American Falls press. [volume] (American Falls, Idaho) 1907-1937, 1917-11-06
BOY MAKES PA PER CENT
ON COST OF FEED
Makes l2-pOund Pig Weigh $50 Pounds
in 1873 Days at Cost OF S7.S5. Making
Net Profit OF S19.15

Net Profit OF S19.l5
Power county boys are showing the
men what can be done in raising hogs.
One boy This year turned 12-pound
pig into one weighing $50 pounds in
l35 days at cOse of S7.S5 for feed.
making profit of PA per cent on the
feed used. His net profit was s19.15.
not counting SO prize money he won
at the county fair.
There are not as many hogs in the
county as there were two years ago.
due TO the high price for feed. Barley
is worth about 50 per 100. That is
what this boy paio for chopped barley
which he fed TO the pig vet he made
this barley produce pork worth 1892.
He has shown that high-priced feed
can be used. Below is the boys ac-
count Of how he fed the pig. with a
statement Of the cost OF the feed used:
In the early spring of the year when
things began to look like spring I de-
cided TO get a pig and see what | could
do in the pig business. So began to
look all over the country and ask every
farmer l met if he knew where 1 could
get one, but could not find one l had
about given up the idea till one night
while visiting neighbor. of ours he
asked me if l had found a pig.
/ told him no, as they seem 10 be
very scarce. so when we were ready TO
90 home he told me I might have one
as he had two sows and each had
eight pigs We got a box and the
lantern and went TO the pig pen and
while he gave the old ones some feed
/ got in the pen and caught the first
one l could catch. a nice little Poland
China female, and brought il home
with me. 1t was just one month and
four days old then and weighed
twelve pounds. made a pen for her,
six feet square and put a big sugar
barrel with lots Of straw in it for a
bed.
began TO feed her milk in a saucer
] but it didn't drink very good at first.
: l fed it six times a day using a quart
2 for the six feeds and l increased il as
e it grew larger. l weighed it on June
4, Srd and it weighed 22% pounds On
D June 10th she weighed 80 pounds.
d June 18th she weighed 40 pounds. June
+ oath she weighed As pounds My
g scales would not weigh but so pounds
:. OF course l increased the milk right
= along and gave a little alfalfa once in
e awhile for her 10 eat as she was not
T. on pasture. On July > I got a sack Of
a screenings from the elevator and
h ground some in an old coffee mill and
e fed a small handful twice a day with
n the milk. AS soon as she began 10
= eat the wheat good I began TO feed
IS skim milk with the new milk half and
If half with the wheat soaked in il from
one feed TO another and later I mixed
bran with the wheat as l wanted to
keep her growing good and not put on
= too much fat as l wanted to keep her
and raise some pigs next year and
when I'm a man I intend to have a
= nice herd of Poland-China hogs
Total Amount Of Feed Used.
Two sacks wheat screenings al
SOC per sack -.-.-.-...-....-.-..---..- 81 90
Z, Fifty pounds chopped barley at
$500 per cwt------.-------.- --.--..------.-.-- l.5O
- Fifty pounds bran at $3.50 per
/ cwt .......-...-... ..........--..--...---- l.25
Three hundred and eighty-four
pounds skim milk at S5c per
~ cWt. --...........-. -..-.------..---- go
N Five hundred and lightweight
ie pounds milk at soc per cwt--.--- 2.94
le Alfalfa green feed at 10c per
d month ..-..-.-..--..-. 20
it Total cost of feed ....-.....-.s7 IS
'e How MIX Was Fed.
May 10 June 8. l qt. milk daily 80
ed June to June 10, ! Z quarts milk 10
T. June 10 to June Il. % quarts milk p
an June II to June "A, quarts milk 2S
re June "A TO Sept r. quarts milk-192
We Total ats. fed SIS lbs) ).-....--.-2 2s4
IS. Net Profit.
k Weight OF pig $50 pounds at 1900
e per cwt ...--.--.--.--------S '.uu
~ Value Of pig .O0
ed Cost TO produce -..--..-.---.--.----.-.-- 1.S5
Net profit ..................-............. .sls.15
he II does not take a business man nor
NJ a banker to figrure that this boy has
r. made money Had every farmer in
ne the county done half as we'll with his
ly money he has invested Power county
n could take half a million dollars
as worth OF liberty bonds and never fee
sw it, This boy is one Of the pig clut
wi boys who competed for the prize Of
ip- fered by the First National Bank fol
sci the best pig shown al the county fail
by any boy or girl under 16. He wor
IN second prize at the fair and received
he a $40 cash premium. The boy who
.er won first prize undoubtedly made
sh more money. but the Press has mol
e's been able TO secure his story shoWins
en-. the cost Of feed. and therefore canno'
he show the net gains in his case.
nd rover county oesl iaIilers any any
it. STOCK growers are GUMS 70 ue .ne 0os
ps VINO are no" sIo"lhs up Inc! ai'
rs leealhg thelr hlhus as Wen as ulSli
bodies. They read. and apply thC
knowledge gained, and many of then
are pointing the way 10 success tC
Is. their fathers.
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II Frederick August Richard Schultz