The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1926-08-31
FAT ANIMALS
PUT PROFIT
IN FARMING
Tests al Agricultural College
Prove Value Of Hogging
OFF Corn Fields

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the farming business offers greater
mo- angle Of farming is Of greater i'm.
por,snre in the development Of .
profitable business and the growth
and progress of this section Of the
northwest. than the fattening aud
fitting Of livestock, but particularly
hogs and sheep. as prime market
animals.
That is the opinion Of many prom
inent officials OF the North Dakota
Agricultural college and their judg-
r,ent is backed by the officials OF
Armour and company who emphasize
the Importance and value Of the
..armer getting his livestock into
prime condition for marketing, at
every opportunity.
For the purpose Of testing out the
practical advantages which North
Dakota offers to the livestock feeder
the agricultural college has been
carrying on a series Of experiments
with cattle, hogs and sheep for
number of years.
sheep Feeding Shows Profit
The sheep feeding experiments
have consisted Of the purchase OF
young Montana stock, late in the
summer or early in the fall, just as
these animals came from the ranges.
and stopping them 1t Fargo in transit
to the packing houses. They have
been fed some Of North Dakota's
cheap feeds, including screenings. and
the venture has shown good profit
in every instance.
The hog feeding experiments have
been carried on much more ex-
tensively and over longer period OF
years.
The college has bred and reared
its own hogs. and has carried on q
number OF experiments with various
methods Of feed and management.
these experiments proving to be Of
great practical value.
For about decade the college Of
ficials have been testing the value Of
'hOgRing off" corn and they have
reached the conclusion that pigs. far
rowed in March or ut the fastest early
April, put onto alfalfa pasture. with
ration of three and One-half pounds
Of grain per day for each hundred
pounds Of hogs as soon as they are
Weaned and finished on corn in the
field, with Canadian field peas and
alfalfa pasture available and adj0in-
ing fields. show the best results and
make the most economical gains.
Prof. j. n. Sheppard, chairman Of
: the animal husbandry department Of
the college, who is in charge of the
experiments, has issued bulletin
1.-THE Northern Pig From Birth Ia
Market" which gives details 81 the
results of these experiments over q
period Of years.
In some of the earlier experiments
expensive tankage was used as part
of the ration Of the hogs. but instead
Of tankage, field peas are now being
used to furnish the material needed
by the hogs, which are formerly sup.
piled by the tankage.
In these experiments the college
uses number Of different breeds but
specialize In late years in hogs
which are of the bacon type.
Yorkshires. Duroc Jerseys. Poland
Chinas, Chester Whites and some
crOssbred animals with Tamwortt
strain were used in the experiments
u was found that the bacon type
hogs gained an average of about one
and half pounds u day while in the
corn. and that the lard type hog.
gained at the rate OF one and eight
tenths pounds per day on the corr
ration.
Gehu or Dakota flint corn has beer
used and the hogs are turned in wher
this corn is just past the roasting
ear. This year they will be in tn.
corn by Sept. !, q little earlier thar
the average. They will 60 into tn,
corn this year weighing from 1876 t,
l6O pounds.
The college likes to have then
weighing $50 pounds or more whel
they 20 into the corn. They will b,
ready for market. weighing from 22l
TO $50 pounds, some time in October
IN past years the hogs have produce,
from 800 to 500 pounds of pork pc
] acre Of corn. At 10 cents per pound
q production Of 500 pounds per acr
would make the corn worth $50 pc
acre. marketed In this way.