Evening Republican, Volume 17, Number 35, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 10 February 1913 — EXERCISE HELPFUL TO HOGS’ HEALTH [ARTICLE]

EXERCISE HELPFUL TO HOGS’ HEALTH

Successful Kansas Swine Breeder Permits His Animals to Have Full Sway. One of the most successful hog feeders In Kansas uses no peas at all. but permits his hogs full range, and scatters the soaked corn from a tank wagon out upon the ground, never feeding twice In the same place. He believes the exercise Is very beneficial to the hogs’ health, but says that It takes more corn and larger feeding to make the animal ready for market This feeder buys his shouts, never keeping more than a dozen brood sows on the place, and the hogs he buys for fattening begin to arrive by late fall, when they at once are put on alfalfa In the pasture and later given steamed and cut alfalfa, which Is cured very green. His hogs go on the market by the last of June or first of July—sometimes earlier. He takes a long time to fit the shoata for heavier feeding, working up to a full feed* Ing quite gradually. f = •„> \’. v :