The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1918-07-03
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rhe American farmer has been call
ed upon to produce pork as he never
= has produced it before. Fired with
patriotism and stimulated by high
prices, he is responding magnificently
to the call. But he must remember
that these are abnormal times; thai
corn and concentrated feeds are
scarce and high in price. Owing to the
/. poor quality of the corn crop, 1t will
be fed up sooner than expected which
5F Is bound to cause an increase in the
price Of corn. This naturally will
: cause many farmers to sell their feed
ing and breeding stock and the hog
I shortage is bound to become greater
day by day. .,..e..... ~ ii,
Raising hogs Is business PROPOSE
ton and if we hog men are to be bust
ness men, we must forget all fads
and fancies and look at things as they
are. not as we would like to have
4 them. There is one answer which, IN
my opinion, will aid, not only in saw
Inc our grain, but In increasing the
pork production, and increasing our
profits, and that is by the use OF for
7 age crops, such as alfalfa; clover
rape, pease and bluegrass This
brings US to the question Of what hog
or breed OF hogs will make the high
. est per cent of gain on forage crops
in connection with grain ration, and
not be too late maturing.
After looking over the results OF
various experiment station records,
and after sizing up the weak and
strong points of all the various breeds
YOU viii find, If you are really look-
ing for light hogs, that the .Hamp-
shire was the leader in all tests where
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green feed was q part Of his ration
\ making $500 profit per acre on alfalfa
,aDasture; rather neat little sum.
lin support to this. we submit the
following report of an experiment con-
/ iducted at the Iowa experiment station,
rs with the figures changed to a present
day basis.
Hampshire hogs were running on
alfalfa pasture with access to tank
aye and corn in a self-feeder. Corn
a figured at 81 40 per bushel, tankage
At $50 a ton. They were sold on the
pork market for $14.00 per hundred.
5 They paid for their own corn and
tankage and left profit OF $500 per
acre for each acre of alfalfa they pas
tlred. In my own experience, we
have had Hampshires running on
green pastures with practically all
other breeds, housed In the same man
her 4 getting the same feed and; care.
And when weighed at the age Of six
Intyfths. the Hampshire would almost
Invariably average from rs TO- SO
mounds more than the pigs OF the
VI III breeds which had the same OPP
poltnnity ..S,
N6 breed is more prepotent, nor is
& auy breed more prolific. The Hamp-
shife has been before the public the
ihUrtest time Of any Of our we'll
known breeds. This ancestry dates
fnr back into days Of primitive Eng
AaIid. The curtain of American his
tory goes UP on him in the year 1880
vhbn he was imported into the state
ofMassa chusetts from the HAMPSHIRE
district of England. From here they
AZ we've imported into Kentucky and were
vent in their pure state and called
the Rind Hog. In 1893 the Hamp-
shire. or then known as the Rind
Swine Record Association. was or
4alized. -,
IT. was in the year 1901 that John
Eoodwine, of Patomac ILL.,, "blazed
the trail"i in Hampshire success He
showed five Hampshire barrows at the
Chicago international and was not
3 Oermitted to keep his hogs in the barn
with the other breeds, but was com.
II Relied to keep them off In vacant
steer STALL. Nevertheless, the judge
aaye them grand championship over
ali breeds and then he entered his
winning pig in the dressed carcass
class and again he became grand
khampion over all breeds. The late
Col. Chas. F. Mills and the then secre'
n fary OF agriculture, Hon. Jas. Wilson,
who. by the way, from that day until
kow. has been Hampshire enthusiast,
made the statement when he saw
these nice big Hampshire barrows that
II aThere is the breed of hogs which will
\a1,st perfectly meet the demands of
fhe United States farmer"
IN 1901 the Hampshire first entered
N the show ring, after hard fight for
classification. While today at all of
y the leading state fairs, as many or
\ more Hampshires are entered as any
81 the other breeds. In 1904 there
WEare only 446 registered Hampshires
Al, the world, owned by just a" few
breeders, and practically confined to
comparatively small section OF one
state. In December, 1917. there were
157.647 registered Hampshire hogs
owned by thousands of breeders and
well distributed throughout the United
States. -...,. ...
I, AOn June 1, 1904, there was not a
registered Hampshire hog in the state
az Iowa. On June /, 1917, there were
4 $4,000 registered or eligible to rec
ord, in the state. From these figures
It can be seen that their record has
been more or less phenomenal. There
a more than one reason for this. They
are in the first place, attractive and
Dossess a pleasing appearance. Who
would not admire their clean.cut
Reads, their alert, active appearance.
and their upright ear, which gives
them the use Of their sight have
often heard the remark: "The Hamp-
shire are so much easier to drive. =
fhe answer is that they can see where
they are going. If you could see but
few feet ahead of you wouldn't you
advance with caution? IN. +
The cattle feeder will say: They
IRE rustlers; like them" This rust
ling habit not alone gives them &C
4F,t,...... = voriofv Of fopdg hl1t