Evening Republican, Volume 59, Number 123, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 9 June 1917 — Farmer Warr Gets $2.30 for Corn. [ARTICLE]
Farmer Warr Gets $2.30 for Corn.
Brook Reporter. In order to demonstrate' the value of the «elf feeder with'■shelled corn and tankage for the ration, Harry Warr weighed in his hogs at eighty pounds per head when he began feeding, ana sold them when they weighed 204 pounds per head. He had weighed the tankage and com and when the cost of the feed was deducted, he had netted $2.30 per bushel for his corn, besides having a little corn and tankage left and a few pounds to spare on the total weight of the bogs. The. average gain was one and a naif pounds per day, and the ailing price 15c per pound. This selffeeding proposition should interest every fanner who is in the hog bnsinesa. - -
