Tabor City tribune., 1961-07-05

I lo CneCk INTO IL u NIUE more
! before | tore loose and bought
any more brood SowS. | fig
gered that WAS u pretty good
idea, SO | decided to find out
who would be the best person
for me TO see to find out what
l needed TO know.
Ned Spears told me the next
mornln that II would be we'll
worth my time To talk To this
telier Art Pitzer up in :he
State Agriculture Department.
He said Mr.. PitZer was a real
authority on hogs. Then he
told me that he was gonna be
over a. the county seat that
! evenin in meeting with Mr..
/ Pitzcr. So he SAID. why don't
you come along and you can
talk with him some after the
meetIn"" BY dingieS. | figger-
! ed that was about as lucky
| break aS | could ask for and
! told him if he would come BY
Tor me. | sure would like TO
| GO.
Tie come by little earlier
than ne SAID ne would but he
SAID the reason he did was
that maybe il 10 got there
little early me and Mr.. PitZer
could talk some before the
meeting. Luck was still with
me. cause when we got there,
Mr.. PltZGr was Settin out in
front Of the buildin in his car.
After Ned intcrduced me to
nm and he asked us to git in
ana set down, | asked him
right off To tell me what he
knowcd about raiSin Feeder
PIGS. He lowed as how that
was a right big order so he
asked me what | wanted to
Know. Then I told him | was
interested in givin it a try.
So he begin poppin the
questions TO me. He wanted To
know If was willin to put
the time and effort in rais,n
them in order to do a good
Job. He wanted to know if 7
had good enough buildins TO
take care of pigs in real hot
and real cold weather. He ask
ed me if I had enough good
pasture for my brood Sows so
could rotate them and keep
down parasites. Then come
the question about the water
supply on our farm.
Bout the time he got throueh
aSkln me all of them questions
SAID. Look here, who's askin
VINO ABOUT these feeder pigs"
That brought a laugh from
MN and Ned both.
Mr.. Pitzer went on to saw
mat man keepin two brood
SowS and raisin pigs to ton
weights could take the same
gram and keep five to 10
brood Sows and raise feeder
pigs He said though that a
D"oy oughtn't TO try raisin
them unless he was wiIIin 70
follow good management prac-
uceS such as sanitation, feedin
good balanced ration and
vaccination for cholera and
erySipiliS.
He told me a whole LOT of
other things a body ouebta
KNOW who's tryin to raise feed
CT pigs for market. Then 7
asked him how big the nios
oughta be before they're sold
ne said the best weights was
between 30 and so pounds a
head.
Ihen he commence tellin a.
oout how the pigs ousbta ho
handled when you're gittin
ready to sell 'em. He said thew
need to be as clean as possi-
ole and they ought to be haul
ca IN a well-bedded truck
"here wet sand is used in the
summer time and sand and
straw IN the winter. Sometbin
else he menti-ned was that ,
oody ought to have a ramn
ouiit TO drive their pigs up on
the truck instead of catchin
EN- by hand and havin 10
handle 'em so rough.
We'd been settin there =,
rlght good spell and different
ones had been a goin in for
the meetin. So, Mr.. Pitzer
spoke up and said, "WelI 7
guess we'd better ease on in
since it's time for the meetin
10 git under way"
So we started on in and M
Pitzer told me that if liked
10 raise pigs, I should be able
10 make some extra money on
my little old farm. He said
'hey was plenty of markets
available where I could sol,
EN- without any trouble what
ever. ""'-