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Information on Raising Hogs in Northwest
Greatest Returns Per Dollar of Investment W hen Kept on Diversified Farms.
SeUing Dressed Hogs.
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sum m arized and put in readable form section, especially fo r pasture. As fo r
in th is book. I t may be obtained from fa tte n in g hogs, I use self feeders and
the O range Ju d d Company, New York, place them in th e pastures, and for w in
fo r $2.50 postpaid.
“ Ju d g in g L ive te r feed threshed an d u n threshed
S to c k ,” by Jo h n A. Craig, gives the grain. ”
best inform ation on judging hogs, to
Mr. C. J . Quinn, M ayville, who is one
g eth er w ith sim ilar inform ation con o f tho pioneer and m ost successful hog
cerning the judging of all other kinds grow ers of th a t section, w rites:
o f live stock. This book is one of tho
“ In w intering hogs of all kinds th e y
firs t th a t any farm er should buy. I t are allowed the run o f th e stu b b le
may bo obtained from Tho B re e d e r’s fields, and a fte r th e rain s graze on th e
G azette, Chicago, 111., fo r $1.50 p o st volunteer grain. Tho careful hog m an
paid.
will give them a feed onco a day of
T here are a num ber of books w hich whole w heat to bring them home; n ig h t
contain valuable inform ation on hog is the usual tim e. A little more eare is
raising, b u t p ractically all of th is in tak en of the brood sows which are ex
form ation is included in the books m en pected to have a litte r, b u t m any do not
tioned.
go to much trouble in th is respect, al
W ater for Hogs.
low ing them to find a place in w hich
I t is im p o rtan t th a t hogs he supplied to have th e ir young, m ostly an old
w ith an abundance of drinking w ater. straw stack. The sows aro driven homo
This, how ever, does not mean th a t it is as soon ns p racticab le a fte r farrow ing,
absolutely necessary to have running so th a t th e coyotes do not g et too larg a
w ater, or even the proverbial hog w al a percentage of the pigs. These sows
low, b u t clean drinking w ater should are fed w heat or barley, whole or chop
ped as the ow ner m ay happed to have.
bo w ithin th e ir reach a t all times.
In th e stric tly dry farm ing sections The hogs intended for sale usually have
tho question of w ater supply is f r e the run of th e stu b b le fields u n til th e
q u en tly a serious one, especially w here best has been gotten, then they are con
it has to bo hauled for any considerable fined in a feed lo t and fed w h eat or
distance. The average hog will con barley chop in self-feeders, allow ing
sume about ten pounds of w ater daily, them to e a t all th e y w ant u n til they aro
thus tho hauling from d is ta n t points ready for m arket. Some shelter of somo
will entail somo expense, in fact, it may kind is generally provided so th ey c a a
be so much as to preclude the success get in out of the storm s.
ful grow ing o f hogs. W hen w ater is
“ Sum m ering hogs as a general rule
scarce and d iffic u lt to obtain w atering consists in tu rn in g them loose to p rey
devices which reduce tho w aste to the upon an y th in g and ev ery th in g th ey can
minimum should be provivded. One find, no m a tte r to whom it m ay bo-
form consists of a covered wooden long. T his is w hat has brought the hog
trough w ith holes in the cover ju s t in d u stry into such disrepute in th is lo
large enough to adm it tho h o g ’s m outh, cality. The man who has hogs and who
or constructed in such a m anner th a t has any respect for his neighbors, sows
w ill p revent th e hog from p u ttin g his a p astu re of fa ll w heat or rye, w h eat
feet in the w ater. A nother device con preferred, in to w hich he tu rn s his hogs
sists of a square, tig h t bottom trough and supplem ents th is w ith a feed o f
about six inches deep and ju s t large grain once a day. I f given p len ty of
enough for a barrel stan d in g on an end pasture th ey w ill do well. T his con
to f it snugly. A hole is bored on the tinues u n til h arv est when tho yare tu rn
side near the bottom , and one on the ed into the stubble fields. O f course,
u p p er end, th e barrel is filled w ith wa w here the farm er has a lfa lfa he uses
te r, tho end plugged and the plug on th a t w ith a sm all ratio n o f grain. The
th e side rem oved. The w ater will flow g reat draw back is the w an t of m ore
from the b arrel au tom atically as it is bulky feed than grain to b rin g hogs to
consumed by th e hogs. In refillin g the m atu rity . F arm ers who have been m ost
plugs are reversed.
