Show I l fl r C n U g u SPECIALIZE IN FEEDER HOGS 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 Agriculture Feeder hogs perfect as to specification tion nn and designed to satisfy the thc most discriminating purchaser are arc exported annually from the Belle Fourche reclamation project South Dakota Approximately carloads carlon s of cholera- cholera fl free ee and raised alfalfa porkers are shipped each ench season The output for forthe forthe the thc last few years has been purchased by Nebraska a farmers who fatten nn and condition the hogs for the central mar mar- A special n advantage vantage about such shipments is that the thc animals need not be held in quarantine while vaccinated vaccinated nate to satisfy the requirements of Interstate shipment an and the purchaser does not have to bear benr ad added e expenses such as asar yardage ar age and feed costs which he Iw would woul have haye to pay If he bought his stock hogs bogs on the central market marlet The Belle Fourche project was recently recently recently re re- declared free from ch cholera lera by byca ca u h fEIn Mt k ry w wr r y y Jt 0 0 v. j t tj t t 3 hj i i. i r t X d t. v ii 4 f I It t V rt d v r o n J oJ Dakota Farmers Specialize In Feeder Hog Production the state state- live stock sanitary board The hog growers of that section have decided It Is most profitable for them to produce fee feeder er 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 hogs hog a hazardous undertaking On the other other other oth oth- er hand alfalfa hay Is grown rown in abundance abundance abundance dance an and the pasture afforded e is keenly relished b by the hogs logs Hence Hence the project farmers are limiting their operations to fee hog feeder production A operative co live stock shipping association as as- has been organized on the Belle Fourche project to market the hogs in unique fashion this fall fail The plan pran Is to secure carload carloa orders for these hogs so that they may be he shipped out in small train loads londs for delivery to io points east of the time Missouri river The Idea is to have about fifteen cars of hogs In each train these cars being loaded at Newell ewell and on the project and to be carried to destination destination destina destina- tion ton without stopping for feed or water wa wn- water ter within the hour 30 limit Information Information Information mation Is being promulgated among the prospective bu buyers buers ers along the route regarding ing the frel freight ht rates on a minimum minimum minimum mini mini- mum car of feeder hogs so that they can estimate accurately the gross ross cost of such a load of quality feeders delivered delivered de de- livered at their destination The hogs sold old during the fall of 1018 1918 ranged from 16 to 21 cents a pound f. f o. o b. b cars cats some of the loads being sold above the market quotation and some of them un under er The Belle Fourche plan of ot marketIng market market- In lag Ing fee feeder er hogs hobs should be of Interest to other stock raisers misers and feed feeders In valious various va va- lious rious sections of the country mu illustrating trat- trat ing In as ns it does a new method of feed feed- animal er-animal distribution Handling through a operative co shipping association association association asso asso- directly r from the pro producer to the purchaser makes it certain that the bu buyer er will receive the hogs at his station at a 11 minimum cost for handling In transit Furthermore the fact that th the tho animals f come from a free cholera country II Is positive insurance against losses from that disease If the hogs are not exposed to Infection In transit or subsequent to their delivery at nt their new homes Prospects are that in the future many South Dakota farmers In Inthe inthe the eastern part of the state who raise considerable corn and make a practice of or feeding the grain to hogs will rely to a fl certain extent on the time animals coming com corn ing lag from the Belle Fourche project |