Arizona republican., 1917-02-15
ARIZONA SWINE MUL LT|PLY WITH RECORD STRIDE
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increase of the state for the past year is directly traceable to this district The valley is entirely suitable to the raising of swine, they thrive on alfalfa and the other green feeds Of the district. may be raised from infancy on these feeds with the addi- t.an of skim milk from the creameries aud dairies. and may be readily fat tened and hardened for the market on the valleys grains.
 Farmers and ranchers of the dis t-ict are fast beginning to realize the value of the hog on the ranch. In some instances farmers are devot- ir- their entire ranches to the rais- ing of swine. Many commercial hog raising enterprises are to be found in the district On nearly every farm in the valley a few swine are to be found They are considered ready pm money earner, are valuable as scavengers about the farm, and bring handy revenue to the pocket of the farmer each year.
 Il is quite evident to a careful ob- server that the Salt River valley IS destined to be a tremendous producer of pork At present great interest is being taken in the raising of MT. Hog. and no where can this gentle suar thrive more than here, where the alfalfa pastures are green the year round.
 As martgaee-lifter or money maker the hog business has no equal and best Of all, the original invest ment to start the business may be quite small. \ few acres, a few pens d few brood sows and you're off with a living start" Some idea of possi- hillties of he hOk as a money maker car be gained from the folioWoinS.
 Suppose the future hok raiser makes h.s start with twenty acres of alfalfa iu tho Salt River valley. After he has properly fenced his land, he builds ten pens at small cost and therein puts ten good brood sOWs. In less than four months these soWs will farrow an average of six pigs. half of which are sows. In eight months with proper feeding. he will have thirty narrows weighing 200 pounds. f1r which he will receive SEQ. He also has thirty new soWs or forty sOWs in all. In the meantime his original ten sows will have farr0we'l again bringing him sixty new pigs, which at this time will be three months old.
 Now he has forty brood sows and sixty 3-nOrth old pigs. By the time sixty pigs are ready for market where they will bring S4o. the forty eaes will have farrowcd two hundred and forty pigs. He now has his ranch forty sows. sixty fat hogs, two lrldred and forty DiCs-and l.e hes Crly been going for six mcnths. Al his time he had best sell five of his fa~ty brood soWs which will bring lm about S100. He will have thirty
 -l soWs that will bring him annually ahort four hundred and twenty hogs for the market. This number car h- raised on twenty acres Of good al- f-' if proper core is exercised. Al seven cents per pound rhe=e ml~'-e' hogs will he worth e74 per head giving the owner 2 gross income Ol f sSG per year
 The cost of raisl ~ fat hogs hert amounts to approz .Fistel.- three and oue-half cents per pound i1cludina 1afor. making the t20 hogs cost s2 .940 the net profit being S2etG. This re- s.1t can he attained the second veal and who can hope to make more than S147 per acre annually?
 The above figures are the result O actual experience in the valley, anC the same result can be obtained by any careful farmer in this valley Why this valley Because it is onl7 here that the fields are green for twelve months in the year and th' climate is mild enough to allow thi hog raiser to do away with the elab crate equipment necessary for tn protection of hogs iu- cold weather.
 The market conditions in this sec rion are good for hogs. Phoenix be ing within easy reach of the Pa cific coast and Texas stock yards where the demand for fat hogs ha never been supplied. There is neve time when there are no hog buyer in the valley who pay good price and buy in quantities.
 Like any other business that c raising hogs requires caTe-intelliger care-and this wonderful district of fers extreme success to anyone wit little capital who will give tn raising of hogs the proper atten ton. Why not raise hogs? It wOul seem that he who overlooks the cp portUnity offered by the Salt Rive valley and doesn't raise hogs. is miss ing a pretty good bet. He is not o the job