The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, September 11, 1919, Image 3
ECONOMIC HOG ;
PRODUCTION'
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rit Grazing Crops and Feed
Heavily at All TimH;
Clemson College.?"The market ho| |
that sees his tlrst birthday usually ,
loses money (or the owner." This
statement is made by D. W. Williams,
livestock specialist of the Extension
Service, In discussing profitable hog !
9 production in South Carolina. This ;
means that the hog must go to the
K slaughter at eight to ten motnhs oi
age, weighing two hundred pounds
I Tikis is not un unusual weight for >
hoes at eight months. Recently one
feeder averaged over two hundred on
twelve head at five months. To make
profits from hogs it is necessary to '
feed heavy at all times. A starving
process is a losing one in growing
hogs.
The hog raiser's problem, therefore,
is "How can I make the most hog, in
the least time at the lowest cost?"
Plenty of feed provided ahead of time
Is the solution. Pigi farrowed in Jan
uary and February should be read} j
for the October and November mar '
kets.
Start now and provide the feed;
that will be needed this falL We can
not compete with th# corn belt farmer
raising hogs in a dry lot on corn and
purchased supplementary feeds such
as shorts and tankage. While these ;
are always necessary to make the best
gains, we must use forage crops Just
as much as possibly With the wide j
use of forage crops cheaper pork can >
be produced in Soutt Carolina than it
the corn belt
Be sure to plant some supplement !
ary feed crop with'your corn- Cow 1
peas, soy beans, and velvet beans all
furnish good grasi|g for hogs. In
Ike tall let the hogp do the harvest-'
tag and you will flad but very Jit$e
wasted. Let the hags you are gplng
bo market gather most of the feed;
Iken when it gets sS scarce that they
I ? ? enwr a mit lul of mnad in
1 getting enough to tot, remove them
[ end let sows and smaller pigs finish
WMiag up the field
small patch of sweet potatoes will
i (Walsh much succalent feed, whleh
with a grain ratio! will make very
satisfactory gains.
| Bvery farmer, whether or not he I
\ raise hogs, should lave some alfalfa, I
! ft pays handsomely where it is j
i grown. As a forag^ crop for hogs it
I is unexcelled.
B It is Questionably whether It Is ad- ,
K Tiaable to plant very many peanuts for
hogs this fall, sayi Mr. Williams
While hogs make Very cheap and
rapid gains on this trop. the carcasses
are greatly discriminated against on ;
the market Soft Irippv perk is not
desirable. South Carolina is now
producing hogs thai sell to better advantage
than tboseifrom other South^
ern States, because these hogs kill
hard as a rule. It h to our advantage
i to continue markethg a superior prod- j
net which sells wel toward the top of ,
the market rather than to get a rep!
station for soft hqes an,d take a cut
in price which is ?ften three or four
cents per pound. *
Hogs will be mjrketed this fall In
carload lots from practically every
county. Aim to pnvide a few surplus
hogs for these shbments to help ec- |
tablish a hog marlet in this state. Be
euro to kill enoufh to assure your ;
home supply of aeat; then / market 1
the surplus, hi tk future of diversi- !
fled farming In leuth Carolina the j
hog is o e of the host promising factors.
GREEDY HITS ARE GOOD
M0T3ERS
Clemson Collegt?It is not generaBj
known that tk? greedy mother I
who eats almost ill the food thrown I
to the baby chick: is doing her best
to preYent the loe of her brood. Just
before a chiok is hatched it absorbs
the greater part oi the yolk of the egg.
This yolk witl nc be digested for a
week or ten days and if the chick is j
| ? overfed its systen becomes clogged
the yolk decays, aid the chick dies
Ifiuiy persons *aieing chickens In
brooders make ?e fatal mistake of
feeding the bidd5s too much The {
' brooder is not a greedy hen and it :
I' cannot eat the fod and thereby present
the chicks totaining more than
they should haveio eat
i Place the broder oa sharp sand.
' hare the tempeature one hundred
degrees whec th< chicks are removed
from the inoubabr. and do not feed
'' the chicks the fht day. Give them
' buttermilk or stir milk; otherwise
fresh watsr. A tomato can with a
hole punched nur the open end
should be filled with liquid and inverted
over a sticfcr to prevent the
chicks from becming wet.
On the secondand third days seattir
a little rolld oats on the sand
floor four or flvetimea daily. On the
fourth day been alternating rolled
oatS witn some garec uuwiuj vi
mercial chick fed. The latter is
v .^referable becase it contains alio
~wbiUet seed and racked wheat. Scatfcr
these on th fine littef to make
' ' the chicks exerise
On the fifth dv provide a dry mash
of equal parts bminy. wheat shorts,
rolled eats, (orjround oats with the
hulls removed).wheat bran, sifted
beef scraps, ancfcrltbt yellow cottonseed
meal. Keo this dry mash before
the chicks onstantly.
If theee sanations are fellewed.
the baby ehieki are likely to pass
tiueufh the erfenl ported without
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YIm flMrtk's tfatMt Mi t* M I
kferion tooi
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Loyal Americans! Get Toj
WAYS OF EARNING MO!
DURING SUMMER VACAT
Many Opportunities Open to Chll
Who Wish to Encourage Habi'
of Thrift and Saving.
groat many questions about
thildrsp may earn money in ord<
purchase Thrift and War Sai
Stamps daring the summer vac
period have come into the War
Organisation at Richmond, and
to answer these inquiries that
a resent article has been prepared
A* suburban or country child
ably has the bMt opportunities
f btug money, though selling jm
end megeelnes, running errand*
doing chores offer several wayi
the eity ehild to earn the whereall
for Thrift Stamps.
