South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1922-11-18
Eleven Pigs of c. ". r.
Schwartz Go Many Hundred
Pounds over Mark.

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eighty days old and We're produced
at less than five cents per pound and
so far as rapidly of growth IS con-
cerned, an official world 3 record
has been set.
There were FIVE hundred and fifty
I'VE farmers competing for the hon
ors. but -. w. r. Schwartz. Of Berne
Indiana, and his old Poland China
SOW. Miss Pawnee First. were the
proud winners Of the contest which
was conducted under the auspices
OF the Indiana Livestock Breeders
association. Miss Pawnee farrowed
eleven pigs April Il. 1922. sired by
a pure bred boar Of the same breed,
and after sixty days, Mr.. Schwartz
relieved her Of further trouble and
carried them on 10 victory with S04O
pounds OF pork TO their credit the
day they were officially weighed.
According TO the rules Of the
HOosier Ton Litter club, any farmer
n Indiana could enter the feeding
contest with one or more litters by
paying a mbership fee TO the
Breeders association Of fifty cents.
BY complying with the rules, he was
promised a gold medal - the as
ISOLATION If any litter was made to
weigh a ton or over In $50 days, a
silver medal IL over 1900 pounds,
and a bronze medal If over 1900
pounds. The rules provided for Of
fetal ear marking and inspection;
! for the keeping OF strict cost &C
counts. and for official weighing at
the close of the period which was
universally $50 days. Any litter,
however, could be weighed within a
period Of three days before or after
the 1SOth day. provided that day
was not convenient, but additions or
subtractio were to be made ac-
cording 10 the average gain OF the
litter per day. for the number Of
days before or after, respectively.
= Pure Bred Significance.
The fact that the litter is from a
pure bred, registered dam and sire
is significant. Farm advisers, fed
| eral and state departments Of agri-
/ culture, agricultural colleges and
! breed associations have been talk
| ing pure bred stock to farmers for
a number of years. and it is there
fore, no accident that a pure bred
litter topped the grades and cross
| bred filters Of the entire 555 com
/ peting.
The Breeders association felt con-
| hdent that the top litters OF the club
| would demonstrate to Indiana farm
! ers the value Of pure bred stock, the
advantage of prolific sows, and the
| economy Of proper feeding meth
DDS The cooperation of Purdue
university was enlisted in supervis-
/ ing the project. and Prof. James r.
Wiley of the Animal Husbandry de-
! partment has been the official weigh
master Of the filters.
A Pure Bred Litter. q.
The sire Of the litter, Ton De-
/ fender 147,O49, is a registered Po-
I land China boar He is a pig from
the first litter of a gilt. The boar
| was two years old when the dam was
| bred for this litter. The SOW, Miss
! Pawnee First, 269164, was narrowed
| April ., 1918, being one week over
\ four years old when the champion
I litter was narrowed. Both sire and
/ dam came from prolific ancestors,
and many generations, carefully sell
/ ected for gaining qualities and
fecundity are back Of each.
Dam Is Profitable Sow.
This litter of eleven pigs was the
\ fifth farrow Of the SOW. Her sixth
/ litter has been narrowed since, max
| ing a total Of 81 pigs which she has
/ farrowed for Mr.. Schwartz, and she
/ is credited with saving 81 Of them.
/ Her percentage of saved pigs IS 81 Y
When the SOW was bred last fall,
/ she was turned with the other nine
| sows Of the Schwartz herd, in a
/ field, a part Of which was corn
stalks in which soy beans had been
/ planted, and the remainder Of the
/ field was an old clover meadow.
They were kept there until March !,
with an Old hulled clover stack as
| their shelter They "roughed It."
/ She had no feed during this period
/ except what she cleaned from the
stalks, beans and clover meadow.
After March !, she was fed three
/ ears Of corn daily and some skim
milk BY April II, the date of far
/ rowing. she consumed 115 pounds
\ Of corn and $40 pounds Of milk. The
/ corn was worth one cent per pound
and the milk was valued at % cents
per cwt The cost Of the corn and
milk for the period amounted to
\ S1.15 and 50 cents, respectively, or
a total of $500.
Sucking Period.
The litter was narrowed in the
open with only a straw roof for
/ shelter. but the weather was mild
I enough for such housing to be
/ adequate. The SOW had the run of
/ one-third acre lot Of sweet clover,
and the pigs We're kept there
throughout the entire feeding per-
\ iod. The sow consumed go ears OF
/ corn and eight gallons OF milk daily
\ during the 60 days sucking period,
\ and Mr. Schwartz says that no
securing in the pigs was evident at
/ any time
Feed Ration.
When the litter was six weeks old
/ they were started on skim milk and
shelled corn, and by the time they
/ were 60 days old they were on full
I feed and entirely weaned They
/ were allowed all the corn they
would eat from a shelf feeder all
. the time. During four weeks OF the
time the corn was soaked with wat
+ er, but Mr.. Schwartz says he viii
/ never soak corn for hogs again as
/ IL is useless work The skim milk
F was diluted about one-half and they
were given an they would drink o.
IL twice daily
/ Dur.nE the fourth and NTH months
/ the corn and milk were supplement
ed with TWO hundred pounds OF mid
( dlings and -hree hundred pounds Of
ground wheat. bo-1 o. which were