C»« RURAL NEW-YORKER 
An Investment in Pigs 
(Continued from page 1298) 
purposes. I should make sure of three 
things before I purchased them at that 
price for feeding out on purchased feeds. 
First, their age; a well-grown market pig, 
thin in fleeh, ought to weigh 60 pounds at 
12 weeks of age. Many do much better, 
but if the pigs are stunted during their 
early growing stages, gains put on later 
are much more expensive. Second. I 
ehould satisfy myself that all of the pigs 
were about the same age and weight. An 
average of GO pounds might be misleading. 
The lot might contain some .S5-pounders 
and some 75-pounders, in which case the 
gains would be irregular and lees profit¬ 
able. In the third place, I w'ould make 
sure that the animals were hardy and 
thrifty, and that they were backed up 
with some breeding and thus some gaining 
propensities. Runts or ungainly pigs have 
no place in profitable pork production. 
In ca.se the pigs qualify iu above named 
factors, I would feed them the following 
grain ration : Cornmeal or shelled corn, 
75 lbs. ; ground oats. 20 lbs.; digester 
tankage. 5 lbs.; total. 100 lbs. Mix these 
feede together into a thick chop or slop 
and feed the pigs all they will clean up 
with relish twice daily. The oats may be 
omitted after the pigs reach a weight of 
150 pounds. lYater should be supplied at 
noon, and any kitchen refuse may also be 
fed in the middle of the day. I would not 
mix the grains with the refuse materials. 
Some salt, charcoal, ground limestone 
with wood ashes or coal dust should be 
supplied in a convenient feeder or box. A 
60-pound pig on full feed ought to gain 
nearly two pounds per day, and the 11 
pigs ought to weigh slightly over ,800 
pounds by the first of March. Figuring 
that the il shotes total 3,300 pounds, and 
that 400 pounds of the grain ration will 
yield lOO pounds of gain, the following 
calculations will apply: 
Feed required, with costs: 
T.hs. 
Per Ton 
7.920 
Corn . 
. $60.00 
$237.60 
2.112 
Oats. 
,54.00 
57.02 
.528 
Tankage .... 
, 110.00 
29.04 
10.560 
Total cost of feed.. 
,$323.66 
Figuring 3..300 lbs. at 18c. $594.00 
Deducting original cost. 160.00 
Net selling price. $4.34 00 
Less feed cost. 32.3.66 
Net profit (not including 
labor) . $110.34 
In plain w’ords, if the feeder is able to 
secure corn at $3 per hundred and oats at 
85 cents per bushel, and tankage at $5..50 
per hundred, and provided 400 pounds of 
this grain mixture yields 100 pounds of 
live weight pork, and is worth 18 cents 
per pound, a profit of .$10 per animal is 
shown, without charging any labor or 
bedding costs, or crediting what gains 
might be made from the use of refuse or 
available scraps. The voidings will pro¬ 
vide compensation for labor, and if all of 
the hogs live and gain as figured, a profit 
is shown. It must be granted that T have 
included a great many “ifs,” but “ifs” are 
qualifying factors in war or feeding ac¬ 
tivities. 
Storing Apple Pomace for Feeding 
Will you tell me how I can store apple 
pomace with no silo? I have no way of 
drying the pulp. n, I. 
Mayville, N. Y. 
No silo is needed for storing apple 
pomace, and no necessity for drying it on 
the farm. If, however, the silo is so locat¬ 
ed that it would be convenient to unload 
the pomace into it, no better place could 
be found, if it is deesired to keep it until 
next Summer or a year or more. If a 
corner of a building or shed or any such 
place can be boarded off with rough 
boards, or a sort of bin made, open at one 
end, just so it is handy to feed from, and 
the pomace is unloaded into that, it will 
be all right. If desired to keep it for 
next Summer use, it would be better to 
have it tighter, especially if rats are 
about, as they work in through it and let 
in the air, and more of it spoils. It need 
not be in where it will not freeze, if the 
bin is large, as the pomace will soon heat, 
and a large pile or bin of it will hold heat 
for a long while, and there will be little 
trouble with it until late in Winter, when 
severe weather comes and it gradually 
loses its heat, but no damage ie done by 
the freezing. 
