Bemidji Daily Pioneer Newspaper, May 20, 1916, Page 4

Making the Little i Farm Pay % By C. C. BOWSFIELD A vital point in the feeding of ani- mals and poultry on any farm is the eost of grain. With this is connected the yearly value of the land requirad for range. ‘Expenses should be figured out carefully in all farm enterprises 80 that the profits can be ascertained. Mixed feeding, if successfully carried on, provides pasturage for hogs and fowls as well as for cattle, horses and sheep. The land has a definite value, which must be counted in all opera- tions. In nearly every section land is reckoned on the basis of $5 an acre. This is a fair average, so that a farm- er using five acres as a hog pasture LITTER OF SPRING PIGS. has the item of $25 to charge against the pork to begin with. Another fact which needs emphasis is that the use of pasturage enables farmers to ralse meat animals and poultry at a low cost. Spring pigs will grow to a weight of 125 to 150 pounds on skimmilk and alfalfa, with the lightest of grain rations, at the age of five or six months, and will be in a state of health and vigor when fattening time approaches. In this growing period a light dally feed of corn, peas, barley or wheat middlings will give good results, but in times when grain is dear the animals will come along nicely on skimmilk and alfalfa, especlally if a mess of car- rots can be pulled and thrown to them once a day. Such a dlet will give a rapid and vigorous growth, fitting the animal to produce a high quality of pork as market time approaches anel beavy grain feeding is adopted. ‘When the fattening period arrives it is best to continue the hogs on their alfalfa range, at least on bright days. and keep up a fair supply of skim- milk, carrots and middlings even after the animals have become accustomed to heavy corn ratlons. A good quality of corn is unsurpassed for finishing pork, but at times it 1s too dear to be extensively used. Mixed feeds may produce greater gains, but the quality of the pork is not so good, and the shrinkage while on the road to market Is greater than with corn fed hogs. If the pigs are well bred at the beginning and handled in the manner suggested they should be capable of reaching a weight of 250 pounds at eight months of age. Unless the feeder is approxi- mating this figure he 18 not doing his best. Pork produced In this way costs from 3 to 4 cents a pound, whereas meat animals fed heavily on grain all summer cost the farmer 5 to 6 cents. A 200 pound hog which brings $15 to $17 after being raised at a total ex- pense of $7 to $9 is a valuable product. This is only one of the vital consid- erations. The health of pigs is most secure when they have a fleld of al- falfa, clover, rape or artichokes, to- gether with clean water and shade. Thousands of farmers lose their herds every year by hog cholera, a prevent- able disease. Pigs that are confined in a yard and raised largely on corn are much more apt to have cholera, fever or worms than those that have a clean fleld to rustle in. Any farmer watching the growth of his hogs can tell to what extent these forage crops should be supplemented with grain to balance the ration and to prevent an abnormal growth of stomach and in- testines at the expense of a more de- sirable development. Experts agree that they have never been able to make up rations for growing pigs that would produce as good results as one in which skimmilk is about one- fourth the mixture. It should be the constant aim to get uniform growth with home grown and comparatively inexpensive feed. In the above I have copsidered the usual system of growing spring pigs into pork for marketing at an age of about eight months. Every farmer should also consider the advantages of carrying over a few rangy hogs for bacon purposes. When this tdea is taken up the clover or alfalfa patch be- comes an urgent necessity. In grow- ing rangy bacon hogs to a weight of about 350 pounds In sixteen or eight- een months the fattening is not to be hurried, and therefore pasturage, skim- milk and carrots work profitably into the scheme. Wa g Humus. Our soils are running short in humus. And still we are burning straw! Straw will keep up the humus content of the soil if spread over the farm and al- lowed to rot. ©000000000000000000000000 8 CARELESS SPRAYING. ¢ o ° 00000000000000000000000000 Spraying in ordinary language means covering the plants treated. Every part of the surface should be covered with a fine mist. Spraying a little Wiquid spray into the tree to cover gbout half of the surface is not spray- ing, but unfortunately many folks think that it is. ‘When you spray cover the tree or dont spray at-all. A single unsprayed part of the thee, foliage or fruit leaves ks a door for the entrance of disease or provides food for insects. Once started on a tree these pests will usually man- age to develop. In a short time much of the spray may be washed off by rains. and the results will be almost the same as if no spraying had been done. If you have half sprayed your trees instead of covering them with a fine mist blame yourself if little good results. Spray is effective only when applied in the right way.—Oklahoma Station. HOW TO ANSWER BLIND ADS. All ads signed with numbers, or initials, care Pioneer must be an- swered by letter addressed to the aumber given in the ad. Ploneer em- vloyes are not permitted to tell wao any advertiser is. Mail or send your answer to Ploneer No. , or Initial , and we forward it to the ad- vertiser. PAID ADVERTISEMENT. Ordered for Ed. L. Rogers by D. A. Peterson, amount paid for service, $10.00. EDWARD L. ROGERS Republican Candidate for Congre: Sixth District. PLATFORM. 1. A protective tariff representing the different between cost of production at home and abroad. . Tederal aid for improving and con- stricting of public highways. 3. A system of rural credits provid- ing loans to farmers at a low rate of in- terest. 4. Modification of the 1855 treaty. 5. Budget system for expenditure of public moneys in place of old “pork bar- rel” system. 6. Adequate preparedness for defen- sive purposes only. 7. "Encouraging the development of water powers on the public domain and continuation of the reclamation project. 8. Adequate revision of the naviga- tion laws to the end that the building up of an American.merchant marine may be assured. 9. He stands for and will favor any legislation that will better the condition of the laboring class and fermers of this country. Edw. Rogers was born forty years ago in_Aitkin county, attended Minneapolis public schools, Cralisle Indian school, Dickenson college, and the University of Minnesota. FHe graduatéd from the ‘aw department of the University in 1904. He was Judge of Probate of Mahnomen county, and is serving his second term as County Attorney of Cass county. ADVERTISEMENT (Authorized and to be paid for by ihe Baudette Region for Helic Clem- entson. Price for series $20.00.) HELIC CLEMENTSON Candidate for Representative of the 62nd District at the Primaries in June, 1916. “My Platform is Com- mon Sense Legislation for Northern Minnesota.” ADVERTISEMENT (Authorized and to be paid for by the Buckman Campaign Committee. Price for series $20.00.) C. B. BUCKMAN. Republican Candidate for CONGRESS Sixth District, Minnesota to be voted on at the June primaries Friend of the working man. Farmer and stock raiser. Lumberman and builder. Has spent a busy, active, success-| the- new grape drink for everybody. We make it good in our model sanitary bottlery—right here i in town. ‘Watch for our important announcement. 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