Salt Lake Tribune | 1918-02-04 | Page 7 | Sees Necessity of Producing Hogs

SEES NECESSITY OF 1DB HOCS Scarcity in Essential Foodstuff Food-stuff Is Crucial With the War Department. Word has come from the food administrator admin-istrator that the production of hogs throughout this state has become a necessity ne-cessity and that a threatened famine in this product, so essential to the proper nourishment of our soldiers and so much in demand throughout the world, must be averted: and any citizen, whether dwelling dwell-ing in the city or country, must lend the aid of his energy and resources to the work. "But," asks the city dweller, "with the city ordinance prohibiting pig-pens within the city limits, how can I raise hogs at a profit." The answer is simple sim-ple raise a pig by proxy. That is to say, a plan has been devised de-vised by which the business man at his desk, the child at school, can aid in this work with liberal profit to himself, briefly stated in the following plan: Nearly everyone has a friend or relative rela-tive in the country who would be glad to raise a few pigs if they had the means of acquiring a good brood sow or two. Now, let's do a little trading. Your relative or friend ha s the sheds and perhaps the pens, and probably the feed. Tou have a dollar or two laid aside for a rainy day- or. if you haven't, you should start by deducting $25 or $30 from your next month's income (for there will never be a "rainier day' than this). Your next move then is to see the stockyards stock-yards company or some livestock commission com-mission man, or. if necessary, call on the food administrator, and you will he able to purchase a brood sow. which, in a very short while, will farrow from five to ten little pigs. One of these sows can be crated and sent to your friend in the country, who can care for it largely on waste and pasture crops. The terms you make with him for raising the sow and her litter are a business transaction between yourselves, but it is safe to sa y it is one of the most pa triotic and profitable of investments for both. Here are a few facts and figures: A sow weighing - 2"""i pounds will cost at the present m?rket price close to $4n. She will possibly farrow from five to ten pigs. Within seven or eight months from birth, if cared for properly, each of these pigs wiil weigh more than 200 pounds, making a total (including the mother of from 1000 to 2Q.'0 pounds of pork, live weight, which, if bought back by the packers at 1 5 ' i- cents per pound (the present, market price) would bring a gross earning of around 5300. Roughly estimated, it will cost not more than $i;;o to de-dop these pigs for market. And there you are a net profit of close to ?2"0, on your original investment. By this it will h? seen that "raising a pig by proxy"-w-rTl put you in the class with producers. 'and it is producers the country coun-try needs.