If the pile is high or deep, it will settle 
down a lot, and great quantities of juice 
will run out. If one has large quantities 
of pomace and cares to save this juice for 
vinegar, a tight floor all sloping toward 
one point, built under the bin, would 
yield a good profit, I should judge, from 
the amount of it that runs out. Just what 
we store each Winter for family cow 
.seems to have a great amount of juice in 
it, and anyone attempting to store pomace 
in quantity on a floor above a cellar or 
any such place where this juice will do 
damage, should figure on it, as the amount 
that comes out of it is surprising, espe¬ 
cially as the fresh pomace seems so dry. 
^V^len the pomace is thrown in a pile or 
stored in a rough bin, as it heats and 
settles it forms for itself a fairly good air- 
excluding cover, and the amount that will 
spoil or dificolor will depend on amount of 
exposed surface, or how tightly it is 
1301 
packed. Ilowevei*, there is no need wor¬ 
rying about feeding the discolored part to 
cattle, as in our own experience “every¬ 
thing goes,” unless the pile is left for 
Summer feeding, when, without the pre¬ 
caution of having a tight bin for it, it 
would spoil in for some distance, probably 
more than most cattle would care to eat, 
although where we have fed from piles of 
apple pomace two or three years or more 
old, the black or discolored portion was 
cleaned up w'ith the rest. i. o. B. 
Holstein Herd Sold 
The Cortland Holstein Farms Co. has 
bought the entire herd of the .Tennings- 
Hurst Stock Farms, Towanda, Pa. Mr. 
Jennings has been called to military serv¬ 
ice, and for this reason found it necessary 
to dispose of this herd, which he has spent 
eight years in getting together. 
Among the noted members of the herd 
are Rag Apple Korndyke and 38 of his 
daughters, some wuth records of 30 to 38 
lbs. of butter in seven days. 
The buyers will offer these animals at 
once at private sale. 
Keeping Butter 
The North Dakota Agricultural College 
gives the following advice about holding 
homemade butter. It is good advice, but 
pasteurized sweet cream would be better: 
“Butter can be kept for some time by 
putting it in glazed crocks and filling to 
within one-half inch of the top of the jar. 
Put on a layer of salt, fill with w’ater and 
cover. The keeping quality of the butter 
depends a good deal on the quality of the 
cream. Butter made from sw’eet cream 
will keep the longest. Poor cream results 
in butter with poor-keeping qualities.” 
Hope Farm Notes 
(Cc-itinued from page 1292) 
that before, and if Polly learned it at the 
college I wish they would open a course 
in such exercises for humans. This Red 
farmer’s wife has been taught how to 
defend her rights at least. And those 
nine birds are layers as well as fighters. 
I’erhaps the two go together. Not a day 
in the past two years but what these birds 
have laid at least one egg! h. w. c. 
Purebred BronzeTurkeys Mri. H. Riyiviflcfp^ 
BELGIAN HARES 
Bred Dose, $4 ami Ss. 
$2.SO pair. 
8TiNI,Er STEINER, CrlUeodeo, N.¥. 
TheExtraEggsl 
will soon pay lor one of these || 
Automatic 
Self- 
Healing j 
Poultry 
Fountains 
and Heaters 
Kaepa water at the I 
riffht temperature I 
davand nis’ntin the j| 
_. - coldeat weather and j 
f recmirea leaa than a Quart of oil • weak. Made of Galvan- j 
'izeo Steel. A lonr felt want aupplied. Every Ben-Houea I 
Deedn Prfc#» of 1 Heater and *> gallon Automatic Foiin- I 
tab) complate $1.76. Order NOW or write fer ClrculerU 
No. R end teatInioDWe., „ 
ayents i ;80 Mtke li| ||tQI|> Write fer Offer. 
ft. S. rOROt WORKS 
SARAMAC, WICHIOAH | 
PARKS WINTER LAYING 
BARRED PLYMOUTH ROCKS 
Won First Honors and Outlayed 
the 2600 birds in the Five Miss¬ 
ouri Laying Contests (Under 
Govt. Supervision) Including the 
Famous English Laying Strains. 
Also made the remarkable winter 
month record of 134 eggs in Jan. 
