El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1917-05-03
Terrible Suffering Of Jews By Great War
Government Says HogsAre Great Money Makers

lay their hands on. Just now they
are suffering such famine that
many fathers have gone absolute
y insane. agonized by their ina
bility 10 find food for their fami-
lies
These are only a small portion Of
the great number OF Jews now SUI
fering as a result Of the hardships
OF the war. A fourth OF the Jews on
the earth are affected and in need
Of help according &c the information
Of Dr. Zielonka-
No branch Of live stock farming is
more productive Of satisfactory re-
suits than the raising Of well bred
swine, If conducted with q reasonable
care, according to the specialists Of
the bureau OF animal industry, L. :.
department Of agriculture.
There is some question about the
feasibility Of hog raising in the FL
PaSo valley, some farmers asserting.
that ii is profitable, others who have
tried it thoroughly. claiming the op-
posite. If IL is a success here. there
eminent bulletin, for, discussing the
subject further, the bulletin as
serts:
Hogs fit into the modern scheme
OF farming on nearly every farm, and
are one Of the most important ami
mails to raise, both for meat and for
money. They require less labor, less
equipment, and less capital, make
greater gains per hundred pounds OF
concentrates fed, reproduce them
selves faster and in greater num-
bers and give a quicker turnover of
money than any other animal ex-
cept poultry.
THE hog has no rival as a con-
sumner Of by products and numerous
unmarketable materials which but
for him might be wasted. Kitchen re-
fuse, not only from farms but also
from hotels and restaurants, when
cooked before being used makes an
excellent feed.
The value Of skim milk as a hog
feed is known on every farm though
not always fully appreciated In the
neIghborhood OF many large dairieS,
pork production is a very prominent
and lucrative supplement to the dairy
industry.
The hog is also a large factor in
cheapening the production of beef
Hogs are placed in the cattle feed
lots to utilize the corn and other
feeds the cattle have failed to digest
and which otherwise would be wasted.
Hogs following steers in many cases
have increased the profit per steer by
from Sc to 50. Hogs should not be al
lowed to follow dairy cattle unless the
cattle are tuberculin tested"
The bill board question IS solved.
Roger Brown has spoken.
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We never knew before that IL was
a crime for photographer to work
at night any more than in the day
time, and il IS certainly no crime to
photograph a billboard, day or night,
that we know Of.
Tom Lea says that the officials are
always preaching against the use Of
political influence in the army ana
navy and yet he noticed that every
door IN the Army and Navy building
in Washington has a porcelain in
scription on it reading Pull
The District Of Columbia boasts e
negro battalion made up entirely OF
men Of color, even to the major
who IS the envy Of all other mem
bers OF his race IN Washington, when
he gets on all his gold lace. Last
fall this contingent was ordered 10
Washington fyom Arizona. where
they had bCs<i stationed, and J. 4.
Chiffon. general passenger agent OF
the Texas and Pacific, with headquar
resr in Fl Pssc, was directed 70 ac-
company them Chilly is not keen
shout rhe northern negro. having