Show 1 ft ot CHEAP CORN GOOD FEED FOR SWINE crop lacre increase ase means more grain will be available with afi in outlook increase tn creasa of 86 8 0 per cent iii in the acrea acreage gd to corn this year over them the united states as com compared pared with last year corn will likely sell pell foi or a louver price this fal fall than usual but what of that asks W NV 7 i shay swine exten extension slon the north carolina state col college legi it Is 13 likely that abat corn sold ns as grain will bring around 70 cents a bushel this fall last year the corn coin fed to hogs by 45 demonstrators demonstrator a in knorth carolina was waa sold for a bushel an increase in the corn crop in this state means th a t ve shall have more of tho the grain available as hog feed if it were not for the industrial depression hois hogs would be 66 selling now for 12 a hundred As it Is the price has bui been between 1050 andt and the hb per soli eon who breeds band and feeds feed his hogs od s properly can make a good profit at tills figure the outlook for the future Is b better et says mr shay there Is a decrease I 1 of oyer 18 per cent in the frozen dry salt and pickled pork now bw in storage compared with april 1 1929 then too the total number of hogs hoga an on the farms of 0 tb the united states as of january hj uary 1 1030 was between tand 7 and sp 8 per er cent less than on the same date of 1029 1020 1 mr shay says he doubts it any farmer jn in north carolina can find a better source of inc income ome or one tild that will return more profit than good corn corn find and good hogs proper properly handled the mai man who has these and knows aliat what to do with them and then thefil has hai a milk cow a flock of hens and n garden may enjoy one income in ill early fall another next spring have plenty plenay to eat and nefew few if any pressing debts to pay pastures help to make Good Profit 0 from hogs 1 pastures and hogging crops are an aa important aid to tb profitable pork production tn in minnesota and are indispensable pen sable when other feed Is limited by proper planning it Is possible to have a continuous an supply aply 0 of f grazing feeds from early spring until late in the fall says H GT G swine i specialist ecla list university farm SL 81 paul jn in a circular which mr has prepared and which lie will send free to any hog bro producer ducer he states that alfalfa cl rape are thu best past pastures ures for minnesota conditions and points out that rotating and alternating these crops aids in preventing disease find and increases the carrying capacity of the pasture nine different kinds of pastures are listed th in the circular mex twid d and P IY table given showing how much seed tol to plant of each croper crop or combination the lier period lod of the y year ear when it will be ready for grazing and the number of pigs pig sper per acre each crap will properly earry arry six different crop combinations for hogging offart oft are listed and accod I 1 by a sim ilar table of 0 informal In forma uon tion I log ilog down corn hogging down corn coin ts Is a satisfactory I 1 plan to follow in fattening hogs tor for market marke t provided con conditions editions are arc a satisfactory 8 fa actor y for this practice Ho however weTer it if there Is much rainy wi weather ather during the period the hogs are running edthe in the cornfield it Is very likely that more corn born will be required to produce pounds of gain because some corn will be wasted in the mud some protein supplement will be required for it the he most economical gains |