Atlanta tri-weekly journal. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1920-19??, 1920-10-30
AGRICULTURAL EDUCATION
~ DR.. ANDREW NJ SOULE

vice in the matter. Are there any
courses at the college that 1 could
attend that would help me in car
ing for my hogs?
The hoofs of all pigs should be
carefully looked after, but especially
is this true of those which are of
considerable size and weight, and
which are intended for exhibition
purposes. Where there is a tenden-
CIV for the feet to spread and the
hoofs to grow unduly long, it is best
to trim away the objectionable por-
ton. Care, of course, should be eX-
ercised to prevent the trimming pc
ing overdone. The roughness pro-
duced by trimming should be smooth
ed with a file and finished with a fine
grade of emery cloth. This Will not
only put the foot in good shape, but
will enable you to present the AMI
NAL in the show-ring in more at
tractive condition in so far as the
feet are concerned. These are about
the only suggestions that are likely
to be of value under the c1rcum-
stances.
We have, of course, published and
distributed from time to time lntor-
nation calculated to show how hogs
should be fitted for exhibition pur-
poses. This is a part of the course
dents and to the boys who attend tne
annual corn and pig club short
courses. The C-orse this year be
gins on the third, and if you could
spend a day or two at the colleSe
during this time, you would ENJOY
not only meeting these youag IIIemi
hut observing the methods followed
in inst Ncting them. You Woula
also have a chance to confer with
tha teachers having them In charge
and could get such special lnforma-
tion relative to the subject as you
are particularly concerned ABOUT
A Plan for hog Ranching In
Georgia
A. o. H, Devereaux, Ga,
writes: I am thinking of going
into the hog-raising business on
a small scale and would like
for you to give me a plan
whereby I can have twelve
month grazing period. I wish to
use the same land each year
rotating so as to keep up the fer
tility.
One desiring to go into the hog
raising business on a modest scale
should select an area of about MI
teen acres of land. The site Sc
lected should be about sixty rods
long and forty rods wide. Five acres
of the area should be devoted to
permanent pastures such as Ber-
muda grass and bur clover will
nrovide. You could, of course, use
Bermuda grass as the basis for
summer grazing and sow Italian rye
or white clover on it in the early
fall, which will provide you with
considerable winter and early spring
grazing. The permanent area is
used as an exercise and water lot.
There should be some shade in
portion of it so that the hogs may
have protection from the extreme
Then lay off series OF -FOUR
| paddocks fifteen rods wide and
| twenty-seven rods long on the side
of the area away from your per-
manent pasture. Zach of these lots
should contain about two and one
half acres. There should be a lane
way twelve feet wide between the
plots and pasture area. Fence the
whole area with woven wire fenc-
ing thirty-two inches high. Place
two barbed wires above the woven
wire fence and set the posts at in
! terValS of one rod.
On the first of these areas plant
oats or rye as soon as practicable.
The oats and rye may be grazed
down in the spring and then be fol-
lowed by millet, sorghum and
peas. You can use early corn or
peanuts or sweet potatoes if you
prefer. One area of this land may
be planted to rape about October
18th. Collards would also be found
| a satisfactory grazing crop and
even rutabaga turnips could De
used to some advantage. In the
| spring you should plant one area
to early corn and cowpeas or pea
nuts and another area to sweet po-
tatoes and peanuts seeded in alter
nate rows. The area seeded to rape
may be soWn to corn and velvet
beans. BY this arrangement, you
| will have a succession OF grazing
crops available for a considerable
part of the year. You will find it
an advantage to seed an acre or
two of one corner of your perma-
nent pasture to alfalfa which, when
well established, can be grazed with
considerable success by hogs in
Georgia.
While on grazing crops, hogs
should receive about two pounds of
grain for each one hundred pounds
Of live weight. Better results will
be secured if the hogs receive a
little tankage along with the grain,
In other words, feed from five 10
ten pounds of tankage along with
each one hundred pounds of the
grain. 1t is especially desirable that
| you do this if you are principally
| feeding on corn.
An area of this character proper
| ly prepared and handled should pro-
vide for the maintenance of ten
sows and their litters. This is the
plan we have worked out after
years of careful experimentation,