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Show v THE TTHTTATT ably would be fed to the Indian boys and girls at Indian schools or issued as rations to the old Indians) while agricultural experts tell us that such feeds are very harmful to hogs. Its a cinch if you neglect to feed hogs wholesome and rich balance rations they will not pay the feed Beware folks, mortgage. available feed best the the beast and you will be well taken care of In your old age. Every man in the hog industry since time too far back to remember and on up to the present time, who was or who is now a feeder of ani- mals of every known kind In the world, is studying, experimenting, to find a (perfect feed.) Expari-me- nt stations scattered to the four corners of the earth are hunting of for it. The U. S. Department is making continually Agriculture research work in the hope of finding it, feeders of 'every class today are on the lookout for it, it is a mass drive, high premiums are being offered in the firm of finish products, it must be a- feed that will supply the necessary elements for perfect health, a feed that will build a sound body, a feed that will produce the highest finish, a feed that will distribute in exact in meat the lean and the fat, a feed that will produce a product adapted for all purposes and a feed that will produce the most economical gains, now where is it? oxide) placed in self feeders where RAISED m UQTTAH BASHT; hogs will have free access to it at of to one-ha- lf IDEAL KERF FOE SUCH all times. the limestone in the above mixture (Continued from last issue) may be substituted with wood ashes add 1 pound of Venetian red and chop it while others feed it loose in racks; some scald their chopped (red paint coloring matter) to the I30RE HOGS SHOULD BE COH-BIHO- One-four- th 100 pound mixture produces an efhay with steam and mix 'it with fective tonic. the slop, others soak it in warm uimSsTffRL water. Some farmers feed Hogs crave limestone, hogs root soybeans or Canadian field peas in the shuck and have the hogs har- up their pasture to get stray bits of limestone and for this need of vest it. Rape is an excellent hog grazing the hogs system become some of crop. It contains a large percentage the very best breeders in this counof water and fibre and the nutri- try put devilish contrivances called ents are there as iu corn. The dry rings on the nose of their hogs matter of rape should show as high these rings answer no good puras 28 per cent protein in the edible pose, I take it to be just a form of portion, this shows .the reason torture if a pig has access to the some form he wont why the hogs do so well on it and limestone in he takes it the easiest rather root, it also requires less of the high cow'-pea-s, price supplements for growing pigs. way. Root feeds such as carrots, rutaHogs should be well supplied with are good clean water in sufficient beets and bagas, sugar mangles a profitable addition for hog rais- amounts to assist in digestive process and also to assist in eliminating. Carrots are Dexter for early winter feeding. Rutabagas and ing waste products from the body.s: are as Grain mangles keep better and are adoptouter Bran is the covering Raw ed for late winter feeding. culled potatoes at the rate of 600 of wheat, separate! from the flour in the process of milling. Pure pounds replace 100 pounds of grain bran is much lower in feeding valcaw is preferred to cooked. Feeding coots to pigs fed at the rate of ue than is indicated by Us analysis three to four 'pounds of one root to much of the product now sold as 1 pound of grain. Roots chopped bran contains a large proportion of are preferred. Spoiled roots are very middling" an! is also sold under name "mixed feeds" and dangerous to feed. Poorly stored the shorts fiber is especially high in roots tn root cellars, those that bran. rich is Bran in phosphorus freeze and thaw, feeding rotten in an especially useful condition, is vegetables, spoiled apples, decayed foods of all kinds, spoiled meat, high in mineral matter and is also spoiled fruit fed to hogs is a vi- laxative. Wheat screenings when free from cious practice from a health standand raisers of this type foreign matter, wheat screenings hog point are usually in the business but a an! shrunken wheat are especially the same and do not differ noticab-l- y short time. from plump wheat in feeding Feeding roots to prevent pregnant value. sows produce a sleek and thrifty Low grade flour also called "red-do- g appearance and it does not make flour" Is a valuable ingredient them fat. Sows fed on roots and a In mashes both adding to the nulittle roughage hay need but little trients and roots are slightly laxative improving the consistgrain, as wet of feeds irmade from coarse ency the sows are never feverish and ritable at farrowing it also has a tendency to cure the pig eating Middling flour in the manufachabit. Sows fed on roots while turing