Evening Republican, Volume 22, Number 56, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 7 March 1919 — THE NEIGHBORHOOD CORNER [ARTICLE]

THE NEIGHBORHOOD CORNER

A DEPARTMENT OF FARM WELFARE CONDUCTED BY COUtf--1 TY AGENT LEAMING. i —— Completes Feeding Trial. That a ration of corn and tankage for hogs is a profitable and practical scheme of feeding is the conclusion of Erhardt Wuerthner, of Newton township, who has recently completed a feeding trial on his farm. This trial did not receive official supervision and the results are printed as reported by Mr. Wuerthner: ■> 19 pigs, farrowed between August 15th and 20th, 1918, were used in the trial. The sows were fed corn and tankage until the pigs were weaned on October 15th, when the pigs were weaned and placed on a grass lot on corn, tankage and water. The pigs w%re Sold February 18th at $16.50 per cwt., the average weight being 181 pounds. .. The feed record is as follows: Corn fed sows, bushels. Corn fed pigs, 190 bushels. Total corn fed, 210 bushels. Total tankage fed (low grade) 400 pounds. Cost of tankage. ... . --$ 18.40 .Selling price of hogs.... 557.43 Return from 210 bu. corn. 539.03 Return bu. corn 2.56 With corn at $1.20 per bushel the profit per hog would be $15.10. While, as a cost of production record, this report is somewhat incomplete, not taking into account,, the total cost of feeding the hrood sows, the interest and depreciation on lots, hogs and feeding equipment, the returns shown by the report are adequate to illustrate the point that hog feeding is profitable when similar rations are used. The use of a ration of corn and tankage is being adopted by more farmers each year and it is only a question of time when this system will be a universal practice. Beekeepers Meet March 10th. President Frank Foltz has called a meeting of all the beekeepers of the county, which will be held in the court house at 1:30 Monday, March 10 th.

Mr. E. G. Baldwin of the Department of Entomology will be present again and take up a 'discussion of spring and summer management of the apairy. Prof. Baldwin made many friends among the bee keepers when he met with them here last fall and a promise can be made that no one will he disappointed in him. Mr. Foltz especially desires that the women and children of the county also attend this meeting as beekeeping fits in as a side line which may be handled very nice’ly by them. Livestock Men Submit Program. The County Livestock committee has submitted the following program of work which it expects to develop in the county this season as a factor in increasing livestock profits: 1. Self feeder demonstrations— A series of demonstrations of the use of the self feeder as a means of reducing the cost of pork production, Joseph Koihoff has agreed to secure demonstrators in Carpenter, Milroy, Marion and Newton townships; Alfred Duggleby in Kankakee, Walker and Gillam townships; George Heilman in Wheatfield and Keener townships. , , , , Self feeder plans will be furnished through the county agent’s office. The committee will arrange with the local dealers for a carload of tankage, the farmers to get the material off the car and to pay the dealer for this trouble. 2. Demonstrations in hogging off corn and soybeans, to determine the value of hogging off these crops over hand feeding. 3. Pure bred sales. The committee will ask the president of the County Livestock Breeders’ association to hold a special meeting of the organization on April 26th. to consider the advisability of holding a pure bred livestock sale this fall. ~4. A livestock survey. The committee will undertake to find out how many farmers are using pure bred sires of all classes of stock, and a list of those not using pure bred sires. Men not using pure bred sires will be urged to use them and assistance will he given in locating good sires. 5. A livestock tour. A recommendation that the livestock association conduct a livestock tour during the summer. . ~ t , 6. Livestock show. A livestock show will be held next fall. 7. Community building. The committee recommended that steps be taken to construct a community building suitable for public gatherings, shows, sales and meetings of all kinds. The livestock program is one of several adopted at the general meeting last Tuesday. Other programs will be published as space permits. .