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Show CAREFUL HOG FEEDING NECESSARY. In many parts of the United Stales ' those who are feeding hogs must figure fig-ure very carefully to make a profit out i of the business even at present high prices. In the heavy corn producing States like Illinois, Iowa and Indiana the price of 100 pounds of hogs at the farm this spring has generally been 'about the price of twelve bushels of I corn This gives a sale margin to work on Feeders In those states are accustomed to figure that they can make 00 pounds of pork from ten bushels of corn Bui during the five-year five-year period. 1910-14. the price of 100 pounds of hogs would pay for about fourteen to fifteen bushels of corn. There must be less waste of feed now I and less loss from disease if feeders are to feel satisfied with the season's returns. Taking the average farm prices ieported for the whole country this spring, 100 pounds of hogs would J pay for only ten bushels of corn, while 'for the five year period referred to they would pay fot twelve bushels. These comparisons sugResl that the bulk of the pork now going to market has little profit In It. The very Be-1 ere winter cut down gains on young hogs during January and February. so that the returns this year are less than usual. Making pork for immediate marketing is as much a matter of pa triotism as anything else, and yel there is nothing else to do with large , shotes that have been on a full feed i but to push them right along to market mar-ket weights and condition. To turn them on pasture without grain would mean a severe setback and very little i net gain for the entire summer. Pas-! Pas-! ture and corn can be counted on to put ' the finishing touches on fall shotes With economy and dispatch. Hogs and pigs that are to be carried on through the summer must muko large use of I green feed in order to keep down the! cost of gains, and conserve corn for' its final use in fattening both hogs and other meat animals. The luxurious clover with which most of the coun- 'try Is blessed will be of Inestimable' service in this summer's hog feeding. ' The Breeder's Gazette. |