Sequachee Valley news. (Sequachee [Sequatchie], Tenn.) 1896-1952, 1920-11-18
Farmers Can Overcome High
Priced Corn BY Advantage
of Other Feeds Must Pro-
duce Pigs At Less Cost

constitutes Il valuable industry. More
than 10 per cent of the farmers raise
hogs. These farmers keep an average
of ten hogs per farm. Tennessee hogs
were valued at $7,000000 pre-war
! prices Since the increase in the mar
! ket price of hogs and a general ac-
| ccieration of the business during the
war, it is thought that $15,09O.OOu IS Il
| conservative estimate of the value
of an average crop of hogs on the
farms in Tennessee. Therefore few
farm items mean more towards Great
ing a prosperous condition in Tennes-
see than a normal crop of hogs.
There is now distinct shortage of
hogs in the United States. This short
age is not less than Is per cent, while
in some states the reduction is fully
one-half. In certain sections the SIT
uation is even more acute, in that ell
tire communities in Tennessee are
without any hogs for market purposes.
Tennessee has about one-third of Il
crop of brood sOws and probably 60
per cent Of a normal crop of hogs.
Dig SnoTId9e o! ToSs'
A very recent survey made by the
United States Department of Agricul-
ture shows that on September l, there
were 56534, 900 stock hogs on the
farms of this country against 62073,-
600 on the same date year ago. A
shortage of six and One-half million
hogs will in all probability influence
the market considerably and may b. |
an important factor in determining the |
price of corn. -
While our acreage of corn is less |
than usual, it is the common belief |
that the country will harvest an enor-
nous corn crop. There has been a
REIMBURSEMENT going on for some time
between the price of hogs and the
the price of corn. This adjustment |
generally settles down TO where IL and
IL bushels of corn will equal 100
pounds of live pork. OF course there
will be variations, but this relationship
over a period of years is very certain,
The hog business offers the surest
money on the farm, but the farmer
must stay by it 365 days in the year.
To do otherwise increases the hazard
ness of the business.
Must Raise Pigs CheapIy.
The hog rasers Of Tennessee would
know why we are not producing more
hogs. First. we fail to raise pigs
cheaply. The first 100 pounds may
determine our profits, as well as the
last so pounds. If we were as careful
in the raising of pigs economically as
we are in the finishing Of hogs at Il
profit we would secure better returns.
Second, pigs must be raised on legume
and corn, or meat meal and corn ration
and not on a strictly corn ration. Six
pounds of corn alone may produce one I
pound of pork while four pounds of :
corn may produce one pound of pork
with clover or alfalfa. Third, forage
will most always result in a saving of
not less than 10 to IL per cent of the !
corn. This combination will produce ,
economically the first 100 pounds ,
and the last one hundred pounds will ,
reduce the cost from ITO to 1-16 per E
cent. The greatest returns in hog ,
feeding are secured when grain and
forage are fed, forage at the rate of
2 to 5 per cent of the live weight. !
Economy in Feeding. q
FOURTH it should be remembered, too, 4
that combination of grain feeds or Il Y
combination of forage or grazing crops t
produce more economical gains than Il 7
single feed of single grazing crop. b
Fifth, immature corn in field often
causes sore teeth and causes hogs to
lose instead of gain. When hogs are /
turned into large field without the
use of temporary cross-fenses or the
cutting down of corn as the hogs use
it., the loss in harvesting corn may run
as high as 10 per cent. Pigs may be n
used to consume the waste but pigs e
Will not grow out TO the best ration r;
IN corn ration. The hogging down II
Of corn with brood sows is equally I'M b
wise and rarely ever economical. L
Watch the Markets.
1t should be remembered that from =,
March to October hogs bring the best -
A~~'' tN-N iiiot'NoL punt usually Doing | Ia
cached in September. Sows should ~
re bred so that pigs may be narrowed ",
n March and April or September and =,
october. The most economical gains -.
ire made on hogs up to 175 till 200 ~,
pounds in Tennessee Successful hog 10
aising under new conditions requires -
considerable thought and management. ~
Tennessee farmers should keep in
lind these facts:
l. 1t costs more to produce corn in 80
he South than in the corn belt. Corn 90
'lll always be higher here until we ill g.
rease our yields.
2. 1t costs more to produce pork III ~
he South than in the North where
orn is the ration.
d That our success in fhe hog bust ia
eSs depends upon the utilization of di
leaper feeds which our climate is so tic
ell suited to produce. The farmers NJ
no raise and finish hogs on a corn M
ltion complain of the business being We
nprofitable.
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