The daily star-mirror. (Moscow, Idaho) 1911-1939, 1920-11-04
FIND GOOD PROFIT
IN FEEDING HOGS
ARMBRUSTER & SIMPSON FEED
ING 696 ON MR.. ARMBRUST-
ER'S FARM AT ESTES.

The largest number of hogs being
fed by one man or firm, in this coun-
ty, is a herd of 696 that are being
prepared for market by E. j. Arm
bruster and H. H. Simpson, at Estes
station on the Electric railroad, four
miles north of Moscow. The hogs are
on Mr.. Armbruster's farm and Will
be put on the market beginning next
Monday, when the first carload will
be shipped. The hogs have been fat
tened exclusively on peas.
/ Mr.. Armbruster is one OF Latah
county's most extensive farmers, hav-
ing several farms, totaling consider
ably more than 1000 acres In several
parts of Latah county. The farm
where the hogs are being fed is ad-
mirably adapted for such an industry,
having a large hog house with feed
ing troughs, well lighted with numer--
Gus windows and several fields fenced
hog tight for pasture. The farm
contains $40 acres. He has another
farm near Genesee, containing 24O
acres and here he keeps about 40
brood sows and raises Duroc Jersey
hogs, but not nearly enough for his
feeding operations and this fall he
bought several carloads at various
places including a carload each at
Spokane, Wilson Greek and st. John,
Wash. He has another large farm
near Linnville.
Mr.. Armbruster had 400 acres of
peas this year. Mr.. Simpson is in
terested with Harry Whittier, of the
Moscow State Bank, in $50 acres OF
land near Genesee and he, too, raised
a lot of peas. Mr. Simpson has a
half interest in $50 head of the hogs |
and Mr.. Armbruster owns the re-
naming BIG, alone. They "hogged
off" 100 acres of peas that were
neither cut nor threshed, thus saving |
all harvest expenses. The peas were
grown on land that would otherwise
have been summer fallowed. Mr.
threshed 800 acres of
peas and got yields as high as IL "a
sacks (of 140 pounds each) per acre:
He got 1875 sacks from 100 acres OF
his best peas but there were many
peas shattered and these were picked
up by the hogs.
He turned the first lot of 300 hogs
into his stubble field near Genesee
/. After they had clean
ed up all the peas shattered out In
harvesting, they were driven to the
Linville ranch, which they cleaned up
and were then taken to other ranches.
The other hogs were put into the pea
stubble fields September 25. None
Of them have had any feed except
The shattered peas picked up in the
fields and which would otherwise
have been wasted, until last Sunday,
when they were put on feed to hard
en-" them for market. They are now
eating about 40 sacks of peas per
lay. They are fed in long troughs
in the hog house, where they eat un-
til filled and then wander about the
ots, or to the straw stacks, and lay
lown for several hours. The peas are
being soaked which softens them and
makes them much better feed.
Beginning next Monday the hogs
will be shipped to market as they
become fitted A carload will go. out
Monday and another Tuesday. There
ire probably 300 head that now weigh
more than 200 pounds each and are
n prime condition.
Messrs Armbruster and Simpson
'aise peas instead of summer fallow-
ng their land and claim to get as
good or better crops of wheat off of
and that has produced crop OF peas
han off of summer fallowed land and
hey have the peas for feed.
The hogs have cost absolutely
lothing since being turned into the
yea stubble fields September l and
september rs as they have picked up >
he waste peas and all have made re- =
narkable gains, this gain being net \
'rofit to the owners. Peas are now I
worth about 27z cents pound and \
dr. Armbruster says that at that !
rice and the present price of pork :
here is good money in feed peas to :.
ogs. He has done this for many :,
easons and has always made it pay. ,
Abe Elkus Appointed.
Washington-(By A. P.)-The Sc U
ection of Abram l. Elkus, of New e
rork, former ambassador to Turkey, t.