Tho b arrel and successful are those who are able to
trough should be secured solidly so the buy th in hogs, raised b y men who h ad
hogs may not root them over.
farm s in the tim ber and could le t th e ir
M ethods of Successful Growers.
sows run a t large and brin g in a litte r,
A t the request of tho D irector of th is b u t who did not raise grain w herew ith
statio n , th e follow ing m ethods have to fa tte n tho pigs. These hogs w ere
bought in the fall and p u t on the s tu b
been kindly fu rn ish ed ;
Mr. A. A. Bonney, T ygh V alley, ble and fed chop u n til so ld .”
w rites th a t he w intered 10 brood sows
upon a lfa lfa h ay w ith o u t supplem ent
ary feed, and th a t th e y bro u g h t good
litte rs of strong, h ealthy pigs. I t was
estim ated th a t those sows would con
New and seeond-hand Sacks o f all
sume about ten pounds o f hay each per
kinds. H op Cloth, B urlap and Tw ine,
day.
Mr. H. W. Strong, Moro, who is rec Sacks of all kinds m anufactured. We
ognized as a very successful farm er and ship anyw here and b u y everywhere^
C ountry orders solicited.
hog grow er, w rites:
“ For spring and ram m er p astu re I
WINKLEMAN BAG CO.
sow fall and spring w h eat; fo r fall pas
O ldest, L argest Second H and B ag
tu re, grow eorn, milo maize and sorg
D alera in N orthw est.
hum. I th in k milo m aize w ill prove a
v ery p ro fitab le green food crop in this 173 F ro n t St.
Portland, Orat
Occasionally farm ers fin d it advis
T his is the six th o f a series • able to sell dressed hogs to th e local
of articles by tw o men well in- « trade.
Well finished hogs, w eighing
form ed upon w hat the hog ean ; approxim ately tw o hundred pounds,
do fo r th e N orthw ent.
• should dress from 75 to 80 per cent.
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<$> Hogs dressing over th is am ount m ust
bo heavy, f a t and fa irly well shrunk
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By JAMES E. WITHYCOMBE
before butchering. Hogs dressing un
and E. L. POTTER.
d er 75 per cent aro th iu or washy, and
OGS m ay be sold to to local b u tch perhaps have been fed on an excess of
er«, to buyers who will ship them th in or sloppy feeds. Y ounger hogs a l
by th e carload to P o rtlan d , or they w ays dress less than older ones. W ith
m ay bo shipped d irect by th e ow ner to these figures in mind it is not d ifficu lt
P o rtlan d . W henever th e hog supply is to estim ate w hether the ad v an tag e lies
in su ffic ie n t to m eet th e local dem ands w ith selling tho hogs dressed or on foot.
tho local prico will usually be more For instance, if good 200 pound hogs
th an tho P o rtlan d price, otherw ise the are selling for 7 1-2 cen ts and can be
butch ers pay ab o u t the shipping price. weighed d irect from th e feed lot they
S hippers buy sm all lots from tho d iffe r will b ring $15.00 per bead. Tho samo
• n t grow ers and ship in carloads. They hogs dressed will weigh 150 pounds
« p e r t , of eourse, to m ake a p ro fit and each, and in order to b rin g $15.00 m ust
such p ro fit is leg itim ate and perm iss sell for 10 cents per pound. T his will
ible. I f tho farm er has a carload of allow no p ro fit on the w ork of dressing.
his own it will in most cases pay b e tte r If, however, they can be sold for 10$
to ship thorn him self. I f ho does get cents, 75c per head will be received fo r
m ere th an th e shipper it will bo be th e dressing.
The best source of inform ation will
cause his ju dgm ent was b e tte r th an the
■ kipper’s, which is not usually th e case. bo found in close o bservation of th e re
C attle and sheep am usually sold sults obtained in the fa rm e r's own herd.
‘ • s h ru n k ” ; th a t is, th ey are eith er Closo observation m eans no guess
wmghed full of feod and docked about work, b u t requires th a t the feed and
fo u r or fiv e p er cont, or they are kept tho pigs both be weighed from tim e to
• ff o f feed and w ater for tw elve hours. timo in order th a t both th e gains and
Hogs, how ever, are o rd in arily sold the feed per pound g ain m ay be accu
“ f u ll,” th a t is, ju s t as thoy come from rately determ ined. Even then th e ob
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The P a c k e r's Model.
tho feed lot. W hen, however, th ey are
hauled or driven a considerable dis
tan ce before being weighed, th ere will
bi some shrink as com pared w ith the
w eights upon leaving th e feed lots. Oc
casionally buyers have gone into places
w here hog raising was new and the
farm ers were n n fam iliar w ith the busi
Bees, and made th e sellers believe it
w as custom ary to dock or shrink the
hogs a certain per eent. This is, of
Course, pure g ra ft.
r a y in g for E x a c t W eight.
