South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1921-08-13

ing such interest ia the new classes
for barrows OF all breeds. while the
pig cub classes have been enlarged.
Entries in the swine classes are al
ready equal 90 the total OF last year
and about 500 additional pens will
be built at the swine pavilion.
No other line Of stock farming can
so quickly be brought 20 profitable
production with limited capital in
vested in stock and equipment as
the making OF meat from the pig.
Due % this efficiency in producing
human food, pigs increase in i'm
pOrtance as population becomes more
dense. The pig eXceIs most all other
farm animals in the economy with
which he converts feed into edlb.e
flesh.
Successful hog raisers say that
with corn az IS cents per bushel
they can produce the best OF meat
az cents per pound. but this IS only
possible where ideal conditions pre-
vail, and root crops such as beets.
peanuts and sweet potatoes are
cheaply grown. and pasturage Of
clover and alfalfa is abundant
Michigan farmers feed all their
''w.ndfau' apples and other fruits
that are not in good marketable
condition % their hogs and in con-
nection with acorns gives the meat
an excellent flavor
Unlike cattle they do not require
an extensive range or large fields.
but can be restricted TO the woods
where there's plenty Of beech or oak
trees as the beech nuts and aCorns,
especially those Of the chinquaqin or
Chinkapin. white oak. bur and black
oak furnish a cheap excellent finish
ing ration imparting "a delicate flavor
TO the meat
Easy 10 Fatten.
Pigs are usually fattened for mar
ket before maturity when they are
growing fast and also storing up fat
and should be given a ration which
supplies plenty Of protein and min
eral matter. It's really surprising
how a hog takes to" a pile Of coal
ashes or Stag Cslack) coal. Instinct
tells 1t what IL needs.
Ground feed Will make pigs gain
more rapidly than Will whole corn
as the latter requires too much ener-
p
been demonstrated that a ground
feed, when fed wet, produces a great
er gain in weight in comparison
Of other methods of feeding than
can be secured in any other way.
a good balanced ration is one con-
tanning linseed oil meal, ground corn
bran. corn feed meal. alfalfa meal.
ground screenings from wheat. oats
barley or kaffr corn and salt. Where
this is mixed with skim milk or
buttermil<, or milk unfit for family
uses pigs grow fat in a hurry. If
milk is not available use warm water
Instead OF mixing the salt into the
ground feed IL is more easily dis
tributed by dissolving the salt into
the water. Thus, every pig gets its
share OF that mineral. Hogs must
be kept free Of lice as meat and lice
do not grow in harmony. II hog
has 20 fight lice all the time !. en-
not put on flesh adequately. A wal
low of some kind must be provided.
II a natural creek or pond IS not in
the hog lot. Hogs wallow TO get rid
of lice and a good wallow is 10 the
hog what soap and water is TO the
and when you come 10 sell your stock
the extra weight put on the animal
and the extra price YOU will obtain
for a we'll finished carcass viii more
than repay you for any extras and
work you have put into them.
The product Of any animal is very
much under the control Of the feeder
II your dairy cattle are on a pasture
lot that has been cleaned up earlier
I'm the season and now must Craze
on milk or rag weeds or wild leek
or onions YOU will at once notice
that the milk and butter have the
flavor of that noxious heritage.
Balanced Ration Important
Some dairy men viii say "Hol-
stems" give more milk than Jerseys
: or Ayrshire but their milk is not
Nas rich i'm quality and butter fats
But YOU can get just as rich "a quality
Of milk from Hoistein as any other
breed II you feed a properly balanced
ration as Stevens "A or any good
dairy feed with "A lot OF moIasses oil
sacharine matter as a base, sugar
beet pulp is used extensively by
dairy men in the west and gives ex-
Cellent results. both as TO quantity
and quality. 1t does not pay to buy
some OF the dairy feeds on the mar
ket which are sold at fancy prices
at anywhere around $40 per ton. be-
cause many OF them contain entirely
too much salt that YOU can buy for
"a great deal less. OF course salt is
an absolute necessity 10 any dairy
feed but YOU will md il cheaper 70