Saturday news. (Watertown, S.D.) 19??-19??, 1916-10-05
Iowa Dealers Buying s5c Corn to Fee
Hogs and Then Making a
Profit on Transaction.

Profit on Transaction.
Those South Dakota farmers who
r raising grain exclusively may be
interested in learning that Iowa deal
ers r paving SIS cen a bushel for
corn with which to fit hogs for the
market They are likewise feeding
this high priced corn to steers. and
think that they are making a profit on
the transaction.
Mr. h H. Pierce, junior member of
The Hrm OF j, ". Pierce & Sons,
of Nashua, la, who has been spend,
ine len DAYS or so with his uncle.
f j, Cory, in conversation with a
Saturday News representative, spok.
n interestingly OF the manner Gf hand
ing yonns cattle and hogs aud pre-.
parlns them for the markets.
IS Cent Germ for Hogs.
wa hayc bten finding soula d{E-
cplt 1ass Ia sur viciaitET h 5d
"in aIi me sbeats We have
W2B . member "a Il arH4 went
- ka1 ao. ard Yicked ~ E
CaF2a guar5as a}au eSa
hun ropH eaeh
naune fer aleb We at8 Sie@ q
hundf shipped them to cur
yards Ne nov have tham on 1uI
na feed, We call iy-and We
are giving Them al1 the corn thy NH
eat ne paid IS cents a hashel for
The corn.
DO you figure that you re going to.
make a profit on the deal?s the news
paper man asked.
Well. We wouldn't do it il We did
not think we could make a reasonable
profit for the money expended ana tise
time We devote To it" was the in
slant reply.
Three Pounds a Day.
"A good shoat, in Prime condition
for preparing for market, will gain In
the neighborhood Of three pounds a
day when on full feed said Mr..
Pierce. You see, it takes some little
time to take a shoat from the pasture
or field, and get 1t In ft condition to
make its most rapid gain, but after
1T is brought up to the point of TAX
ing full rations to the time IL is ready
for the packing plant it will go for
ward in its development for markell
by leaps and bounds. one may say
No" said MI. Pierce, replying to
a query. that isn't the way-it isl
better to feed often than to throw
q lot of corn to it only two or three
times a day. 1t should have only
what it will clean up and then in a
couple OF hours il is ready for a lit-l
tie more. and then after the lapse of
another two hours or SO it will clean
up still another portion, and so on,
It should have all that 1t will eat. and
vet 1t should feel that it is ready forl
a little more every now and them
and then is when it should have it'll
Steers, Too.
We are feeding only a few head
OF steers Just now, continued the
gentleman from Iowa, .sbut we handel
them a good deal like we handle ourl
hogs except that they need to be fed
only twice a day. And they, too
should have all they will eat, proyid-|
ing they have been led up to thisi
point by proper preliminary feeding.
Ours are getting AL the corn they
Will consume along with their hay andI
small portions Of what you may term
prepared rations.
Yes, we s what Is called tank
age. We feel that no one who is pre-l
pairing cattle and hogs for the mar
kets can AFFORD to do without ii. your !
South Dakota stockmen, IL they have
not already taken It up. should do 60
AIT once
cood Quarters Necessary.
4 IS Essential, also, that ali animal
bs#proviidsd win conIortabIe quar-
tiers if ~ ~ 10 do Its best, either inl
The fattening process or insthe grow.
Ing stages preceding the immediate
inter Any Monday IS Tuesdsyl