Cir. Free. Large Catalog a dime. 
J. W. PARKS. Box V ALTOONA, PA. 
Special White Rock Sale 
We are stocking our farm with Barron Leghorns 
and are offering all our White Rocks for sale, con¬ 
sisting of the following birds; 30 yearling’hens at 
$3.00 each; 20 April hatched pulletsready-to-lay at 
$4.00 each; 3 cocks at $5.00 each ; 5 cockerels at $5.00 
each. We also have some very choiceBarron cock¬ 
erels at $5.00 each, or $4.50 each in lots, five or more. 
All stock shipped subject to customers’ approval. 
THE RIVERSIDE POULTRY FARM, Cambridge Springs, Pa. 
Bob White, Hungarian Partridges 
Wild Turkeys, Pheasants, Quail, Rabbits, Deer, etc. 
for atockins Durposaa. 
Fancy Pheasants, Peafowl, Cranes, Storks, Swans, 
Ornamental Dneks and Qeese, Bears, Poxes, Rac¬ 
coon, Squirrels, and all kinds of birds and animals. 
WM. J. MACKENSEN. Naturalist, Dept. 10, Yardley, Pa 
For Sale-Selected White Wyandotte Cockerels 
Martin’s, Regal-Dorcas line. $4 and $6 each. 
H. W. BUNK, . Germantown, Kew York 
COCKERELS FOR SALE 
MRS. 0. S. GUTHRIE, Prayer Spring Farm, Oronoque, Conn. 
Cockerels-Single Comb White Leghorns Iw 
and better. S2 and up. SUNSHINE POULTRY rSRM. HMgely, Md. 
50White Leghorn Pullets iT^e 
stock. Also fifteen cockerels. M. J. QUaCKENBUSH, Huticy, N. J 
Reds of Quality-Single and R.C. Cockerels 
•8 and $4 each: 8. C. Tearlings, $8. Farm Bred. 
K. ORAHAU, --- 
a F. 1>. No. 1, L'OI.LF.»BYILLe, PI. 
Ferris WhiteLeghorns 
A real heavy laying strain, trapnested 17 years, rec¬ 
ords from 2U0 to 264 eggs. Get our prices on pullets 
and yearling hens, breoding males, eggs for hatching, 
and day-old chicks. We ship C. O. D. and guarantee 
results. Catalog gives prices; descrlbessto^, tells all 
aboiu oiir farm and methods; results you can got 
breeding this strain. Send for your copy now—it is 
■ GEORGE B. FERRIS, 92e Usisn, Grand Rspids, Mich 
-COCKERELS- 
W. Leghorns, Reds, B. Rocks, W. Wyan. 
Vigorous handsome birds from trap-nested 
heavy laying farm range stock. 
Prices Moderate Satief action Guaranteed 
G. F. GIBSON, Galen Farms 
Box C Clyde, New York 
s. c. w. 
LEGHORNS 
rge ^ 
in State. SUNNY 0RF.ST POULTRY FARM, Eait Aarora, N.T. 
SUNNY 
CREST 
*• EFFICIENT" 
Bred For Business 
Price list pamphlet with bargains. Ijirgest poultry farna 
■ — — _ 
For Sale-Full Blood S.C.W. Leghorn Cockerels 
Pine speeimen.<t of the famous Barron strain. $Z,50 
each. VKRNON R. UAFUEB, Middlesex, M.Y. 
S. C. R. I. R E D S 
Vihert trnpnested stock. 231 to 261egg strain. Cockerell 
$3 and as each. ANNA M. JONES, Crartviixb, N. 7 
Hilldale Farm Giant Bronze Turkeys 
Order now. Will deliver any time to Dec. Slst 
Toms. SIO to 815; Hens, 86. 
Mrs. GEO. G. ROYCE, Depeyster, N. Y. 
