, and 1t is we'll
worth the price. He also gave them
small quantities of charcoal and salt,
enough to satisfy their cravings.
While they were out of doors he fed
them twice day, but 1t his intention
this season to make four feelings, at 9.
10. 8 O'Clock and at sundown, for apig
that Is running at large will take care OF
it's food and provide a better distribu-
ton of lean meat II we'll fed.
OF course, the pigs foraged on the land
and kept it we'll dug up. They were fed
some swill, but 1t was always clean, and
not the soggy collections from the city
teams. He also obtained a cheap feed
by purchasing two tons -four damaged
in a fire, at 1-2 cent pound. he added
to this, silage, linseed oil meal, char
coal, beet tops. and small potatoes cook
ed together. His pigs. brought in the
market from 8 1.2 to II 1-2 cents q
pound, and he figured his net profit at
$3.50.
HOGS AS LAND RECLAIMERs
In the town of Dracut, Mass, James
j. McManmou, successful horticultur-
ist, has just purchased another farm
with the intention of devoting 1t entirely
to swine. He will raise 200 this year,
and is planting 20 acres to corn, grain,
and yellow turnips. Five acres
of rough land containing q spring has
been fenced.
Mr.. McManmon has had an interesting
with hogs. He has cleared
25 acres of worthless land by putting
them upon 1t, and II Is to-day fully
planted. 1t was timberlsnd that bad
been cut and literally strewn with rocks.
He put on 100 hogs to acre, aud seldom
fed them twice in the same place. They
not only stripped the bark from the
stumps, but followed the roots down
into the ground, and in two years these
had so rottsd that he was able to pillow
out both pine and birch.-New England
Homestead.