The Richfield recorder. (Richfield, Idaho) 1909-1931, 1916-04-21
BELIEVES IN
3-CENT HOGS
Pure Bred Hogs Are A
Paying Proposition


believes in Scent hogs; that is. if he
can use pure-breds, he says he car
put hogs in shape for the market al
close to cents pound. Mr.. Han
nah has been at the business for g
long time, is a very careful farmer
and should know. Well let him tell it:
after my sows wean their pigs
they get no grain except what they
salvage from the stubble fields and
that is enough to bring them to first
class breeding condition in October
After pastures fail | feed my brood
sows all the alfalfa hay they will
eat. The hay is prepared especially
for hogs and would not be fit to feed
to other live stock I cut the hay
before there is sign of bud or a
blossom and cure it as any other hay.
This is green and tender and the
sows will eat it readily and lots Of it.
In addition to this hay each SOW gets
a pound of ground wheat or barley
per day, or 120 pounds of grain dur
ing winter. About the first of March
OF two weeks before narrowing time,
l increase the grain feed to two
pounds per day. After the pigs are
a week or 10 days old the grain ra-
tion is increased gradually, but this
is to supply nourishment for the pigs
while they are nursing heavily
when the pigs are ABOUT two
weeks old they will begin to nose
about The trough and will eat little;
then l give them a little wheat soaked
in separated milk if have it, but soak
ed about IL hours SO thatpit is soft,
but | don't allow it to sour. When l
feed the evening meal, | put the NOR
ming ration to soak. By the time the
pigs are 10 weeks old the litter of
eight will have eaten about so lbs.
of grain. From weaving time until
four months old they will eat pound
of grain per day in addition to pas
turage, or nearly 40 pounds per head
in the six weeks. The pigs have been
on good pasture all this time and have
consumed $1.25 worth of grain per
head. The pigs should weigh 100 lbs.
per head at four months.
cat four months my hogs go into
the feed lot (about July 15) and l
commence feeding grain in the sheaf.
aiming to feed about three pounds
per day per hog or 80 pounds per hog
per month. l feed grain in the sheaf
because it is cheaper than grain that
has been threshed and handled again.
also feed all the green sweet corn
they will eat up clean, and they will
eat stalk and all when the corn /
green. l also feed all the squash and
pumpkins they will eat. | follow
this feeding system for one month.
The sixth month my hogs are
given all the ground wheat, barley
and rye they will eat in self-feeders,
feeding a little corn in the stalk and
pumpkins about once week for
relish. The pig is then six months
or 1870 days old and if can't make
him weigh a pound and a quarter
for every day he has lived, I'll quit
the hog business.
Each hog has consumed less than
SIS worth of grain. He has had
pasturage, green corn, pumpkins, etc.,
that l give very little cash value.
We use about $40 worth of disinfec-
tants on the place in year for zoo
head of hogs. Pumpkin seeds eaten
by the hogs expel the worms and
we have never had cholera on the
place. We don't vaccinate and have
no expense in that line.
"But don't forget that If you are
going to grow Scent hogs you must
have 3-cent hogs to start with; short,
blocky. compact conformation with
qualities. Breeding counts
more than anything"
MT. f1duudu lIlnho thot ~ ->@~>--
the best qualities for cheap pork pro-
duction in his favorite breed, the Po-
land Chinas, and has been devoting
his efforts to the production OF pork
the last two years while the market
was low and there was very little
call for breeding stock. Last fall when
many farmers were selling nogs at
S cents and less, Mr.. Hannah says that
he never sold a hog at less than 6
cents. He favors cross between the
and Tecumseh blood lines
of purebred Poland Chinas in his
brood sows and uses medium type
boar of as blocky and compact for
nation as he can get. He says that
his hogs develop evenly and look