For Sale-Mammoth Bronze Turks 
crossed with wild strain. Fine, Healthy, May-hatchec 
birds. Toms, S8; Hens; $5 M. R. IIYIlE.NirlbNtri. Virmoti 
Pure Bourbon-Red Turkeys hatc^ 
Hens, $ 8 ; toms, 86 - Four two-year hens. One two-yeai 
tom. Write for price. AIITHUK R. KRKF.MAN, Pnlukl, N.l 
rwif UKS. K, J, RIDER 
1 U K1V1!j X Rodman, II. T. 
Piiro Br,d 
Vfhita Holland 
248-260-Egg Strain .TrS^i-E Cockerels 
hatched 
large and vigorous. PAHERSOH POULTRY FARM, CliylM, N. I 
White Holland Toms 
FIiORENCE Ttpeany, Routes, Norwich, N.T. 
For Sale-Pure brad Mammoth Bronze Turkeys 
bred from a 48-lb. tom and 25-lb. hens. Send stamp for re 
ply. Address Mrn. Fred F.ysainnn, Moravia, N. Y. 
WhKa Holland Turkeys 
F. TUCKK 
New Brunewi 
R, Mirnngol 
wTck, N. J, 
HY I'l’I'L'Qr’TTPCa Yearling cock, fine eomi 
" U i * dinLV, U ,9 and color, and 3 good hens 
$•. Extra cockerel, 82. C. t. BUBLUIUIlll, lairralno. It V 
S. C. R. I.Red Cockerels 
breeding; $5 to $7. Mr>. lA'vnrNCE HOWARU, Kindsrhsok, H I 
25 Lots 
Tuesday 
20 Pigs Each 
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November 19th I 
Great Public Auction Sale 
525 Pure-bred Berkshires 
This is your chance to attend the greatest sale of pure-bred hogs ever held, regardless of 
breed, time or place. For more than a year, we have been working to make this great event a 
huge success. It is not a closing-out sale but our first great Annual Sale. It's a real opportunity 
for everyone interested in pure-bred hogs. 
Each Lot Contains: 
1 Service Boar; 2 Sows; 3 Gilts, each bred tp an 
Bpoohal boar; 1 Bpochal Sow Pig; 1 Epochal Boar Pig; 
6 Boar Pigs and 6 Sow Pigs of other desirable strains — 
L.ord Premier, Lord Premier’s Successor, Successor’s 
Rival, Lord Masterhood, Sensational Longfellow, Duke 
of Sussex 6th, Rival’s Baron Duke 53rd, Superior, Lord 
Premier’s Double, Superbus, Triune, Invincible Rival’s 
Last, Masterpiece, Rival’s Lord Premier. 
The Service Boars—one in each lot: 
Lord Premier’s Double, Lady Bess Baron, Master R, 
Sensational School Master 2nd, Bettie Lee’s Fearnaught, 
Rival's Royal Masterpiece, Robust Longfellow, Epochal’s 
Progress, Epochal’s Valley, Epochal’s Commander, 
Epochal’s King Midas and 11 other good Spring and Fall 
Boars ready for immediate service. They weigh from 
250 to 300 lbs. apiece and are from outstanding dams 
and sires. 
About 25 superb animals will also be sold individually. These include 15 of the best sows on the Farm bred to 
our herd boars. 
If you do not need an entire lot of 20 pure-herd Berkshires, club with one or more friends and divide the animals 
among the group. 
Detailed catalog of the individual animals in each lot will appear in the November issue of the “Berkshire 
World”. Write to us for a copy. All stock in this sale is registered and every animal is guaranteed a breeder. 
Sale Starts at 11:00 a. m.—Rain or Shine 
Come early and look over our wonderful plant. Sale 
and show ring will be held under cover — come regard¬ 
less of the weather. Luncheon will be served. We are 
located 2 miles from Wayne and Strafford on P. R. R. 
Auto-cab service at each station. We are 16 miles from 
Philadelphia on the turnpike. 
If you can’t come, mail your bid to L. E. FROST in 
care of the Farm. Name second and third choice to 
make sure of securing one lot. 
Auctioneers : E. N. Brown, Pineville, Pa, and' 
Col. Lloyd L. Seeley, White Hall, Ill. 
Terms: Cash or bankable notes. 
CHESTER VALLEY LIVE STOCK FARM 
Box B 
Wayne, Penna. 
Southern Berkshi.a Ctmgvcss, Pinehurat, Nov. 20-22. You can 
leave after our sate and arrive in Pinehurat early on the 20th. 
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