1896 
THE RURAL NEW-YORKER 
859 
CHEAP PORK FOR THE SOUTH. 
Are artichokes, chufas and other comparatively 
new ci’ops more profitable for the Southern hog 
raiser than corn, sweet potatoes, peanuts and 
the other well-known Southern crops ? What is 
the cheapest way to make pork in the Gulf States ? 
Texas. h. t. f. 
A Combination for Mississippi. 
No one crop will make “ the cheapest 
hog food ” for the South, though half a 
dozen different ones may be the cheapest 
at different times of the year. For early 
spring, I prefer turf oats, vetches and 
Alfalfa, the latter lasting well through 
the summer. For early fall feed, sor¬ 
ghum is the cheapest, and a little later, 
sweet potatoes and peanuts will make 
more pork in proportion to their cost 
than will any other crops we grow. On 
suitable soil, such as may be found on 
almost every farm, from 200 to 400 bush¬ 
els of sweet potatoes can be grown per 
acre, and the hogs do all the harvesting. 
Peanuts are grown almost as easily, and 
though the yield is not half so large, 
they are worth, acre for acre, fully as 
much as the sweet potatoes. These will 
last until December, when artichokes 
are ready, and so the supply of green 
food, all of which is harvested by the 
hogs themselves, is kept up until oats 
and Alfalfa are ready again. I have tried 
Stachys, chufas and several other similar 
crops, but have found none which gives 
as good results as those named above. 
Mississippi Ex. Station. s. m. tract. 
Half-Cent Pork in Louisiana. 
We have had extensive experience in 
the growing of what might be called 
the forage crops for hog and stock pur¬ 
poses, and upon such soils as we have in 
Louisiana, neither the artichoke nor the 
Chufa is as profitable to grow as many 
other crops that we could substitute in 
its place. We are growing very success¬ 
fully in several parts of this State, hogs 
upon a most economical scale, by adopt¬ 
ing the following policy : In the fall of 
the year, rust-proof oats are sown, which 
ripen early in May. Upon these oats, 
the hogs are turned (small areas at a 
time), and as soon as the oats are de¬ 
stroyed, a crop of sweet corn is approach¬ 
ing maturity in an adjoining lot. Upon 
this the hogs are turned, and so attrac¬ 
tive is the corn that, at this stage, they 
will devour each stalk, ear and all. 
From the corn field they are turned into 
an adjacent lot of early sorghum, where 
they demolish the stalk in the same 
way. From this they are turned into an 
adjoining lot of Spanish peanuts. From 
this they are turned into a corn field 
filled with early Whip-poor-will peas. Of 
course, it is needless to say that they 
will greedily devour all of these plants. 
From the corn field, they are turned into 
sweet potato patches, which last until 
late in the fall, when the hogs are ripe for 
the shambles. In this way, the hog is 
made to gather his own crop, feed him¬ 
self, and by a rotation of crops, a small 
area will be able to furnish a large 
amount of forage. There is one farmer 
in this State who, last year, raised 67 
hogs, weighing over 250 pounds apiece, 
upon less than 10 acres of ground sown 
and harvested in the above described 
manner, and the only absolute money 
cost to him was the labor in cultivating 
the crops, which was very small. I re¬ 
gard the sweet potatoes and Spanish 
peanuts as being, perhaps, the most 
profitable feed we can grow. I may say 
further, that by the addition of an 
Alfalfa patch, which is ready for the 
hogs in early winter if sown in October, 
we can carry hogs the whole year 
through upon fresh fields and pastures 
new, all of which will be both nutri¬ 
tious and fattening, and in this way, 
hog raising can be carried on better in 
the State of Louisiana than in any other 
portion of the country. It is estimated 
that several of our farmers are, by this 
process, raising hogs at a net cost of 
less than one-half cent a pound. 
WM. c. STUBBS. 
Director Louisiana Ex. Station. 
BRINGING A HEIFER TO MILK. 
In answer to the question, “ Which is 
the better treatment of cows that lose 
their first calf about the time they be¬ 
gin to spring bag—to let them go dry or 
to try to bring them to milk ? ” I have 
not had a very great experience in the 
matter, not having had a cow of any 
age lose her calf during the past four 
years. But four years ago this winter, 
I had several heifers lose their calves at, 
say, from two to three months before 
they were due to calve. I brought all 
of these heifers to milk, which is the 
course I would advise in any case, if the 
heifer is of especial value ; otherwise, I 
would let her go dry, and beef her as 
soon as possible. I do not think that it 
would be advisable to let her go dry an¬ 
other year, because she would be likely 
to get fat during the following summer, 
which would injure her as a dairy cow 
in the future. Again, all the milk she 
would give during this first year, would 
be clear gain, for it certainly would not 
injure her to milk her, and I think that 
it would be a decided benefit. 
As to the method of bringing the heifer 
to milk, I think that a vigorous young 
calf will do this better than anything 
else. With the heifers I have mentioned, 
I put a calf with them at once. It takes 
a little time to get the heifer reconciled 
to the situation, but a little perseverance 
will do it. The calf may be allowed to 
suck another cow, or may be fed a little 
to make up the deficiency of the heifer. 
As soon as she loses the calf, I place 
her in a warm, comfortable box stall, 
and give her liberal feeds of bran, to 
which is added a small quantity of oil 
meal, say a teacupful twice a day. I 
give her feed in the form of a warm 
mash, and allow her to eat it while try¬ 
ing to milk her or letting the calf suck. 
This will divert her attention, and she 
will give her milk more readily. After 
I am satisfied that she will not injure 
the calf, I allow it to remain with her 
and suck at will unless, after a time, I 
think that the calf worries her too 
much, when I let it with her only a 
short time several times a day. After 
a little, I add some corn meal to her 
ratioD, and feed her as heavy as 1 think 
she will stand, for, after losing a calf, 
a cow needs the best of care and feed to 
briDg her into condition again. 
I am not a friend of condition powders 
and patent cow foods, for they usually 
cost several times what they are worth, 
and are very likely not to fit our case at 
all, even though there is any virtue in 
them. A tablespoonful of powdered 
gentian root is a good tonic in case of a 
poor appetite, to be given once a day 
with the feed ; but if the cow is really 
sick, call a competent veterinarian at 
once. I would let the heifer come in 
heat three or four times before allowing 
her to be served again j. grant morse. 
Ensilage and Grain. —In regard to 
the question asked on page 843, I would 
say that I am not in love with cotton 
and linseed meal, although each is good 
in its place. I have fed both, but never 
thought I got my money out of them. 
My favorite feed is-corn meal, middlings, 
and wheat bran or shorts, equal parts 
by the ton, a ton of each well mixed 
together, and fed on the ensilage by 
measure, four quarts at a time, morning 
and evening. Of course, if I want to 
crowd my cows, I give some ration at 
noon, and if I have some larger cows, I 
give them a little more. The above is 
for cows in full milk. The ensilage and 
hay is all right. In either case of cows 
that have been milking six months, I 
would give three quarts twice a day of 
the same mixture of meal, middlings 
and shorts, unless, perhaps, some of 
them were large milkers, giving a large 
mess ; I should treat them as though 
they were in full milk. I do not care 
for malt sprouts, and still if they are 
soaked in lots of water and fed with 
plenty of heavy fattening food, such as 
corn meal and middlings, they will make 
lots of milk and not injure the cow, but 
fed with light grain, it will run the cow 
down fast, and undermine her constitu¬ 
tion. L. B. BABCOCK. 
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