The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1918-09-03
SUPPLY OF FATS.
IS URGENT need
Requirements Can Be Met Most
Quickly by Increasing Number
Of Hogs on Farms.
swine REQUIRE LESS LABOR
Animals Have No Rival In Putting
Waste Material to Profitable Use
Department Of Agriculture
Offers Assistance,

Not only on the farms, but also in
the small towns and suburbs where
space is available, everyone who can
should raise one or more pigs and
thus furnish the pork supply for him.
self and perhaps for soldier. Assist
ance in doing this may be obtained
from publications of the United States
department of agriculture which will
be sent free on request.
Pork is the mainstay of the nation,
the laboring man and the soldier, and
the need for increasing the supply of
fats is especially great. The need
for meat and fats can be met more
quickly by increasing the number Of
hogs than in any other manner. Hogs
require less labor, equipment and cap
1tal, make greater gains for the guam
tity OF food fed and give quicker
turnover of money than any kind of
HveA stock except poultry. Further
more, pork products have the advan-
tage Of being easily transported. No
branch of live stock farming gives bet
ter results than the intelligent raising
of well-bred swine.
Food From Garbage.
AS a consumer of by-products the
hog has no rival, which is an addi-
tional reason for pork raising now
when the elimination Of waste is an
emphatic necessity, There is ample
evidence that where table scraps form
a part or all of the pigs diet the gains
cost considerably less than the gains
made by granted animals.
There is no 'best' breed of swine.
Some breeds are superior to others in
certain respects and one breed may
be better adapted than another to
certain local conditions. There are
two distinctive types, the lard type
and the bacon type. Swine of the
lard type far Outnumber those Of the
bacon type in the United States.
With the ingredients of a good ra-
ton constantly placed before them so
that they may eat it well, hogs will
make gains more rapidly and more eco
nomically than when fed by hand. The
self-feeder Is growing in popularity.
It is simply device by means Of
which a supply of grain or other feed
is kept constantly available to the
hogs in order that they may always
satisfy their appetites with the proper
bind ond o,ooupt ~ faod
"Soldiers Of the commIssary."
BY means Of the boys pig clubs of
the department Of agriculture thou
sands Of boys are being instructed in
hog raising, and by this means are
helping to produce very important
food for our soldiers and sailors. Your
county agent, club leader or director
Of extension work at your state agri-
cultural college will tell you Of the
work in your own state and how to
join a club. The department wants
100000 boys to raise pigs-40O00 did
1t in pig clubs last year-but whether
you are young or old, If you live in
the country or the suburbs Of a city,
you can do 1t, too, and thereby be- |
come a f'soldier Of the commissary."
How to Get Information.
Farmers bulletins covering prac-
tically every phase Of the swine in.
dustry are available for free distribu-
ton and may be obtained by writing
TO the United States department of ag-
riculture, Washington. The states
also have published much excellent
on the subject, of hog raising.
An inquiry about hogs addressed to
your state agricultural college will
bring you information on what has
been issued by your own state. Your
county agent can supplement the
printed advice by suggestions as to
he adaptation Of directions to your
0cal conditions.
Some of the hog raising publications
# the Omitted States department Of ag-
'iculture are listed below:
"Swine Management" Farmers Bull
etin ,874; Breeds Of Swine." Farm