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18 SWINE PROFITABLE 0 A Champion Poland CI (Prepared by the*Unlted States Depart-! ment of Agriculture.) The farmer who is chiefly concerned 1 with making a living for his family 'will find it cheaper to grow a large portion of his own meat than to buy it ;all from the store with the cash proceeds of some money crop. Hogs may 'be raised profitably on practically revery southern farm, and if properly .managed, should supply money as well food. Early settlers in the corn belt gave the name of "mortgage lifters" to their hogs; thqy can raise a mortgage in the South as well as in the corn belt. Pour things are necessary if the southern farmer wishes to get a start. 1. A place to raise and fatten pigs. 2. A pig worth raising und fattening. 2. Feed on which to raise and fatten 'them. 4. The necessary funds. Let us consider these points in re-! 1. This article is written for the! ; man whose principal concern is to sup-| ply food for his family. For such a man one or two sov s will oe enough. Good prude sows can 1) bought for J10 or $ 1 5 each, razorbacks can be bought for less and viil produce good ' pigs if bred to a good pure-bred boar. I If chore Is no pure-bred boar In the 1 neighborhood whose services can be obtained, enough men should club to- 1 get her to represent the ownership oi ' 20 to 25 sows and buy a good boar. paying pro rata for the boar, depend- 1 i:i': on the number of sows owned by 1 each Hoars can be bought for from 1 $10 to $2" for weaned pigs and from 5 $50 to $100 for yearling and two-year- 5 eld hogs. If 20 men owning 20 sows ' bought a yearling boar for $50, each ' man would pay $2 f>0 toward the price ' nt 1: Nr I s > .. >: i \ # ; I ii A Well-Finished Lot of Pigs. . f, of the boar Put the boar in the bands i J of one of the members of the club and itd each other member agree to 1 pay him one pig at weaning time for J1 the care of the boat for one year, for u attending to the trading, etc When ows come 111 heat, they can he loaded 8 n a wagon and carried to the farm 8 where the boar is kept for service k ^ ftp v.-3 farrow almost exactly 16 u weeks after they are bred When the v ko\c farrows try to be near at hand. c Do not worry her with attention but ^ be the^re If she needs it. Watch that 1 the buzzards do not carry off the little 1 pigs or injure tne sow. Give her a' E warm, thin slop as soon as she begins * to move around. Then leave her alone ' for a while. That evening give her a 1 slop with a little bran or cornrneal In ( it. Feed lightly for a few days and Increase foer fee<J gradually until the 1 "Am (a 'ant'itna ohoTif fotiT non'orta of ' grain each day for each 100 pounds of her weight. This will be within a week < or ten days after she has farrowed, i She should be fed morning and evening. Kitchen scraps and slops will be good for her and will reduce the grain needed somewhat. These slops must not contain any soap or glass. As corn is the most available grain in most sections of the South, It will have to be relied on for feeding both the sowa and pigs With the grazing crops which are suggested for hogs a fairly well-balanced ration will be obtained When yoa are about ready to wean the pigs reduce the sow's feed so that by the time the pigs are weaned she will have only about two pounds of grain each day for each 100 pounds of her weiKht KeeD her on a Bermuda pasture and let her have this ration until she Is in good condition. Keep sows In good flesh, but not excessively fat 3ows can be made- to produce two litters oacn year When this Is desired they should be bred at the first period of heat after the pigs are weaned. Sows bred twice each year N SOUTHERN FARMS I llna Sow From Missouri. will not produce so many pigs in each litter as when bred only once a year, but more pigs should be raised in a year from each sow. j It does not pay to try to raise hogs on grain alone. In fact, the profit in pig raising, especially in the South, depends directly on the amount of pasture of some kind used to enable the pig to make its gain in weight. Of the southern forage crops peanuts, soy 1 beans, rape and cowpeas are especially valuable. Now, these arg not avail- ' able all tljrpugl) tjje year, therefore we use a "series of crops. FW example, have some winter oats on which the sows can turned as soon as the pigs are a week or two old. When these are gone put .he pigs