112 MONEY MAKING FROM PORK 



of care and feed. These essentials should receive the 

 greatest of attention at all times. 



Farmers need to learn the merits of rape, carrots, 

 Canada peas and alfalfa or clover. Hogs can be brought 

 along nicely for the first six months without much 

 corn if they can have a nice patch of forage such as 

 alfalfa or rape. Skimmed milk is a wholesome and cheap 

 addition. They can be finished on peas or corn, as cir- 

 cumstances dictate, and will show a large profit at 8 to 

 10 months. Animals fed in this way produce extra fine 

 pork and it is possible to have private customers who 

 will take the dressed carcasses, wholly or in part, at 

 fancy prices. 



While hogs grow into money fast, the question of 

 economical feeding must not be overlooked. If the feeder 

 does what he should for his hogs on grass he will feed 

 some corn or other grain along each day to furnish the 

 pig more nutrients than he can secure in his grass diet 

 and also to help concentrate his ration. 



If this is kept up to the time in the pig's life when 

 he is 6, 7 or 8 months of age he is then a large pig, 

 growthy and strong, but not in any condition to market. 

 He has built up his frame and muscle work large enough 

 so that by feeding six weeks or two months longer he 

 can be finished off on corn into the prime pork the market 

 pays the long price for. 



This last period is called the finishing or fattening 

 period, but this does not mean that the pig, which has 

 been allowed to roam over a grass pasture (or, better 

 still, a clover pasture) and been fed perhaps a pound or 

 two pounds of corn or other grain in the evening just to 

 keep him growing fine, should be kept in an 8xio foot pen 

 and stuffed on corn. He will not do best under these 

 conditions. He wants some good clean soil to eat every 

 day as he had all the rest of his life. He wants a fifty- 

 yard straightaway where he can scamper and shake up 