In the country there is flr^t c
the garden. and at this time grc
food stuffs should receive speck
tention. It is not too late to plan
crops which may be marketed
profit Lettuce and radishes
easily grown and always find
markets, especially in the late
mer and fall. There will probab
more of some kinds of vegetable
the garden than can be eaten or
ned. These should be sold.
On almost every farm there is a
when much of the fruit ripen!
once, and the problem of disposi:
it arises. Some of it is eaten,
preserved. A quantity of it nt
frequently rots. This should be
If thrtt is a market near enough
if such is not the case the c'ai
can put it up and sell the canned
in the fall.
Pigs, chickens, turkeys or ra
are easily raised in the summer
tion. and all of them will brinj
large returns for the time and 1
Berry picking is anothes way of
rag UlUflfjr iuai I.I1I1U1CU ouvm.u-v
od this year there is a. plei
erop.
Many mothers and fathers wl
glad to pay the children for ti
care of the yard, cutting wood,
ning errands or doing daily cl
In faet there are so many way
earning money during the sui
that the list might be indefli
lengthened. But of course the o
of any and all of these ways h
simply to make money, but to
srad save mopey; in other w
enough to buy War Savings St
which will bring m four per cei
terest compounded Quarterly.
Tou can do this, every boy an<
tn this big country.
A. B. C. OF IT
AGITATORS and
BOLSHBVIKI howl
CONTINUALLY,
DENOUNCING
EVERYTHING they
FIND In the
GOOD old System,
HANDED down to at,
INTACT
JUST t? our
KIND forefathers
LEFT it, to
MAKE the young
NATION
OPULENT and Free,
PROTECTOR of all in
QUEST of Liberty.
RIGHT and Equality!
SMITE down
THESE vile efforts to
UNDO our Blessings!
VINDICATE AMERICA!
WAR SAVINGS STAMPS
EXTERMINATE "Reds!"
YOU can help. Put
ZEST into your
WAR SAVINGS SOCIETY.
HOW ABOUT IT?
9ameone is saving the money
waste. Who Is depositing your
lars? Save them and deposit
yourself.
Blag a song of Barings Stamps,
Tfcft flltfJMW'i
Bat hare yon counted all the this
Asm Serfage Stamps will bay?
father on National War Savings Day.
<EY BEN FRANKLIN EARLY
ion ! learned frugality
% I t
dren Great American Examplar of Thrift
Knew Value of Regular and Systematic
Saving For Future.
how Thrift is not stinginess. In fact It is
J" more often than not that the thrifty
man is the one who is truly generous.
* Benjamin Franklin, our national exemplar
of thrift, was. from boyhood
up, always liberal and unselfish. Rene
6 Bache, his great-great-great grand.
son. gives an instance of this charac,
teristic of his ancestor in a story he
'or tell.:
tpers
"The price of bread two centuries
i for ago was a penny a loaf. Thus it hapwith
pened that Benjamin Franklin, a boy
of seventeen, on arriving in Phlladel>t
all was ab,e *? buy three loaves for
wing three-pence; and with them he walked
il at- UP Market Street from the wharf,
t fall holding one under each arm and eatwlth
ing the third. An hour later he gave
are two of them to a woman and her
good child who had been fellow voyagers
sum- up the Deleware."
ly be Rene Bache goes on to say of
s in Franklin: "Where his own expend!*
can* tures were concerned he was always
frugal, saving what he could out of
time his wages as printer, while his fel*
at low-workers spent theirs as fast as
n& of they got them, or faster. In this way
some came about that, while a mere
in" youngster in a printing office, he lent
so'? them money every week.
idr'en "Though (he earnings of most of
stuff them were greater than his. he was
'' capitalist. By the middle of each
bbits week *bey were penniless, and came to
aca- 'lim ^or ,oans t0 rariT them over until
p, jn payday. He would accept no interest.
akor but each Saturday, on, getting their
raak- monf,y tbeT gave back to him what
,njoy .they borrowed?only to repeat the
ntiful borrowing a day or two later."
The secret of Franklin's success
]j he was systematic and persistent saving,
iking 'rom the time he first began to earn
pjjj. money. And always having a savings
tores. fun<1 he was ever rea(Jy t0. f?rasP his
s 0j opportunities--those of lending a
nmer helping hand as well as those of selflitelv
betterment.
bject ket Benjamin Franklin be your ex,
not amlpar?start saving today. Thrift
make Stamps are an /as.v beginning and
'nrHc pave the way to a certain future.
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THRIFT
I girl
Without me no man has ever achieved
success nor has any nation ever
become great. I have been the bedrock
of every successful career, and
cornerstone of every fortune.
All the world knows me and most
of the world heeds my warning.
The poor may have me as well as
the rich.
My power is limitless, my application
boundless.
He who possesses me has contentment
in the present and surety for the
future.
I am of greater value than pearls,
rubies and diamonds.
Once you have me no man can take
me away.
I lift my possessor to high planes of
living, increase his earning power, and
. bring to realisation the hopes of his
life.
1 make a man well dressed, well
housed and well fed
I insure absolutely against the
lUinv ua/.
I drive want and doubt and care
away.
I guarantee those who possess me
prosperity and success.
I have exalted those of low degree,
and those of high degree have found
me a helpful friend.
To attain me you need put out no
capital but personal effort, and on all
you "Hi invest In me I guarantee dlvldol
,r*5ds that last through life and afthem
T am as free as air.
1 am vonrs if you will take me.
I am THRIFT.
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