on good Ber- j muda and lespedeza pasture. Have a crop of soy beans or cowpeas coming and turn tho nli>n ?n Oils ofto? ^ ...v |'?qu v/ < v???u ui vet " can* in intr. keeping the sows on the Iter- J muda. When these are gone put the H pigs in a peanut patch, and linish fat- 4 tening them on rape The pi;'; should bo w eaned at ten or ' twelve w ks o! age and should then 4 weigh about 30 pounds. They should 40 have learned to en' u little grain by J going to the sow s trough. Then bogin to feed them, (live them every Jay grain equal to 2 per cent oT their weight. A pig weighing 30 pounds % should have 5G pounds of grain; ten tJ pigs of this weight six pounds, etc. Divide this into two feeds, morning *0 md evening. Tliis amount of grain will make them grow nicely on good pasture. As they grow, increase the ""j unount of grain. When they weigh M ibout 125 pounds give them 3 per cent J Df their weight in grain, and when hey weigh about 1 Ho pounds each give M hem 4 per cent and finish them off. ^ slaughtering in the winter on a cool f| lav. Pigs properly fed should weigh ? !0o pounds at nine months old. Do not eed cottonseed meal to hogs. it is not necessary to spend a lot of ^ noney to carry out such a plan. Of < ? ;ourse, the Bermuda pasture where he sows are turned should have a -ond fence The crops on which the -a .igs are grazed can he fenced with ^ omemade hurdles of lumber or woven \ire, which may o< moved as desired, nd the pigs will stav In it while the usture is good Ten pigs can be ^ topt on half an acre of one of the rops mentioned aoove from four to if lit ll'PoUc iliii.nn^ino nn 1I>aO per pound . bb ^ Shrinkage on 1,400 pounds, at 1 ' ^ con pound 14 ! Total . .......f14ft ^ ^*11 UICU DlfcC. 3. A poor pip is not worth raising or ^ ceding. Your pigs should be sired iy a good pure-bred Duroc Jersey, Berkshire, or Poland China boar After ou have decided which of the three ^ ou want, stick to the same breed and 11 a little while you will have pigs i? nhich are very much alike, a model ^ or others, and an advertisement for our community. If you can afford it, tart with good grade sows. If not, ^ atives (razorbacksi will do. White Q >igs should not be used in the South. 4| s they sunburn badly 4 Expensive houses are not neces ary for hogs in the South. Give the' ow a dry place to farrow, a pen well gm icdded and sheltered from cold winds lid storms, and both she and the pigs ? will do well. Little pigs that get gg hilled or wet soon after birth ofter lie or grow into "runts." If there is 10 suitable place around the farm for gg he sow, make a lean-to with poles, . ibout 10 by 12 feet, six feet high in ^ ront and four feet high behind, facing M t to the south, and thatch It with ^ draw, cheap hay, or even cornstalks, ^ md the litter will be well housed, i m Make the thatch roof higher In the J middle than at the sides and smooth % It down so that rain will run off. ^ Two sows should raise Ave pigs each, giving the farmer ten pigs to slaughter. These pigs should weigh, ^ when slaughtered, 200 pounds each, g making 2,000 pounds of ltre weight This costs about 3 Mi cents per pound ^ n mska In Ihp Smith nnrtor the avntfim M described above, which Is an original w cost of $70. Killing will cost not over I ^ $6. The loss In dressing Is about 30 per cent of the live we4ght, or 60ft ' pounds on ten pigs, ao that 1,40ft . f pounds of dressed pork la on hand alt- f er slaughtering. If yon can get a local ft Ice plant to chill anft cure the meat g for you, the manager should charge 1 not over four cents per pound, which | is $56. Then the meat loses weight g in curing, amounting to about one cent " per pound, or $14. The total cost of ^ the meat is about as follows: Raising 2,000 pounds, at 314 cents per pound -...$ 70 ( Killing 6 i Curing 1,400 pounds, at 4 cents ' ?. r ' * V "^-r v \-1WK -J /afr TELE LANCASTER NEWS, APE ? ! /nffli Af HV* 1 Photo of the money u mm his firintinu c Folks, we have i establishn of Lancas And c it in a ms people. ( work can * Anoth bear in n delivery [ when pre I j t The J . tlL 13, 1915 m I wo resting P \ i 4 i saves by sending Photo of wh iway. caster New % \ there's no dou :he best equipp nent of any to^ >ter in the Car< >ur men know inner to pleas< )ur price is as ? i be done. ier thing we v nind is our pr< of work?job: trnised. to job too sm Nothing too B r . 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