Hogs the Most Profitable of All Live Stock 



Hogs 



Hog raising is more generally practiced throughout the State, perhaps, than 

 any other branch of the live-stock industry and, on the whole, is very successful 

 and profitable, with a superior class of animals being the rule rather than the 

 exception. One of the greatest stimuli to this branch of the industry has been 

 the Boys' Pig Clubs fostered and encouraged by the co-operative action of the 

 Federal Government, the Extension Service of the Louisiana State University 

 and local interests. All varieties of crops suitable for hog feeding can be raised 

 both of a succulent and concentrated character, at a minimum cost, when 

 intelligently handled. 



We believe we are correct in the statement that more money changes hands 

 in the State every year as the result of hog production than from any other 

 branch of the live-stock industry. It may be stated here that while hogs are 

 subject to their diseases, like other animals, Louisiana has its Live-Stock Sanitary 

 Board, or "Health of Animals Department," whose chief efforts are to try to 

 prevent, control and eradicate diseases of a contagious nature, including cholera, 

 and has a plant of its own for the production of serum, which hog owners may 

 obtain at a minimum cost. 



Of the different breeds of hogs in the State may be mentioned the Duroc 

 Jersey, Berkshire, Poland China, Hampshire and a few Tamworths and Essex. 

 There are also some Yorkshire and other varieties of the white-skinned breeds. 

 If one should be guided by numbers the Duroc would seem to be the more 

 generally popular breed. 



Sheep 



Sheep raising in Louisiana may be said to be in its infancy, although the 

 conditions are favorable and the possibilties great, which are gradually coming 

 to be realized. But in the aggregate the State possesses quite a large number 

 of sheep on the different piny woods ranges, which up to the present have 

 been of a somewhat inferior quality and kept mainly for their annual wool-clip, 

 which costs the owners but little to produce. Of later years, however, a con- 

 siderable number of pure-bred rams have been imported for grading purposes 

 with resultant improvement generally, in both mutton and wool kinds. Still 

 there is great room for improvement and with the possibilities for success in 

 this important branch of husbandry in the hands of men thoroughly familiar 

 with it, there is no question that it could be made most profitable, especially 

 in mutton production primarily, either as a farm or as a range proposition. 



A good many of the Down or mutton breeds are represented, such as the 

 Shropshire, Hampshire, Southdown, some Horned Dorsets and Merinos, chiefly 

 the Rambouillet. 



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