| Show LIVE 1411 1 7 ST STOCK ac K PORK production PROBLEMS SOLVED hogs tire arc found in every county in the united states in some cases the number la Is limited tv t a very few which ore nrc usually grown in the back yards where they are maintained unit and fattened from waste products such ns as scraps from the table dish water etc in other instances we find hogs produced in large numbers the lie sale of which affords the chief income points out prof L V starkey chief of tile the animal husbandry division tit clemson Clo nison college it Is a significant fact that the larger or wore more mature a hog gets the more expensive tire are tile the gains this la Is caused by the ability of till the younger animal to consume a larger amount of food in proportion to lila his body and partly because the younger animal cont contains it higher per cent of water in the gains which alch it makes tho the economy with which pork can be prod produced aci explains professor starkey depends largely upon the forages which tire are available if I 1 in n dry lot us much as live pounds of concentrates may tie be necessary to produce one pound of pork if on good soy poy benns it Is possible to produce a pound of pork from H R pound of corn these figures show beyond it a doubt that flint forages must be used if pork production Is profitable hogs suffer more frequently from inadequate rations than do tiny any other clims class of live stock this 1 Is 8 because 1 eca use 4 they grow more rapidly the stunted pig Is more common than the stunted calf or colt hogs frequently sutter suffer from a lack of minerals and also from a lack of protein this Is largely caused by the fact that they are frequently raised primarily on concentrates cen from the cereal grains whenever they have pasture such as rape ersoy orsoy or say beans they usually bil balance lance their ration for forage crops are usually rich in both protein and minerals it if forage crops happen to be lacking tit at any time during the year a mineral mixture may be made by using equal parts of ground limestone salt and bone meal tills should he be kept before the porkers corkers nt at till nil times |
