The Hartford herald. [volume] (Hartford, Ky.) 1875-1926, 1920-03-17
nnTTEB HOGS AND
BETTER FEEDING

% quality OF hogs fedd, and CD
qaxlity OF feeding done. However,
under the unfortunate conditions OF
high priced feed and low priced hogs
which have existed during the past
six months, the two factors men
portant than before. In other
words, the man who has fed good
hogs and has done good feeding has
been asfs to pull through the hog
market slump, so far, in fairly good
shape; but the farmer who has
been feeding an inferior grade Of
hogs in a common, inefficient way
has lost money, and the more hogs
he has fed the more money he has
lost. There never has been .
stronger argument for better hogs
and better feeding than the expert
enee of the past six months.
1t is impossible to say too much
in favor of better hogs. In fact,
quality in all classes of livestock is
OF extreme Importance, good quail
ty often being responsible for the
difference between profit and loss in
the feed-lot. Good hogs are more
eEcient users Of feed than poor
ones; that IS, any certain amount OF
fssd put into good hogs viii make
more pork than II fed to poor hogs.
In some way, which is difficult to ex-
plain, the good hog is able to di-
gsst. assimilate and store in the
form of flesh I'm its own body.
greater proportion of the materials
from tho feed than the inferior
animal.
In this connection, mention should
be made OF the boar and his import
anse as a sire. The present day slo-
gan is use pure-bred boar" This
should be changed slightly. The
slogan should be, Use GOOD
pure-bred boar" There are pure
bred scrubs (this applies to all class
es of animals,) as we'll as other
kinds of scrubs. The fact that
bear is pure-bred, even though he
may be registered, does not mean
that he is necessarily good animal
or a good sire. A good, pure-bred
bear is the kind to seek and the
kind that sows should be mated
with. A common boar should be
given no consideration as breeder.
The quicker he is sent to the sham
blss, the better.
80 The above discussion relative TO
bstter hogs is very true ana highly
important, and yet it will beneft a
nan but little to get better hogs if
he will not feed them properly. The
4 two, better hogs and better feeding,
Vrsust go hand in hand for best re-
sults. On the whole, hogs are not
I'D as we'll as they could be with
but little extra effort and actually
less expense. This is quite true in
some sections of Kentucky, especial
ly in the Eastern part, 1t is safe to
say that much pork produced on
Hastern KAntucky farms is produc-
ed at an astuai loss, costing far
rasrs more than it would to buy it.
Corn, mast. kitchen waste and
.psss are the tseds commonly de-
paded upon In Eastern Kentucky
fer the production OF pork. None
Of these contaA much protein and
,ineral msttsr, those materials in
feeds which produce bone and mus
ch, or, in other words, make the
animal grow. Certain proportions
Of protein and mineral matter are
absolutely necessary in rations for
hsgs to produce satisfactory growth
and Developments The younger
the animal, ths greater are the pro-
psrtions of these two materials nee
,sssary in the ration. Fattening
hsgs need but small amounts.
To supply sufficient amounts OF
ppotein and mineral matter is I'M
dsubtedly one of the outstanding
,psoblems in feeding hogs In East
EN- Kentucky. Probably the very
best answer to that problem Is
TANKAGE. Tankage is highly
concentrated feed, containing large
pHoportions OF, protein and mineral
natter. 1t combines to excellent
advantage with feeds which are de-
fsient in these two materials. For
example, excellent results are OBJ
tstned from feeding corn and tank
age when properly mixed.
The Kentucky Agricultural Elk
,sriment Station recommends the
following proportions of corn and
tsnkage in mixtures for hogs OF
INHERENT weights:
Hogs weighing 30 to 100 pounds
leo pounds corn sheiled, 10 pounds
tsnkage mixed.