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THE RURAL 
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Live Stock and Dairy 
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FEEDING TANKAGE WITH CORN. 
One sees an occasional query as to 
ways of feeding tankage to hogs. The 
picture, Fig. 513, shows one way. When 
the ground is neither muddy nor too 
dusty, and time is pressing, the plan of 
feeding tankage on the ground to hogs is 
satisfactory. It is fed dry and scattered 
out well so that each hog can get a fail- 
show. The hogs in the picture were on a 
full feed of corn, and to say that they 
greedily ate the tankage is putting it 
mildly. The tankage, being largely pro¬ 
tein, nicely balances the fattening ration 
of corn, and both supplemented by pas¬ 
ture, fallen apples and plenty of water, 
the hogs were giving a good account of 
themselves. For best results with young¬ 
er hogs the tankage should be mixed in 
the slop or mixed with ground grain and 
fed dry in troughs. One pound of tank¬ 
age to eight of corn or rye is about right 
by the various breeds, and they probably 
rank on this basis in the following order: 
Duroc Jersey; Chester White; Berkshire 
and Poland China. This is a very im¬ 
portant question to consider, for a brood 
sow that will produce 10 living pigs is 
a far more profitable unit than the sow 
that farrows seven pigs and raises only 
four or five. Prolificacy, however, de¬ 
pends on selection and management as 
well as the breed, and here again we find 
great differences within the same breed 
on different farms. 
Based upon another principle, that of- 
quality, measured by marbling of the 
meat and high dressing percentage, the 
Berkshire would undoubtedly head the 
list. Therefore it is important at the 
outset to determine whether or not the 
market that you are to supply fixes its 
price upon mere pounds of pork, or 
whether there is an added premium for 
carcasses of a special weight and degree 
of finish. Inasmuch as the brood sow is 
the unit of pork production, the question 
FEEDING TAXKAGI 
for young hogs, and the proportion of 
tankage should be decreased as the fat¬ 
tening period approaches. 
Ohio. W. E. PUCK WALL. 
HOG RAISING IN NEW JERSEY. 
I want to go into the business of rais¬ 
ing hogs, and would devote my whole 
farm of one hundred acres to it. Will 
you tell me which breed of hogs is best 
for foundation stock, and why? S. A. C. 
Titusville, N. J. 
The question of engaging extensively 
in pork production is evidently of special 
interest to the eastern farmer at this 
time, if one takes into consideration the 
number of inquiries that are being re¬ 
ceived relative to such a project. There 
are a number of reasons that prevail at 
this time, suggesting that pork products 
will yield a profit, and naturally the 
question of breed comes up to the be¬ 
ginner. There are so many other more 
important points to consider, such as lo¬ 
cation of the farm, its adaptability to 
producing corn and Alfalfa, the lay of 
the land as regards shade, water and min¬ 
eral constituents of the soil, the ques¬ 
tion of appropriate buildings, fences and 
other equipment, that it is worth one’s 
while to reckon with these problems be¬ 
fore the question of breed selection should 
be considered. Taking it for granted, 
however, that ideal conditions exist on 
this farm for growing and maintaining 
swine, the question of breed may be con¬ 
sidered. There are two types of swine, 
viz, lard and bacon. Those designated 
as the fat or lard hog type are repre¬ 
sented by the Duroc Jersey, Poland 
China, Chester White and Berkshire. 
Select individuals of pure breeding and 
good individuality can be found of all 
these breeds, and the question suggested 
is more a matter of the selection of in¬ 
dividuals within the breed, rather than 
any particular breed in itself. This does 
not say, however, that all breeds are alike 
in all characteristics, but the important 
question of economy of production, or rate 
of gain per 100 pounds of feed, does not 
vary greatly, if choice specimens of any 
of the breeds are selected. There is con¬ 
siderable difference, however, in their 
prolificacy or the size of litters produced 
S TO HOGS. Fig. 513. 
arises, is there any relation between the 
breed and the suckling characteristics of 
the dams? Certainly the breed of hogs 
that is noted for its extreme early mat¬ 
urity, and its marvelous fleshing propen¬ 
sities cannot be expected to produce brood 
sows on the average that will yield as 
much milk as individuals whose develop¬ 
ment has been regulated from the dual 
standpoint of heavy milking dams, and 
reasonably early maturing and moderate¬ 
ly fleshing qualities. From this stand¬ 
point probably the Duroc Jersey leads} 
followed by the Chester White and Berk¬ 
shire respectively, with the modern type 
of Poland China evidencing smaller lit¬ 
ters and a lesser degree of milking pro¬ 
pensities. 
The other type suggested is that of the 
bacon hog. The basis of the selection of 
this type is that of producing the maxi¬ 
mum amount of marbled meat, particu¬ 
larly bacon and picnic hams, and its rep¬ 
resentative breeds are the Yorkshire and 
the Tamworth. Such animals are found 
in dairy districts, particularly in Canada, 
where there exists a special market for 
bacon products, and where the butchers 
are willing to pay more per pound for 
representatives of this type than fat hogs. 
