The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1918-01-16

for you but will pay you good money
for the privilege.
No Hog Houses.
How are we going to do this? II
want to say in the first place, we
haven't hog house on the farm.
Some Of the coolest places that /
have ever been I'm, think, are some
| OF the hog houses around this state
that have cost from $500 TO 800.
Now at the present time. our brood
sows are running around straw piles
and into sheds where the doors are
seldom closed only the very cold
est weather. Those nights, they are
put in the cattle barn In q box stall,
just for the night only. The rest Of
the time, they are hustling around
the yard, getting part OF their feed
when we feed the fodder corn to the
cattle, and they get the droppings
and waste around the yard during
! the day, and at night we give them |
the feed Of a mixed ground grain
just enough to keep them growing |
and in healthy condition. These |
sows are all bred to farrow in about |
three weeks time, beginning the first |
or April. We want all these pigs |
to be about the same age and in |
case some OF these pigs farroW five /
or six weeks later than the main |
bunch, we sell them to some of our |
neighbors, as there is always some
body who wants q bred sow or two |
and they are not particular whether
they farrow the first Of April or the |
first Of May. and in this way we have
a good even bunch to start with.
Now / told you we had no hog /
houses, so we have to take these
sows down in the cattle barn or into
the horse barn or wherever we can
find place to build a pen during
that time. They stay in there from
four to five weeks, depending OF
course, on the weather and how we'll
they do. Then we take them out, put
them into their summer quarters,
which are some good dry sheds, and
you can let these pigs run around
the farm up until the time that they
begin to bother things. They may
get in the garden or mo your fields
or begin to root up the lawn or any
OF those things. Then they have to
be shut up. Then Is when we start
them on our self-feeders for the sum-
mer. will not take the time to I
build this self-feeder, because if you
are interested you can find that out
yourselves.
Sow Large Enough Pastures.
zone way to get a good pasture for /
this spring is to go down near your
hog pen, plow up a few acres the
same as you would have a garden
and work 1t down in good shape;
then mix all the different kinds of ,
grain you have in your farm,
such as wheat, oats, barley, spells 7
and rye, and SOW around three BUSH !
els Of this mixture per acre, and you
will find that in a short time you :
have got a mighty good pasture. If
at the same time you sow this pas
ture, you will SOW another field Of
sixty day oats so that in case your
pasture does not hold out good, you '
can turn your hogs in this Oat field
and let them gather 1t just before
your corn is ripe. Sow large enough !
pasture. {
Fall Pigs Even Pay.
II want to say little bit about fall
pigs, as l am not convinced yet but
that they are a good proposition;
even in North Dakota, when you
have the right conditions to handle (
them. What you need to winter {
them in is a place where 1t is dry l
and it does not freeze. We have ham G
died them for a few years in this +
way-haVing the sowB farrow in i
the latter part of September or the
first part Of October, practically let
ting them take care Of themselves
around the sheds or straw piles at
have plenty Of feed. These little
fellows run all over the farm during
the nice fall weather and make a
good growth. Then when the cold
weather sets in, they are taken into
the barn and fed shorts mixed with
other ground feed or ground wheat
screenings and Of course, any milk,
II you have it; just keeping them
growing in good shape through the
winter. Then in the spring, they are
allowed to run all over and IL there
is any feed in the country such as a
corn field that is not cleaned up or
stubble fields, they will Craze around
anywhere within a mile and fill up.
If there is anything to eat, you do
not need to feed these pigs in the
morning, but always give them a
good feed at night so they will come
home. When you have to shut these
pigs up into these pastures, IL you
have a little grain, give it to them
at night land it won't take very
much either) and they are going to
grow a good frame and you will find
about September LIST you will have
a DunCn Oh Idll PIGS weighing 4OultA
$50 pounds that are just in good
racing condition, built just about like
q grey hound or an Arkansas pig.
snow gentlemen, think I am as
much interested in the state of
North Dakota as ] am the people in
1t, and I sometimes wonder if some
Of the talk that is going on through
out this state and in fact, the whole
northwest is just right. We hear men
all the time telling how the Stand
ard OIL company and the railroads
and the chamber Of commerce and
the banks, and I don't know how
many other lines Of business, are
robbing farmers. Gentlemen, I will
not deny you; but you are here at
the present time to defend yourselves
If you don't like it. But what are
you doing?
you are not only robbing the
soil, but you are robbing the gem
erations unborn in our state. Which
is the worse? You are here to fight
your battles and you are robbing
from those who have absolutely no
chance to defend themselves at this
time"