Show R M YOUNG PORKER WILL MAKE CHEAPER GAIN when does a pig pie mh kelts cheapest gains and when does docs it sell tor for the highest price per pound this Is a question that often confronts the farmer who la Is raisins raising pigs for the market says prof L V starkey chief of the animal husbandry division at clemson college in discussing the marketing of hogs bogs experimental data prove beyond a doubt that the younger the pig tho the cheaper the gains A review of the pig market reveals another very interesting te fact namely that feeder pigs seil bell for a higher price per pound than those which are ready for the block if we put these two ideas together it would seem that there Is more money in producing feeder pigs than there Is in producing fat hogs ready for market of course there are many factors says professor starkey to take into consideration in producing feeder pigs for example fairly large litters must b be raised if tho the herd berd does not average average at least six pigs per litter there will be no money in it large litters and cheap pigs go together one reason why feeder pigs are so much in demand Is that there are so go many who do not keep a brood sow and yet they want one or two pigs to fatten for pork the man who produces feeder pigs on a large scale beale must have considerable equipment several small lots are necessary in order that not more than two brood sows bows may be in a lot usually good results cannot be obtained by keeping several brood sos and litters together with the small lot proposition there RISO also comes the problem of fresh water running streams are ideal tor for tile the hogs bogs but hard to keep fenced if water Is piped to tile the lots care must be taken so that there will be no mud wallows male pigs should be castrated cast rated n A from six to ten weeks of age the younger they are castrated cast rated the less will be the shock the best time to wean feeder pigs Is when they are eight weeks of age the greatest demand for feeder pigs Is in the fall when corn Is ready to be used at this time carlot shipments can be made |