The Leader, enterprise and press. (Fitzgerald, Ga.) 1915-1921, 1918-03-06
Practical Hints On
Hog Production

l. ltPdlS ~ Take care OF the
hogs the same as you would in any
commercial business.
2. Have g stock of hogs that pro-
ducc rapid and economical gains
when you shoot" the feed to them.
3. The most economical gains are
made by feeding 2-3 lbs. of concen-
tratcs daily along with good pasture
or grazing.
4. AT the beginning of the year,
plan your fields SO you may have
year-round grazing.
5. The boar is half the herd.
Hence the value and use Of good pure
bred boars. A good boar soon paws
for self.
6. Keep breeding records. Have
all sows farrow as far as possible
at same time. A sow while gaining
in flesh usually farrows more pigs
than one in thin flesh or too fat. Give
sow and pigs attention at narrowing
time.
7. A pig saved at farrowing time
by little attention means Is you
would otherwise have lost. Do not
be afraid OF losing few hours sleep
when the sows begin to farrow and
in order to give them attention it is
well to put them in narrowing pens s
to III days before due. These pens
should have six inch guard eight
inches from the bottom in order to
keep the sow from killing the young
pigs.
8. Keep the pigs coming all the
time. A setback means at least two
weeks loss in growth and necessarily
requires more feed to overcome this
setback
g. Feed the sows sucking pigs a
ration composed chiefly of nitroge-
neous substances such as skim milk,
shorts, tankage and peanut meal.
10. When the pigs are 10 to IA
days old, fix little pen or creep
where they can get little (ground)
feed or slop. Skim milk and shorts
or a slop is fine
II. Uniformity OF size and color
means more money when hogs are
sold, Hog raising is a strictly bust
ness enterprise and to make the most
profit the corners must be cut where
possible.
II. In feeding hogs use as far
as practicable, those feeds you have
on the farm. 1t may pay to buy GER
tain feeds such as cottonseed meal
and tanlIage CD because of their val
Tie as feed in giving variety to the
feeds, (2) because of the food con-
stituents they contain and 60 be-
cause of the fertilizing constituents
| left in the manure.
| Is. Save manure. 1t builds up soil
and decreases fertilizer bills and in
this way brings in a larger yearly in
come.
IA. Pigs make cheapest and most
economical gains up to 200 pounds.
The market today grades the hogs in
to three classes and three prices.
Glass 135-150 lbs, 13c per h.; Class
| 2. 150-165 lbs, lac lib. Class 3 165-
200 or 225 lbs, 15c per h. First it can
be seen that with hogs making the
most economical and rapid gains up
to 200 pounds live weight and sec
ond that with the market paying
more for 200 lb. hog the farmer
who can get his hogs up to 200 lbs.
| in the shortest time is the one who
is most apt to clean up.
Is. Community cooperation in
hog raising has added many a dol
lar to a large number of farmers. Let
each community raise the same breed
or stock or hogs SO if any are sold in
carload lots or so they will be of uni
form color and by grading can be reg
ulated as to size. By raising the same
kind of hogs in community in place
of buying new boar every two or
three years, an exchange may be
! made with a neighbor thereby saving
an extra long purchase price for a
new boar. 1t is not altogether the
dollars coming in, N hog raising that
makes it profitable but what we can
save.
10. See that the hog has access to
the following mixture:
Charcoal, l-2 bushels.
Common salt, pounds.
Slaked lime, pounds.
| Sulphur, 2 l-2 pounds.
Copperas, 2 IL pounds.
| Note: Dissolve the copperas in a
gallon of warm water and sprinkle
throughout the mass.
! II. Work in coordination with
mature" in raising hogs. Pure fresh
air, clean sleeping quarters, fresh
water and sunshine, combined with
several pounds of palatable feed per
day will sure grow hogs.