Show l n II IVE fIE f nn STOOGE c U I y U SPECIALIZE IN FEEDER HOGS HOG One Hundred Carloads of Cholera- Cholera Free Animals Shipped Annually From South Dakota Prepared by the United States Department Department Department Depart Depart- ment of or Agriculture Feeder hogs perfect as to specification ca tion and designed to satisfy the most discriminating purchaser are exported annually from the Belle Fourche Fourche- reclamation project South Dakota Approximately carloads of tl ee and md raised alfalfa-raised porkers are shipped each season The output for tor forthe forthe the last few years has been purchase by Nebraska farmers who fatta and condition the hogs for the central mar mar- A A. special advantage about such shipments is that the a animals mals need not be held In quarantine quarantine- while vaccinated vaccinated vaccinated to satisfy the requirements of Interstate shipment and aad the purchaser d do s n not t have to bear added expenses Sue suck such as na yardage and feed costs which he hl woul have to pay If he bought his hl stock hogs on the central market The Belle BelIe Fourche project was recently recently recently re re- re- re declared free from cholera by p 41 1 J y A f l F l W 9 wf k M JA u Jh i i f 1 s- s s1 1 W i I t it ij 7 t So wl tp f l l k A s d j- j t W 1 ii f- f ff 1 f jW t r i f. f 1 S Nf t g i l 7 t t AiU I Dakota Farmers Specialize In Feeder I Hog Production th the state live stock sanitary board The hog growers of that section have decided It Is most profitable for them to produce e feeder hogs because the high price and limited quantity of comIn corn com cornIn cornin In their vicinity available for feeding purposes make the fattening of ot hoga hogs hog a hazardous undertaking On the other other oth oth- er hand alfalfa hay Is grown In abundance abundance dance and the pasture afforded Is keenly relished ed by the hogs Hence the project farmers are limiting their operations to feeder production A co- co operative co-operative live stock shipping association association as as- has been organized on the Belle Belie Fourche project to market the hogs In unique fashion this fall The plan Is to secure carload orders for these hogs so that they may be shipped i out In small train loads for delivery i ito to points east of the Missouri river The Idea Is to have about fifteen cars of of hogs In each train these cars being loaded at Newell and Nisland on the project and to be carried to destination destination destination destina destina- tion without stopping for feed or Water water wa wa- ter within the hour 30 limit Information Information Information mation Is being promulgated among the prospective buyers along the route regarding the freight rates o on a minimum minimum mini mini- mum car of feeder hogs so that they theyan theyan can an an estimate the accurately gross gros cost of such a load lond of quality feeders delivered delivered delivered de de- de- de livered at their destination The hogs sold during the fall of or 1918 ranged from 16 10 o to 21 cents a pound f. f o. o b bars b. b cars ars some of the loads being sold above the market quotation and some of them under The Belle Fourche plan pan of f marketIng market market- Ing lag feeder hogs should be of Interest to other stock raisers and feeders In various various va va- rious sections of the country Illustrating lag ing as It does a new method of or feed er distribution Handling through a operative co-operative shipping association association asso asso- elation directly from the producer to the purchaser makes It certain that the buyer will receive the hogs at his station at a n minimum cost for handling In transit Furthermore the fact act that the tho animals come from a free cholera country Is positive Insurance against losses from that disease If Ir the hogs are are not note posed exposed to Infection In transit or subsequent to o their thel delivery rr a. a at thi theIr l lr ir new homes Prospects are that In the future many South Sout Dakota farmers In Inthe Inthe th the eastern eastOrn part of t th state tate who raise c considerable erab corn corn coin and and male make make a practice of t feeding the grain to hogs will rely to a certain extent on the animals com corn Ing lag from the n Belle lle Fourche project |