Inter-Mountain Farmer | 1902-11-25 | Page 4 | Beware of Fake Figures

BEWARE OF FAKE HGURES. The Inter-Mountain Tanner and Ilnnchninii Im been u moat anient advocate ad-vocate nf Hlfnlfn nx n large pin of the ration fm feeding hoga from the time of vvcinlng until the da) of killing 'ct thla piper cannot siilacrlbe tn nil Ihe thenrlea afloat nn tn ihe poaalbllltlca In pork production from nlfnlfa Kor In atance, an cxehango apcaka of Hie te-aults te-aults of an experiment in hog feeding nt Ihe Kiinana experiment elation nnd aMja that nlfalfn Ins. cut lute when the leaves ahitlcreil nff produced nnl 3.13 lOiinilB of pork to the ton" but tint hii cut and cured when Juil In llrat blossom ' imde SiiS poun la of pork to the Inn' Now th i hance ire thnt neither of the above figure nro nnswherc near the truth Tho Met of the lintter la that alfalfa when fed alone will not pioluen much If nny fat to mnkc n hog mirketnble The alfalfa piovlde the pioteln nnd makes hlnol, bone Inlr nn 1 led meiit, but so Mr na hoga nre enn-terueil enn-terueil iheie la little fat fnrmed without with-out n liberal nllowunrc of foola containing con-taining n high per cent of carbo-hjdrnte carbo-hjdrnte (Irnnleil tint the heat nlfnlfa nl-fnlfa would piodme the loiveat jleld quoled above the hi would bring re-luina re-luina of about $10 per ton it the present pres-ent price of pnrk nn foot while nt the higher llgurca the hug would pis the fnnnrr about $IS per ton for nlfnlfn haj Theae figure ale ridiculous and alioul 1 not mislead nny pereon into the inlalnkB or lrlug lo mnke pork on nl filfn a n alngle nitlon Tne furmera of Utah who hive given thought to the location mostly ngreo tint nlfnlM will siiatnln the plga through the growing aenaon and furniah n aplenlld frimo for a poiker to lie finished ofr with fnt-foimlng fnt-foimlng fools. In the eiaonnl experience experi-ence of Ihe writer extenllng over alx era ot careful feeding of hoga for breeding na well na foi poik nlfnlfa Ins I worth rinse In $S per tnn pro vlled Iheie he a luilnnee given tn the ration In the hnpc of corn when milk oi augnr beeta Alfalfa la gnol enough nnd valuille enough na a hog-biillder hog-biillder without making nns cxliava-gant cxliava-gant clalma fnr II na a fat prolucer There I n dlffireme belwceen these two lerms and the proctlrril hog nilaer know the difference