The Covington leader. (Covington, Tenn.) 18??-current, 1921-01-06

Feeders mad 1llleQ their iced lots With
J thousands Of hogs at a good margin
Consequently, after the years of
plenty, there came lean years in hoe
prices But name a business or in
dustry which has MT suffered a like
experience Yet, suppose upon the
wake Of financial Designating this
was universally true with the hoe
farmer-the business institutions Of
the country had sought to liquidate
as the hog farmer has done. Ger
tainly the business and industrial
institutions If the country would be
continually experiencing turmoil and
chaos They would lack stability
credit and everything that leads to
industrial development and progress.
Let us recall the cid and oft-repeat-
ed adage "that where a man loses
his pocket bo- k there he will find it
quickest where he lost it, This is
as true Of swine production as other
lines OF industry. The farmer VIII :
had learned something about grow
ing hogs will REGAIN his l-ss sooner
by the knowledge and experience he
has already ACQUIRED than BY chang
inc to something new.
Let us not discredit that faithful
old brood SOW because of conditions
over which no one has control. She
has been in the past. and will be in
the future, the foundation upon
which farmers have prospered She
has proven in years past a stable
quantity in American agriculture by
which farmers have and can make
money. In the South hog farming
should be permanently woven into
the rp-of our agriculture. 1t is
hardly creditable to believe that so
per cent. of the brood sows have
found their way to the market in the
past~12 months. In addition to this,
the young gifts selected with some
care and attention for breeding pur-
poses have been sent to the shambles.
Few industries could endure such a
tremendous slump and survive. Cerz
tainly none in the. line of farming
other than hogs and ever stage a
comeback. A small proportion Of
the Southern farmers have ever
made the growing Of hogs their ma
jor operation. At least 80 per
cent Of those who ever kent brooc
SOW or fed hogs made the business a
by-product IF the farm, The grow
ing of hogs has always been a side
issue with the farm devoted to grain,
cotton. tobacco, tatoes, or some
other kind Of livestock. There would
be more hogs fed in the South this
wear were they to be bad. In the
opinion of our experienced hog feed
ers, We're the feed lots full of hogs
this year ready market would be
furnished for the big corn crop. Corn
is selling in manv localities from rs
to 80 cents per bushel. To market
this in the firm Of nork, even at
prevailing prices, would certainly
afford margin.
During the past three months in
quiries have come to this office
through organizations in Northern
states for 10000 head Of feeder
hogs. This demand has not been
met, alth ugh we have endeavored
to place some Of the orders. In fact,
there has not been sufficient num-
bers of feeder hogs to supply the
requirements of the Tennessee
feeder. This condition can be cor
rected and should be. Just when
the time is ripe to make a little
money feeding hogs the hogs can
mt be found The South is in a po-
sition to supply the feeder and
stocker market of this section and
supply other sect ms where there is
a demand. The cut of so per cent
in the breeding herds has rendered /
an nrder- production.
No section offers a greater oppor-
tunity for pork production than the
South. Climatic conditions are most
ideal. The land is well adapted to
a wide diversity Of grains and forage
crops. The growing season is long
and the winters comfortably short
and mild. No one could desire to
become engaged in livestock farming
under more favorable conditions.
The one thing essential is to work
out plans whereby grains and for
age will be supplied. It is possible
for the farmer who desires to raise
hogs to plan system of forage
crops which will enable him to Craze
nearly the year round. Rye, barley
and crimson clever will supply late
fall and early spring pastures. This,
# seeded sufficiently early, so as to
Develop a healthy growth, will af-
t ird some winter pasture during
open days. Al small clover field
should also be held in reserve: then
pats, foil wed bv rape in the spring,
viii carry the hogs until soy beans
and COW peas are ready The finish
may be put on by field of early
,orn and beans to be hogged off.
There are a number of other erops
which can be woven into rotation.
The above named are those most
used
In addition. the farmer must add
the broad SOW. The small farmer
who depends on his neighbor for a
pig or two in the spring to fatten
his meat in the fall surely could
arrange to carry brood sow almost
On kitchen waste. The farmer with
limited acreage, who carries from
time to time sow, could easily add
Dne or two more at little expense in
purchase cost and feed. Then the
or ''bum hired man." shoulr
be provided with brood SOW. He
can easily care for the SOW and
raise a litter Of pigs on the share.
Certainly this would be one step
toward stabilizing tenant farming.
Not only would the above method