I t Is custom nry fo r th e buyer to pay
exactly w hat th e hogs weigh when do
livered. The place whero th ey are
weighed will, of c o u r . b e su b ject to
m utual agreem ent. This “ s h r in k ” in
th e r-aso o f r a ttle or sheep is supposed
to eover to an e x te n t th e shrinkage
w hich occurs in tra n s it from th e ship
p in g point to th e larg er m arket. Even
when bought w ith a shrink of fiv e p e r
cent, r a ttle and sheep will not weigh
as much when they reach P o rtlan d or
B eattie as a t th e ship nng point.
leod c a ttle shipped from Corvallis
to P o rtlan d , a distance of about one
bond ed miles, shrink approxim ately 50
pounds per head from th eir shrank
Weight a t sta rtin g , th in ca ttle even
more. On longer ua«Js th e shrink is
g reater, b n t r o t in proportion
Hogs,
e th e other hand, weighed in the feed
lo t a t C orvallis and «hipped to P o rt
land will shrink b u t little , even though
»heir C orvallis w eight is not “ dock
Sd. ’’ In ease th e hogs are hauled in
(rem th e country a few miles ca d
w eighed in town th ey will w eigh as
■ n ch when they arriv e In P o rtlan d as
n t Corvallis. On a longer haul there
will be some shrink, b u t most of the
sh rin k comes in th e firs t tw o hundred
miles. Hogs will o ften go 1500 m il's
en a fiv e i r six per eent shrink.
F reig h t rates In th is country are
Rented en th e basis ef a e a rn a d , the
sa- being 3d feet 8 inches oi.g. Such
a ear, if single deck, will hold about
nne hundr.nl 200 pound hogs The dou
We deck ears have ju s t tw ice tho room,
h u t it is n o t custom ary to load tw ice
as b e e ry , _
se rra tio n m ust be extended over a large
num ber o f instances and through a eou
siderable len g th of time.
A Common F au lt.
A m ost common fa u lt is to m ake
sw eeping statem en ts on th e basis of
very lim ited observations.
One man
has a B erk /h ire sow th a t has only three
pigs. He th erefo re says: “ Berkshire«
are no good; they have only a few pigs
to th e li t t e r , ” when th e facts are th a t
the B erkshire is one of th e most p ro
lific breeds. There is no rule in stock
grow ing to which th ere is no exception;
in fact, tho so called rules are state
m ents of average®. When it is said the
B erkshire breed is prolific it is not
m eant th a t all sows of th a t breed have
large liters, b u t th a t th e av erage size
of th e B erk sh ire litte r is quite satis
facto ry . W hen th e statem en t is made
th a t th e usual am ount of grain required
per hundred pound gain on fa tte n in g
pigs is ab o u t 450 pounds, it should be ’
borne in m ind th a t ev er h a lf the pigs
fed will m iss th a t m ark by a t least 25
pounds, ene w ay or th e other, b u t when
a large num ber is fed th e average will
como close to th a t figure.
A nother good source o f inform ation
is to w atch th e practices o f neighbors.
Proper m ethods can be learned from
the successful growers, and methods to j
be avoided from th e unsuccessful. It
will also b s found helpful to w atch
hogs slaughters.! and eut up, and a trip
to tho P o rtlan d stock y ard s and p ack
ing p lan ts would be especially valuable.
A trip to P o rtlan d will be of more ben
s f it th an to tho large Chicago yards,
since P o rtlan d is th e logical m ark et for
Oreg. n hogs, and when hogs are sold
to local b u tch ers the price ia baaed on
P o rtlan d prices.
As a second sonree o f inform ation. I
books and papers are recommended
The best all around book on hogs is
“ Sw ine in A m erica,” by F. D. Coburn,
th e S ecretary o f th e K ansas S tate
Board o f A griculture. T his book gives
complete and accurate in form ation on
the various breeds, breeding, judging,
ft F I1 ÍC I
m arketing, g< neral care and manage-J
ment and feeding. D ata from all of the
•IS Pa
im portant b ulletins on hogs issued by
the various experim ent station* are
S A C K S
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