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Live S tock and Dairy 
PORK PRODUCTION FOR THE EAST. 
Mow to Make Hogs Pay. 
Part I. 
A Cool) OPPORTUNITY. I’ork produc¬ 
tion affords unusual opportunities to the 
liaslern farmer, in view of the fact that 
available unexcelled markets for all 
classes of pork products prevail. In ad¬ 
dition to the wants of the exacting pop¬ 
ulation within any given area, the manu¬ 
facturing industries utilize the services of 
foreigners and laborers who particularly 
relish fresh pork products, and willing¬ 
ly buy pork ill any form. The Eastern 
farmer is interested in supplying this 
market, and it. is essential that, lie know 
definitely and accurately the practices 
necessary for successful feeding, breeding 
and management of the swine herd. In 
the extensive trucking and market gar¬ 
dening districts of the East, there is 
annually wasted a vast amount of un¬ 
marketable products that might he used 
to advantage in feeding swine. In any 
dairy district swine serve as a means of 
utilizing the by-products, and make the 
U I I K RURAL 
chased feeds are utilized, gains will be 
expensive and of questionable profit. 
I. Cusses will he entailed unless cool 
shady retreats are at hand during tlie 
Summer season, •and dry protected quar¬ 
ters furnished during the Winter months. 
r>. Type and breeding of animals sc 
lected : Common grades, or scrubs develop 
slowly; require long fattening periods; 
the net gains are expensive; while their 
carcasses do not evidence extensive flesh¬ 
ing in regions of valuable cuts, hack, loin, 
hams and ribs; when comparison is made 
with purebreds or selected grades. 
If reasonable care and judgment are 
exercised in the management of the herd, 
and modern practices in reference to san¬ 
itation are employed, there will he little 
danger of loss from disease or other 
causes. The factors that limit profits 
are; prolificacy, weight for age, quality, 
type, vigor and the use of young animals. 
('iioosi n<i Till.; Hkkki>.- Two distinct 
market types of swine prevail, namely, 
the fat, or lard hog and the bacon hog. 
Representative In.. have been devel¬ 
oped, especially adapted for the produc¬ 
tion of specimens to supply specific mar¬ 
ket demands, and while these vary in 
color, size, prolificacy and age of maturi¬ 
ty, selected individuals may be found in 
each of the breeds which have very little. 
IbiuOl) SOWS ENJOYING A LEA ERA IIAY. 
salable products more concentrated and 
of greater value. In any section where 
corn and Alfalfa can he grown success¬ 
fully, and where other forage crops pro¬ 
duce average yields, the keeping of pigs 
would be a source of profit. The ad¬ 
vantage of this phase of live stock farm¬ 
ing might be briefly summarized us fol¬ 
lows : 
1. The initial investment is small as 
compared with other lines of live stock 
farming. 
2. It is easy to “get in” or “get out” 
of the swine business. 
Requires small expenditure for la¬ 
bor and is less exacting and confining 
than dairying or garden farming. 
■1. Enables utilization of farm, kitchen, 
orchard, garden, seed, mill and other 
waste products, without subjecting them 
to expensive methods of preparation. 
5. Breeding animals are prolific (de¬ 
liver large litters) thus enabling rapid 
and steady improvement by selection and 
systematic mating. 
(i. The animals mature at an early age; 
require short growing and fattening per¬ 
iods; can he readily marketed at any age 
or weight. 
7. Necessary colony houses, fences and 
equipment can lie provided at small cost 
without need of expensive labor. 
8. Manure voided worth $3.50 per ton. 
Rooting improves clay soils and noddy 
orchards; while pigs scavenger and work 
over coarse barnyard manure and im¬ 
prove its texture and content. 
1). There exists steady demand for 
meat or lard products; meats may he 
cured or placed in cold storage; the pro¬ 
duct is not perishable as is milk, vegeta¬ 
bles. etc. 
10. Establishes a market for home 
grown feeds, thus gives the farmer the 
grower’s and feeder’s profit. 
11. It is much easier and far more 
economical to market a ton of pork than 
five Ions of corn, its equivalent. The 
voidings add to the profit by maintaining 
soil fertility. 
12. Swine in the barnyard make dairy¬ 
ing or beef production more profitable, 
and the industry serves as either a side 
line or may engage extensive develop¬ 
ment. 
(>f course, there are certain limiting 
factors in reference to pork production 
that should be considered, and they may 
be stated as follows: 
1. Losses sustained from cholera, para¬ 
sites and pests. 
2. The attention given sows at farrow¬ 
ing time is important, as is the raising 
of large lifters, and keeping the young 
Stern growing steadily from birth to mu 
turity arc essential for success and profit. 
