Evening Republican, Volume 15, Number 272, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 17 November 1911 — LIVE STOCK [ARTICLE]

LIVE STOCK

MOST PROFITABLE FAT HOGS. = — —: : ..7■ Are Those Ready for M*rk*t When Seven Months Old. S'Some years ago fanners held and fed their hogs till they were a year old and weighing 300 to 350 pounds before marketing them. It has been found that hogs over seven months old gain In weight much slower on the same feed and even on increased feed, and there- *<** become much more expensive in proportion to their gain than during the first six or seven months. For this reason, and because of the market demand for lighter hogs, they are now marketed weighing. 175 to 200 pounds. As a general rule* farmers who keep good pure bred sires at the head of their herds, 'and provide fairly balanced rations of nitrogenous and fat. forming foods for the few months before finishing, easily make seven-month pigs weigh 200 pounds, and thus obtain the largest profits. The clover field for pasture, with moderate corn feeding, or alfalfa, cow peas, soy beans, or some other foods rich in protein secures these results. And so it is a rare thing td find year old fat hogs in the market any more, unless they are some of the older breeding stock which it is desirable to sell off for new blood and different lines of breeding.