The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1916-03-02
Vermont Hogs

raise them Tor The money they acH Tor
but that is not by any means then
greatest value if properly handled.
The following outline gives tho
method whereby the hog keeps worn
out soil fully up to standard, often.
times doubling the crop yield, hence
when so handled we claim that for
this purpose the hog is worth more
than for pork.
The tillable farm should be Gu. up
into from three to five lots, as contour
Of the land may dictate, with hog pen
lin center fenced with hog wire, so
that any one of the lots can be used
for pasturing.
The cheapest possible feed on which
to build a pig into hog ready for
fatting is grass, grain, soy beans, or
peas fed in the pasture It's the nat
ural feed just as il is for cattle, 1t is
the only possible method of getting
the largest profit for the least invest
Iment. It's the universal method west
where so much pork is raised
Rotation of crops is now recognized
as a wise policy, hence use one lot, the
one used for hay last year for the hog
pasture this year, and you can rest
assured that when you plow :his hog
lot the following spring it will give a
bumper crop of corn The adjoining
lot should be put to corn for fattening
the hogs
If instead Of the expense Of picking
this corn you turn the hogs into it ami
let them harvest it, that field will raisla
at least third more next season,
Here again the hog has done more in
fertiIizing than you could have done
in any other way and has at the same
time saved you The expense of har
vesting.
Following this rotation year by year
gets the hogs onto the land some part
of the season once in two years. Try
it and you will not be talking about
worn out soil.
But you say how shall | fat them
Can't afford to buy much feed.
Here is how it has been done sue
ccssfully in Vermont--and It's the
western method, also.
When the kernels of corn are in the
milk commence to give liberal feed
daily of stalks and all, Gu. close to the
ground and they will eat it up very
clean. This will start them on won
derfully in growth.
Raise also some corn for late fat
ting and if necessary buy a little. |
BY raising sugar beets, pumpkins and
squash, peas, etc, The hog can be made
to weigh one hundred and fifty pounds |
without buying much meal.
Farmers are more and more reaiz-
ing that pasture is necessary for the
most economical production of pork
Those who are raising hogs and put
ting them on the market with the least
cost have their entire farms fenced /.
hog tight
If possible have considerable clover
in the pasture. Fall sown wheat oats
and rape sown early will make very
good pasture also Writer has seeded
down a three-acre 10. to timothy with
a liberal sowing Of oats, and when the
oats were three inches high turned in
seyenty-fve hogs and one hundred and
fifty small pigs, all having rings in
nose to prevent roofing. Never got a
better seeding than that and the oats
gave good green pasture all summer
Alfalfa is unexcelled as pasture
where it can be grown and the hay
makes good winter feed
The root crops most is. in tins ter
ritory are potatoes and sugar beets.
Pumpkins are an excellent feed for
keeping hogs in a healthy condition
Many farmers claim that the seeds Of
will prevent worms in pig
and shoats and that a ration of pump
<ns fed with grain will keep hogs
thrifty and give .hem a good appetite.
good many wagon-loads can be
yrown on an acre of rich land. Stumpy
and, or low, moist land will grow good
The health of the hog is an import
mt consideration. Hogs that have
,lenty of range and exercise are not
early so susceptible to disease as
hose confined in a small pen. A hog
hat goes out after his feed will be
veil grown and thrifty accustomed to
and not liable to be injured
y a sudden change Of weather
1t is difficult, however, 10 put a good
nish on hogs while running in large
cid or pasture If they are allowed
, run until three weeks or a month
efore sending TO market, and are then
hut up and given all the corn they
ant, with plenty Of pure water, tney
i'll make very rapid gains.
In no other way can pork be pro-