Show PORK production FOR MILLARD COUNTY farmers of 0 these parts should go into ate production ot of pork on oil sufficiently large scale to make it a real industry says john allen alien progressive gres sive farmer of 0 flowell Fl owell pigs can call always be marketed tor for cash and nearly always at a fair price al mr r allen alien continued by way of 0 explanation that argument should talk loud with farmers an autumn like this in answer to the argument of some of our farmers that it is just trading dollars if you have good luck to market your grain through pigs mr allen alien admitted that pigs will often eat their heads off on grain diet ills his answer to that argument however is that it is simply foolishness to try to raise pigs on a straight grain diet in the frist place grain is not a balanced ration and in the second place it is tar far too expensive ills his contention Is that hogs should be largely grown on alfalfa eichter green as pasture or ground dry and mixed with ground grain and perhaps molasses farmers of this locality are ideally situated for the production of both grain and alfalfa hay grain upon their new and rapp idly growing dry land sections and alfalfa on their irrigated farms alfalfa hay is one of the richest of known feeds in protein mineral and vitar vl tamine alne content and lalni almost ost perfectly balances a grain ration ground and mixed with grain with probably a little molasses added for palatability it would make a teed feed of even superior quality at from 25 to 50 per cent less cost mr air allen alien says that good beet syrup or molasses can be purchased in quantities tor for a cent a pound f another another possibility tor for the pro aaion tion of cheap teed feed tor for hogs logs mr air allen alien thinks is the growing ot of stock carrots with what late season water r Is available carrots will grow from 10 io 20 tons to the acre and are readily eaten by pigs to tiny grinder so much confidence has mr air allen alien in its his ideas on oil this matter that lie he strongly contemplates buying a large grinder that will chop hay h ay grind grain and mix the two together in any desired proportions the machine will be too large an investment for just his personal use but lie he says lie he has already secured the i pro promise anise of custom work from several of the larger feeders of 0 the vicinity the machine will be drawn from place to place and there operated by the tractor that he uses to operate ills his threshing machine ile he will be able of course to make teed feed for or any kind of livestock live stock but in ills his own case intends entering the hog 1109 business mr allen alien is know feeding fifty pigs whatever else may be said ol of the undertaking it is certain that there Is a dire need ot of some means of marketing the feeds produced in this section it Is also certain that in ill many parts ot of the country where alfalfa hay can not be so successfully grown or cured it is imported at great cost to be used in the balancing of practically every kind of livestock and poultry teed feed in fact act it is classed as the choicest ot of all legume feeds why not commercialize upon that tact fact millard county is almost wholly dependent upon its agricultural resources any step toward the scientific production of 0 more marketable produce or livestock Is certainly a boon to bae county and should receive all the cooperation and encouragement tile the undertaking seems to merit the above ideas are not an experiment peri ment in any sence of the word but are age old practices in the more highly developed parts of our nation it is merely a step toward placing ahe the farmer of this locality on a basis able of competing with his east rn brother with the added advantage og being geographically near one of the best pork markets in the world namely los angeles |