flour the finer particulars suckling pigs produce an abundant of bran and some of the flour are flow of milk. Cut and fed raw are called and sold as middlings. greatly relished during the cold Middling Sta'ndara is a lower winter months. grade of middling, it contains more Oats ground or whole increase of the bran and less of flour, more the appetite and is richer in min- bulky, feeding value lower. erals than in our other common le Middling and shorts (are are obtained results On some grains, good sections terms.) when fed to brood sows at the rate It means middling and in others a of 1 pound in the ration to replace mixture of bran and middling it Is sometimes applied indiscriminatepart of the grain. Barley is one of the best feeds ly to any and all kinds of wheat grown on the farm, it contains a offals. Artichokes One acre of artiliberal amount of protein and the chokes is worth 3700 pounds of best is the Danes find it single mixed and oats for hogs. 740 wheat a is good feed for Bacon. Barley bushels of artichokes On corn. per acre, it irrigated substitute for saves 150 200 to to pounds of 'grain farms probably the best barley 100 for each a pounds of grain made. raise is the so called Guy Mayle, is It slightly more valuable than hullesa variety gives a good yield and has good feeding qualities. potatoes. It requires 310 pounds of Barley does its best in those sec- mixed grains to produce 100 pounds tions where corn either cannot be of gain. Screenings consists of broken and grown or if grown it runs the wheat kernels, weed seeds shrunken at hazards weather of gauntlett which of have value, while of many varieties Other risk. considerable are others of little worth and a few lands. on dry barley are better most our some poisonous. of actually Protein from Corn meal on the markets vary as such wheat, grains Important are only greatly In quality a great deal of barley and especially corn, what is offered for stock feeding is hence partly available for growth, of Inferior or damaged corfi. made rathe necessity to supply the hog Corn meal is very liable to heat in tion with hay or pasture. warm weather, the heating may be Hogs and pigs must have access to a mineral feed. A satisfactory stopped by spreading the meal two mineral mixture is made of 33.3 to three Inches thick in a bin or on pounds cf flake salt, 33.3 pounds a clear floor, but if the meal when of ground limestone, 33.3 pounds cold smells musty or sour it should of hone meal and 1 pound of po- not be fed. (If it was Issued by the tassium iodine (made with Iron Bureau of Indian Affairs it prob cts FARMER B2LS23T fol-.ow- - por-portio- ns If ever such a balance ration is ever to be found, the possibilities are it will be found in the Uintah Basin. Every other fanning comto munity in the world has tried and they mix this (perfect feed) have not yet been entirely successful. When some one finally discovers the formula, it will be found to be a simple mixture. The greatest by music medley ever conceived man is simple in the extreme and the greatest speech ever given la simple, the words of speech or notes In music are of small consequence. It is the wag they are mixed compounded that produce the fects and results. Farmers whose buildings Rre behind good windbreaks seldom have to shovel snow. te best alfalfa field makes corn. of a for crop place imaginable An old It is also good for potatoes. Lift the hot bed sash and let in fresh air whenever weather permits. Thats what makes stocky plants. Its the last few pints of milk, bushels of grain, or other units of production, which are the most profitable. Crows the seed Tou can seedsman up your corn? Treat and keep the crows away. buy a repellent from you for a cm'&Il tasi. pull . inter-changab- A Dollar Dinner For Four A delicious meal can be prepared for four people at a cost is taken of sale prices. of only a dollar if advantage Sauerkraut Juice Cocktail Corned Beef and Cabbage Slewed Potatoes Pea and Apple Salad Fresh Fruit Demi-tass- e. OR the cocktail, buy a can of sauerkraut juice. About a cup and a half will be needed for meaL To it add a dash of celone one salt, drop tabasco, and one ery tablespoon lemon juice. Mix well, chill, and serve in cocktail glasses. Preparing corned beef and cabbage is a simple matter if canned corned beef Is used. For one meal, chop half a head of cabbage coarsely and put into a kettle containing three-fourtof the contents of a can of corned beef. Put hs one-pou- . nd or ef- boiling water over to barely cover and simmer until the cabbage is tender. Season to taste. Ingredient's for the salad are: one-ha- lf cup tiny canned peas, one-ha- lf cup celery, one-ha- lf cup nuts, one diced apple. Mix with mayonnaise and serve on a lettuce leaf. Prices for the foods are: Cocktail, 16 cents; corned beef and cabbage, 31 cents; potatoes, 10 cents; salad, 20 cents; fruit in sxasou, IS 5 cents: total. cents; demi-tass- e, 97 cents. |