South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1922-11-04


at Charles Mitchells shows that
there is a real brood SOW type. Last
year Charles Mitchell bought a
Jackson Orion King SOW and she
raised him eight pigs, Ave males and
three sows. The five males were in
q field by themselves. The three
sows from this litter were IN a herd
with so other hogs. Trying TO get
all the gifts into a small pen for the
selection demonstration, the folks
ran in % head. Among these were
five barrows so they were thrown
out. Then one by one Schwab kept
sorting out gifts that had one fault
or another. Finally he got down TO
where there were only three left and
after he had talked about these for
quite a while, Mitchell volunteered
the information that they were the
three gifts that we've in the same
litter as the five boars over the
fence
According to Schawb the three
points TO keep in mind in picking out
gifts for breeding should be 70 get
the best breeders. the best feeders
and the best sellers. The three main
body requirements that denote this
are big heart girth. a strong back
and a deep body.
OF course, gifts inherit qualities
from both sire and dam. In one
herd worked on the gifts generally
seemed 10 be down on their feet al
though standing well up behind.
Looking at the sire in another pen.
IL was found that he was also def
cient in this point. In another herd
the sows all stood up well on their
feet but their backs were poor In
this instance IL was also found that
the sire had good feet but that he
was down in the back.
Full heart girth is thing greatly
10 be desired in breeding gifts be-
cause the size OF the heart girth
gives an indication OF the size OF
the vital organs. lungs, liver and the
heart. Without good lungs and
good heart il is not possible for the
animal TO make the best use Of the
food that is given and gifts are kept
to farrow hogs that Will make the
most efficient use OF feed.
In a breeding gilt. we want a high
arched back" said Schwab. The
back goes down as the sow grows
older and If it is not especially
strong to begin with, in a year or
two Il will show up as very bad
deficiency. The market is willing TO
pay for fat hogs that stand up well
in transit. Fat hogs that stand up
well In shipment ger a premium be-
cause the order buyers can use them
for shipments east and hogs that
stand shipping are the highest pric-
ed stuff that goes on the market.
one who is selecting gifts for
spring farrow ought TO insist that
they have deep bodies. This indi-
Gates capacity for large litter5 and
plenty OF milk. The deep body Is
further desired because It indicates
a good feeder and yields a large slab
of bacon One must always keep
in mind that the market IS the uti-
mate aim In breeding and the desire
Is for pigs that will make the mcst
efficient use OF the feed that Is given
them.
Cd What Is the best way TO feed
rye 10 hogs? Under present prices.
che cannot afford 20 feed rye "a. hogs
Digestion experiments show that 100
pounds of rye will only make so per-
cent as much pork as 100 pounds OF
corn. Therefore when corn is worth
so cents a bushel as II Is now, rye
would be worth a. cents a bushel as
a hos feed The elevators are pay
ing 6S cents a bushel for rye. so n
a man did not have enough corn
and had rye. he would be money
ahead 10 take the rye TO the ele
vator and buy corn"
(2) How are oats as a hog feed
Under present prices. oats are a
good hog feed especially for bOars.
brood sows and growing pigs. For
fattening hogs they have too much
fibre and thus cut down the rate OF
gain made"
SD How Is alfalfa as a hog pas
ture? "Our experiments at Purdue
show that alfalfa Is the best hog
pasture there is. An acre OF alfalfa
will support more hogs than any
other pasture and fattening hogs
will make their largest gains when
they also have alfalfa 20 pasture.
Judging by the large number OF good
alfalfa fields IN this county. your
hog growers Will have a lot OF good
hog pasture In G year or two
In conversation with a number OF
people IN the county Schwab said
that he knew OF no county IN the
state that had made as big an i'm
provement during the last few years