Evening Republican, Volume 59, Number 85, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 1 May 1917 — RAISE MORE HOGS. [ARTICLE]

RAISE MORE HOGS.

No branch of live stock farming is more productive of satisfactory results than the raising of well-bred swine, if conducted with a reasonable care, according to the specialists of the 'bureau of animal industry, U. S. department of agriculture. Hogs . fit into the modern 'Scheme of farming on nearly every fairm, and are one of the most important animals to raise both for meet 'and for money. They require less labor, less equipment, and less capital, make greater gains per hundred pounds of concentrates fad, reproduce ttheffnselVes faster and in greater numbers, and give a quicker “turn-over” of money thlan any other animal except poultry. Farmers of the south and west particularly have awakened to the merits of the hog and are rapidly increasing their output of pork and their bank accounts. The hog has no nval as a consumer of by-products and numerous unmarketable materials whidh but for him might be wasted. Kitchen refuse, not only from farms but also from hotels and restaurants, when cooked before being used makes an excellent feed. The value of skim milk as a hog feed is known on every farm though not always fuWy apprciaited. In the neighborhood of many large dairies pork production is a very prominent and lucrative supplement to the dairy industry. To prevent tuberculosis, all milk and milk products rinould be cooked before being fed to hogs. To control hog cholera, use sanitary (precautions and anti-hog-choleira serunr ment. ' . The hog is also a large factor in cheapening the production of 'beef. Hogs are plated in the cattle feed lots to utilize the corn and other feeds the cattle have failed to digest and which otherwise would be wasted. Hogs foilowing steers in many cases have increased the profit per steer by from $6 to o®. Hogs should not be allowed to follow dairy cattle unless the cattie are tuberculin tested.