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Show New York's Porkers Make Good Showing Hog Raising Among Important Im-portant Industries of State. Bv John P. William, New York State College of Agriculture. WNU Service. A gross income of $7,840,000 from hogs places the porker among the important farm industries of New Xork state. Census totals for January, Janu-ary, 1030, show 231,000 hogs on New York state farms, but June figures, which would include the spring 'crop of pigs would Increase the total, he says. New York state farmers market large amounts of grain, hay, and pasture through hogs. An acre of alfalfa, clover, or rape saves more than 1,100 pounds of corn, and about 4G0 pounds of tankage when grazed by growing pigs. In the dry lot 350 to 400 pounds of grain and concentrates concen-trates make about 100 pounds of pork. A 400-pound brood sow eats about 2,000 pounds of grain when she raises two litters, and 1.S00 to 1,900 pounds when she raises one litter a year. Most of the 1,500 pure-bred hogs in New York state are in herds of from three to five sows. Chester White is the most popular breed, followed by: Berkshire, Duroc Jersey, Jer-sey, Poland China, and Hampshire. Most of the grade cross-bred pigs are sold at weaning time to buyers who fatten one, two, or three pigs for home-killing. A few feeders feed from 100 to 200 pigs a year; they make a business busi-ness of collecting garbage in cities which do not have disposal plants. Commercial pork production is not considered profitable in New York state, but a few pigs can be fed largely on garbage that is wasted, with some additional grain. |