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Show ket. If the young pigs are weaned in June they can be turned Into an alfalfa al-falfa pasture after the first cutting. With the addition of a little cut grain they will make an astonishing gain. Then, when the grain la cut In July or August they can be turned Into the stubble field where they will gain rap-Idly rap-Idly In weight and put on fat. A month's finishing with plenty of cut barley and alfalfa will put tbem up to 200 or more pounds and In prime condition con-dition for the market about January, at a price from $16 to $20 each. Hogs that are born later In the summer sum-mer can be pastured In the stubble fields snd alfalfa all winter, a we have so little snow that the fields are comparatively clear all winter. With wheat selling at $1.30 per hundred and barley at $1.10, It is worth twice as much when turned Into pork. Sows fed on alfalfa during pregnancy do not devour their young, while the dry and sunny climate and pure water of this section make cholera, the dread of the Eastern hog raisers, unknown bere. Then, we have the advantage of nearby near-by market. One hog raiser Is going to kill and dress bis hogs and send them to Bingham, where he will get lf.c per pound for them. While there Is little danger of overdoing over-doing the hog business here, prices are not likely to keep up to the present pres-ent figure for an Indefinite time, and we think farmers should get Into the dairy business as fast as possible. Put some of your profits from hogs Info d:iiry cows. While we do not have much summer pasture, the farmer can well afford to feed his stock alfalfa hay during the few months they can not be turned out. With plenty of stock the farmer will have manure to fertilise his land and provide the humus hu-mus It needs. He can then raise some sugar beets and every other variety of vegetable for which this soil is so well adapted when properly prepared. PROFITS OF HOC RAISING. The farmers of Millard County are finding out that the hog Is the most efficient animal for taking their crop of grain and making It gain. In com paring the cost of raising and fattening hogs In Millard County and the Kast find a big advantage for Utah. Ex , perlments at the Indiana experiment " -station have shown that It costs $1 39 ;per 100 pounds in gain. In talking with om bog raisers on the north tract they expressed the opinion that It did not cost more than $3 per hog to raise Xhero bere from the time they were weaned until they were ready to mar- |