Show pork production in the by W L cathie Cr ll dean and nj DI Dr dalr ir lr idak idaho intermountain country 3 slit 1 1 V n I 1 1 11 I 1 0 orfgen jen line demonstration train Lie turf many farmers believe that it Is im possible to chise hogs and produce pork in thie this intermountain country at a profit some and perhaps the ma bority of ot them believe that hogs can not be grown anil and fattened at a 11 profit in any country where here corn com cannot be abundantly and cheady crown in fact they are not backward in expressing their con diction that hogs lings cannot be grown and tAtt fattened ened without corn ater after some years experience in hog growing and fattening in thie this western country we are conin convinced ced that these men are greatly mie mistaken taken and we believe that ibis this section offers many advantages tor for pork production that are not to be found in any other section of the be united states it may be said that there are five prime factora factors that have to do with profitable pork production in any coun try these are first the ability ex peri per lence ence and taste of the farmer sec see ond the nature of the clim clemite ite third the charac character teK of the soil and its ca opacity to produce an abundance of suitable eul table feed io cheaply fourth the prevalence of disease and fifth and roost most important the demand for pork products or the availability of a rood good market let us consider briefly these five factors and apply them to our condition conditions and see how bow nearly wo wa nil fill tho the bill in this section in the first in stance we have ae as progressive a lot of farmers as may be found in any sec see of the country it Is to true th thit tt many in tact fact roost most ot of them hae base not thu that knowledge knowledg and skill in the bus bust ness of rearing and feeding swine that insures atte cess but this skill and knowledge cin can bo be secured in a very short timo time with a R little peart cat eat ex per lence and careful study it can therefore be eald said that in eo so far as the first factor Is concerned that our con dillons are fao favorable rable an regards tho the climate thia this section cannot be e excelled in any other part of this continent for hog raising thie this la Is a broad statement tat ement but I 1 believe the facts it the weather N 1 uniformly dry the seasons are ate the air pure and eting and the tho sunshine abundant and strong thero there Is 1 only ono serious objection to our climate from the hog hogs a standpoint and that ie Is air 01 r extreme variation of 0 temper temperature aturo in e eich each ach twenty four hours and thia this objection while a very serious one it not gL glared ardd against Is very readily over overcome LOMe the hog Is 1 by na ture a semi 1 tropical animal he has hasi a light coat ot of very coarse hair at best and ie Is consequently very susceptible tn to cold or chills again the hog has no or sweat glands in his skin and though he be a semi tropical animal naturally Is very easily over come with heit most other animals including Inc luling man anro providentially equipped with a means menns of cooling tho the of their bodies through the eap evaporation oration ot of the perspiration which exude from the open pores of their 1 akin kill whenever the temperature of the body ody rises abnormally this mer alful provision of nature has bag been denied the bog consequent ly when he Is exposed to the burning hot sun during the middle of the day and hie his body becomes over heated he should be provided with some kind of shelter or shade and with some means of supplying mols MOIS turo ture for evaporation from the of hie his body on the other band hand wuen tte te tt e sun goes down domn and the chill cbill air from the mountains descends into the valleys in the evening nr during the night the hog ha ing no adequate covering of hair Is in very readily chilled the result of which ts Is very apt I 1 pt to be a serious loss 1 from i monia onia and other pulmonary pu troubles particularly in the rase case ot of young pigi pigs and iery fat tat animals lo 10 summer it 1 Is important thereto e hat hogs bogs should be furnished with some shel ter in the folds fields ae e provide small A 1 shaped eight toot square hog houses these art arp cheap eisley moved from place to place and nn an ever ewer every purpose both bott for shelter from the eun sun and from the acol night air providing they arc are well venti vend in addition to adequate ahel shel ter all pasture lota lots tor for how hogs in sum mer should be provided with a bath in which the animals can go at will not eo so much to clean their bodies ns as to cool coot themselves hog hould not bo be forced to make a wallow in some daty filthy stagnant pool nt water in order to cool themselves iree provide each pasture lot with ith a mal small tank eight hy by eight feet square and ten inches deep made of plank rr er con crete set into the ground and have thie this supplied with fresh clean water once or twice a week which will not bold hold to exceed two or three barrels and to thie this bath each week you should add about two quarts of some 9 good coal tar disinfectant it will be found an excellent precaution against disease and particularly those of a parasitical nature and Is the mot most ct c method that I 1 know of for keeping tho animals free from lice ilce and vermin with these minor protections ag against alist sudden extremes in