However, for New Jersey conditions, un¬ 
less there is a special demand for such 
products at the local markets, it is doubt¬ 
ful whether representatives of these 
breeds can be grown as successfully by 
the average farmer as fat hogs. Their 
growing period is somewhat longer, they 
fatten less rapidly, and are less adapted 
to confinement and pen feeding. The lit¬ 
ters, however, are unusually large, and un¬ 
der average conditions may produce dou¬ 
ble as many pigs as some representatives 
of the fat breeds. 
For average New Jersey conditions and 
markets the popular weight of hog to 
produce is the animal weighing around 
200 pounds live weight, or a carcass that 
will dress 100 to 170 pounds. Undoubt¬ 
edly representatives of the fat breeds will 
reach this weight much earlier than 
would be the case with the bacon type, 
and furthermore, the lard hog type is 
better adapted to consuming farm pro¬ 
ducts. and is more extensively used in 
this State. In reality then the breed 
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question is one of personal preference, 
likes and dislikes. The Duroc Jersey 
and Chester Whites are about equal in 
size of average litters, and there is very 
little difference in the length of time of 
maturity. The Chester White is more 
apt to blister, and therefore, not so well 
adapted for forage crop feeding. As be¬ 
tween the Berkshires and Poland Chinas, 
it is generally considered that the litters 
of the Berkshire are larger; that there 
is a greater proportion of lean to fat in 
the carcass, while the Poland Chinas 
reach maturity at an earlier age, have 
greater development of ham, broader 
backs with equally as much quality. 
F. C. M. 
LIVE STOCK NOTES. 
Tim Extension Service of the Massa¬ 
chusetts Agricultural College has an 
automobile truck containing an up-to- 
date dairy apparatus and milk-testing ma¬ 
chinery. This truck runs through the 
dairy sections of the State, with capable 
men to give demonstrations and talk 
milk 
Certified mfflk from the Massachusetts 
Agricultural. College won the gold medal 
at the National Dairy Show. This milk 
scored 07 out of a possible 100. It is 
said that the highest scoring milk at the 
Dairy Show was in the market milk 
class. This milk scored 99.2 out of 100, 
and was exhibited by Mr. J. Rasmussen 
of Seattle, Washington. New England 
is taking a lively interest in this show, 
and getting its full share of glory. 
The “Fern Ridge” herd of Guernsey 
cattle has been bought by the University 
of California to be used at the University 
Farm. ,J. II. Mackenzie, of San Fran¬ 
cisco, has maintained this Guernsey herd 
for a number of years on his ranch at 
Yuba City. These cattle were carefully 
selected from some of the best herds in 
the East. 
The California Swine Breeders’ Asso¬ 
ciation met at the University Farm No¬ 
vember 7. to discuss how to make a given 
amount of land or feed raise more pounds 
of better pork, how to put an end to hog 
cholera and other unnecessary diseases of 
swine, and how to breed and market hogs 
to tin* better advantage of farmer and 
consumer. The growers want to put an 
(uid to the present wasteful extravagance 
of paying freight charges for hauling 
pork products from the Mississippi val¬ 
ley that ought to be raised in California. 
Hog cholera killed tens of thousands of 
hogs in California last year. The young 
they would have produced were lost also. 
In regard to the use of purebred or 
high-grade bulls used at the head of the 
herds, in this section perhaps 75 per 
cent of them are either purebred or high- 
grade, but perhaps not more than 10 per 
cent of them are registered and I should 
judge that 90 per cent of them are Jer¬ 
seys. Most of the dairymen are beginning 
to raise these heifers when possible, with 
the exception of those from their scrub 
cows. The argument with the average 
farmer against keeping purebred stock 
has been that until recently the difference 
in jirice from good grades has not been 
enough to warrant the extra trouble and 
expense of having them registered. Per¬ 
haps you might be interested in some of 
the prices that we are receiving for our 
dairy produce. Following are the prices 
we receive from our cooperative cream¬ 
ery for one year from Oct. 1, 1912, to 
Oct. 1. 1913. Price of Butter Fat 
Oct., 1912 .36c per lb. 
Nov., 1912 .41c per lb. 
Dec., 1912 .4(5c per lb. 
Jan., 1913 .45c per lb. 
Feb., 1913 .45c per lb. 
Mar., 1913.44c per lb. 
April, 1913 .391/,c per lb. 
May, 1913 .32y 2 c per lb. 
June, 1913 .32y>c per lb. 
July, 1913 .7.32c per lb. 
Aug., 1913 .33c per lb. 
Sept., 1913 .37c per lb. 
Our skim milk is made into dry milk 
for which we receive 20 cents per 100 
pounds of skim-milk which, if we were 
selling our milk by the per cent of butter 
fat without having the skim-milk re¬ 
turned would be about the same as four 
cents more per.pound on our butter fat. 
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