Show IDEAL conditions FOR SWINE RA RAISING ISING 0 at az i r X A 4 0 X amp N P 11 et k T k tv y N na Y s y V ar X PIGS ON COWPEA PASTURE beltsville FARM MD from the united states depart department in ent ol of agriculture swine are arc profitably grown in every locality and on almost every type of soil in the united states although the most heavily stocked region Is found in the corn bolt belt the east bust and the south are increasing the number ber ot of their swine nt at a rapid rate very largely because of the uso use of pasture tops crops to replace part of the grain ration in fact hogs are grown tin under many different methods of farming and fed upon a great variety of crops showing that they are well bell adapted to almost any condl condition tion found upon the farms of this country location ideal location an ideal location Is on a well drain ed farm possessing a rich soil that will produce grasses and other forage as well as the grains needed for fattening the hogs bogs this does not mean however that only those farmers holding rich level lands should raise liggs for as a alter of fact hogs are most easily handled on farms that are som somewhat rolling for the production of forage crops the rolling farm la is often as good as the level one find frequently has the added advantage of shade and a better water supply the hill farmer does not have the best of it in all things but in many instances he has certain advantages which he be does not appreciate in locating the question of a market also must be considered and the I 1 facilities tor for reaching it most communities muni ties are connected with the large central live stock markets by the railroads but these will be of little avail it if the roads to the railroads are poor good roads are ot inestimable immor batice for among other things they enable the farmer to market his products at any and all times right number of hogs HOBS the number of hogs for each farm must lie be determined by a study of cat conditions and the type of farming the maximum number of hogs per acre is found on farms chiefly or wholly devoted to the raising of that class ot of stock as for example farms in n the state of iowa inhere here it is quite common to see farms stocked with several ggs ga to the acre while the average for the entire state is one to every three acres of improved farm land under average conditions la in this country however hogs return the largest profit when raised to utilize waste products and when kept for this purpose alone the number will depond upon the quantity of yaste waste products to be consumed skim milk from dairy herds shattered g gi nin aln from grain fields unmarketable products from the truck farm undigested grain in the droppings of ani fattening bening steers and many other oilier minor wastes on the average farm ire are examples of feedstuffs feed stuffs which would be wasted were it not for their utilization by the thrifty farmer fr the production of pork utilize waste products in order to utilize some of these products it Is necessary to have a number of pigs on hand for a relatively short time on account of the perishable nature of these feeds the rest of the year the fattening pigs and the breeding stock must be maintained upon teed feed raised expressly for their consumption and while they tire are not kept at a loss during this time still the greatest profit Is derived when they are eating the cheap feed in the form of waste products tle the number of hogs which can utilize the waste to the best advantage cheref therefore ore should bo be the limited factor in determining the number of hogs to the farm on farms in the corn belt bell where hogs are raised simply to m market ar the corn crop on the hoof the number Is controlled by the amount of corn which can profitably be raised to fatten them ti wowe 1 yv LARGE YORKSHIRE SPLENDID TYPE FOR BACON |