Euless free range, green forage and 
home grown products, rather than pur- 
if any difference in their ability of 
economically producing one hundred 
pounds of pork. A far greater problem 
for the swine grower is to make careful 
and systematic selection of individuals 
within any given breed, hence the choos¬ 
ing of the breed is of relatively small 
consequence. 'The leading fat breeds are 
represented by the I)uroe Jersey, Chester 
White, Berkshire, Poland China and 
Small Yorkshire; while the foremost ba¬ 
con breeds are identified as the Large 
Yorkshire and Tamworth. It is funda¬ 
mental that the breeder determine first 
the particular kind of meat products that 
are in greatest demand at the available 
markets, then his personal preferences as I 
to breed characteristics such as size, 
color, form, type, fattening and maturing 
qualities, should determine the breed to 
be selected. 
Til k Eat lloa. For New Jersey con¬ 
ditions and markets the fat hog is the 
utility and popular type. In fact buyers 
offer no more per pound for marbled car¬ 
casses of bacon hogs than for a prime 
representative of one of the fat breeds, 
provided of course, both specimens are 
within the desired range of weight; the 
preference being for a carcass weighing 
from 175 to 200 pounds. It is common 
knowledge that representatives of the fat 
hog type reach such weights in a shorter 
period, that, they are better adapted to 
pen feeding, and consequently more 
economical for converting farm products 
into meat, while the bacon hogs must 
have long growing and slow feeding per¬ 
iods, and require dairy by-products if the 
choicest fat and lean carcasses are to re 
suit. It is generally conceded that: it 
requires more skill and a greater know! 
edge of feeding to grow and finish prime 
representatives of the bacon hog than is 
necessary with fat hogs. 
Tin.; Brood Sow. The brood sow is 
th(> unit of pork production. Regardless 
of breed or type she should have certain 
definite characteristics representing a 
happy combination of evident breed 
ing and individual excellence. If it 
is desired to produce and sell aid 
mills for breeding purposes, tin* score 
card as established by the various 
registry associations should be studied, 
and care exercised toward selecting and 
developing that type of animal that is 
NEW-YOKK K Is 
April 25, 
5 * ./nnsmts 
JIT AUCTION 
ioo : 
HEAD OF SUI'ERB AYItSHIRES FROM THE LRADINC 
AMI LIES OF SCOTLAND, CANADA AND UNITED STATES 
BEING THE SECOND ANNUAL SALE OF 
i 100 
RYANOGUE FARMS Brewster, N. Y. 
AMERICA’S GREATEST AYRSHIRE HERD 
ALSO THE COMPLETE DISPERSAL OF THE FAMOUS HERD AT 
LOANTAKA FARMS Morristown, N, J. 
At the LITTLE RIDING SCHOOL, 130 West 56th Street 
NEW YORK CITY, MAY 21 
Every animal will be tuberculin tested prior to the sale, and 
certificate of health furnished to purchaser 
FOR COPY. ADDRESS w _ _ 
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EASY AND SAFE TO USE 
INEXPENSIVE 
KILLS LICE 
ON ALL LIVE STOCK 
DISINFECTS. 
CLEANSES. 
PURIFIES. 
It has so many us«s that It li 
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USED IN THE TREATMENT OF MANGE, 
SCAB, RINCW0RM, SCRATCHES, ETC. 
Destroys Disease Germs 
DRIVES AWAY FLIES 
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Write for Free Booklets 
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DEPARTMENT OF ANIMAL INDUSTRY 
DETROIT, - - MICHIGAN 
THE GRAND RAPIDS 
VETERINARY COLLEGE 
Offers a Three Years’ Course in Veterinary Science 
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Bond Your Boyn itml Girin to 
The NewYork State School of Agriculture 
nt MorrlsvUlo. N. Y. 
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11 lii a jirh.-oloHH liniment for 
BS both man ami In-unt. 
(Jot KsndslPi Bpsiin 
Curo at any drugglKt’ii. 
*1 per bottle —0 for *!>. 
“TrcatlMoon the Home” 
—free—or write to 
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|,,Eno*burg Falls, VI., U.S.A. 
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At NOAH'S 
>PAVIN CURE 
SELDOM SEE 
a big knee like this, hut your horse 
may have a bunch or bruise on his 
Ankle, Mock,Stifle,Knee orTliroat. 
ABSORBIne 
A* **TRADE MARK REG.U.S.PAT. OFF. 
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years 
r $3 Package^ 
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enroll orrlinnry cuiien. 
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Send fo-day for 
only 
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mom?// n turned If It doei not satisfy. 
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on trial. 11c nure and write lor book let. 
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One Throw Of The Lever Operates 
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Only 
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made |hat 
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2 lo 5(1 a winging 
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201 South Water Street Weal Band, Wli. 