temperature thia this in I 1 ideal to hoge bogg of all ages concerning the soil little need be bald id for it 11 Is such in almost every s e action hat that 11 1 will produce a maxi mura m u m yield of all kind of cereal grains as well as peas bennis and other legumes and la in the most favor able sections corn cora crops can be very successfully grown in addition to all this we grow here the most vau vala able of all hop hog feeds in almost per f feet ec t form namely alfalfa A ith al at falfa dwar essex rape and english kale for forage a minimum amount ol 01 concentrated high priced grain grean la Is re quiren for best beat results the tito trouble has been in many instances to de tie pend altogether too much upon a falfa because it Is to a good forage people should not make the mistake 10 of depending upon it alone for a feel feed to raise and fallen fatten their hogs the hog bog Is 1 a gregarious animal and ie Is physiologically and anatomically more nearly like man than an other domestic animal his atom ach intestine intestines and arid hole system of digestion and assimilation Is al most a counterpart of the human and arid as a result lie tie cannot thrive on coarse bulky or very Ibe roua fool foot it la Is a good rule to follow in hog raising in all particulars to put your self in tho other fellow fellows a ilice i lice A bere here ou would thrive and wax tat mr hog will also think that he tie has ha entered hog heaven lou oi would mould not long maintain our health and strength on such a food ns alfalfa either green or I 1 li the form of hay nor will ill the hog do his hi best I 1 know that it Is to a common practice to turn brood bows and young pigs into an alfalfa lot and thru tharo th ru let lot them range during the most ot of the summer with out additional feed this Is a very serious mistake at no time in fit his uto history can as cheap gains be made on the hog as in tho the early stage stages of hie his ilfin an exper conducted under my direction at the fx perl ment station a number of eira ears ago it was learned that the proper tion of food of support or maintien ance to total feed in a 50 pound pig was 18 per cent with nith a pound piff pig 25 per cent aco pound pie pig 27 per lent and a pound pig 36 per cent I 1 brom aront tills this it will be seen thai that it takes take twice as much of the total percentage of the food eaten to co brako up tho food of support between a GO 60 pound pig and a pound pig again it aas found that in the case of a fio 50 pound pip pig it required 2244 4 pounds of dry matter in feed to produce pounds of gain in the pound pig it required 2 pounds of dry matter tt U prod produce pound rain gain and in a pound pig it required 95 8 pounds of dry matter to produce pounds of or gain J rom this it will be seen that the caller in life the piff PIK can bo be induced to eat largely nt of grain the greater the tte return that may be secured from a given aa amount of feed and this Is particularly true when the grain feed cin cn be fed in combi nation with alfalfa poi pictures tures As a maintien ince ration alfalfa will just about support a pig without allowing anything additional for gain in weight the more grain therefore that a hog can be induced to eat wha when on poturo the more rapidly the gain and tho the greater the profit with barley mill stuffs wheat peas rye oats and a n small amount of ct corn such as can be grown in this country we hivo nil rill of the necessary necess arv for the most profi profitable production of pork it may be said how ever that these grains must mu st be fed in proper combination to give palata ability and to auppl tho various nut rini ens and other alementa gle menta in prone pro tor for growth and development without any waste during the winter months roots and tubers such as all beets mangels turnips carrots and potatoes all of which mily bo be readily grown in this coun countey tily rill be found very valuable ae as supplemental feeds to the grain ration in addition to this we uve rive a ir rin tp idly growing dairy industry and the byproducts from ohp dairy in the form of skim and butter milk we have hayo aijo another ther v diable food supply which hran an best beat be utilized when fed to hogs concerning the matter of disease there Is in no large section of arable land in tho the united states that Is ns tree from the to which the g Is heir ae as ie Is this Inter moin talc country the sunshine itne Is eo so bright and strong find and the atmos phere Is 1 so rare that all kinds of germ diseases have a poor chance tor for development As to the last and moat important factor which Is the demand or the market markets wo we have every evidence that in this respect this section of the united states Is pt rt the present time particularly favored the I list census report for 1910 gave give utah a population of 1 the a ime sime census rave utah a total of 84 64 hoge hogt pits or a over one hog tor eve ever five and ono half halt persona on the avesing av eing and this would require that eydi eaf hog in the state would have bare to be slaught cred pred durat the year whereas a large percentage or 0 them are kept over for breeding stock in the cas casp of idaho with a population of wo have a ho hox population of in which casp CARP wo we have A little over one half halt a hog for each person providing all were slaughtered it can be readily seen that these two states do not in themselves produce nearly enough pork for heir their own supply |