The Lancaster news. (Lancaster, S.C.) 1905-current, April 13, 1915, SECTION THREE, Page 18, Image 21
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(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 '
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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
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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
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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
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