The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1922-08-30
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There is not q farm ins Louisiana
on which there Id not; some vast te ma.
iterials, and! the hog is the best zen. zen
eral waste utilizer we have. & Buying
all iof the feed TO raise hogs has been
proved q losing business. q 1t lis abso4
lutely necessary that forage crops and
some of the feed be produced for rs
pig while he is growing. A growing
pig should not be very fat but lin
medium flesh. AS to the acreage
that. isS neces sary{ for feed production
for hogs, it can safely be estimated
that four acres Of land on poor land
and three acres on every fertile land
will produce sufficient to take care of
g brood SOW and her. litter for a year.
Naturally the acreage may3Sb 3Sbe reduced,
according to the amount Of, available
waste, 1t is never a serious mistake
to grow more feed than the hogs re-
quire.o 1t is better to have feed fo1,
sale than to; be in the market for
Unless sickness or some tunayoid-
able accident which causes heavy
loss, passes in a herd Of hogs that
are we'll cared. for, there will Suually,
be q margin Of profit. Where the
hogs are not given proper attention
there will be a margin Of loss. 1. This
statement is made with reference to
the man, who is producing for the
markets and not entirely. for breed
ing Like all farm crops, the hog
must receive a certain amount of at
tention. " +. +.
Very few men have made money
raising high Mass breeding hogs,
while many have made money pro-
ducing porkers for the market. When
a man goes into the hog business he
should not lose sight of the fact that
all hogs are considered from the point
of yiewrof pork production. A good,
pure-bred hog means that the appear
ance of this hog indicates quality,
good cuts of meat, physical ability to
move about in getting feed and max
ing quick growth. The ability to Sc
lect hogs that will give the quickest
returns comes to man by practice,
which brings out the fact that a man
should grow into the business and not
try to buy into it, with the idea Of
making a success. Three and one
half percent of the hogs in the United
States are registered purebreds.
rIhere Is place for many more.
1t should be the aim of every man
raising hogs or going into the hog
get for the use he is to be put to and
the money the man can safely spend
for this purpose. Good sows are
necessary and must be used, but more
care must be exercised in selecting the
boar.
When going into the hog business,
decide upon the acreage you wish to
devote to this phase and be careful
not to overstock.
The State Of Louisiana finds itself
unable to supply most of it's pork for
about three or. four months. It is
logical to conclude there is no over
production but just to the contrary,
During the months of, Mac, June,
JUL, August and September and a part
Of October, hogs for ,butchering are
scarse. The months Of November,
December, and January finds more
hogs on the local market than the
butchers can use. We can supply the
butchers the year round and have
hogs for shipping to central markets
or for export.
Think This Over
A Doctor stood admiring large,
fat hog, at a Chicago Live Stock
Show, when a small boy standing by
piped up. "That's my fathers hog.
He got the first prize"
Wonderful" said the doctor. Ger
tainly very fine hog" Then he
looked at the boy. "How old are
you, SOM" he asked.
"1'm twelve past" said the boy.
Why" said the doctor, "you are
small for -year-old. What do
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