PIGS FOR PROFIT.

Dominion, Volume 1, Issue 74, 20 December 1907, Page 4

PIGS FOR PROFIT.

e A CTO p % I; O The Works, ''rtvhijs.h the paSt few months, haroy'tjeett' controlled ay .the (writes- our Mari'Mvatn? convenience, situated iWj'fQnci. ■of thfe "mostiideal localities in the and ' present time pigs •'art-'spouring !in {rouiv?all parts, 'including NeviVf Speakifig of tho cjurflity," t]ie fonWnjyvlipseexporidjice dates back' yearsW Bolli" here afid in tho Souiii' Island, s'stateL'-, thit':. a great number of tIM -pitfs sen)!: to tl)e factory are not of a clrffts, although they- received numbers of verw good "j pigs from sbmo districts.'. There uvoro many, breods'-suitablo for Aiiconj*but h'(S; woujd' Content, himself dtit tw<jNffßsßs Jor crossing, and his .Opinion against jhe next man who cattte-along. The brgqds'l'eferred to wore the which, "when crossed, produced "(Ciiiico, evenquality' bacon —a bacon that was ovonly mixed ''with fat and lean, and was both desirable for consumption and presentable to theteye. when displaye.d.Jj.l .the,, shop. »• •* •»: •• / The tondency (ho said) at the prosonttime is to breed any ciass of pig and think it will do for bacon. The farmer must realise

..-the absolute 1 : neceisity of procuring a pureTj.r\d?boar and sow. He must resist ' tho .temptation to select from his pigs a young CTOfii-bred boar which, to his idea of pifjs, ftmenis a good- 6nfe,viiiia | iapablo of saving him guineas which a pure-bred would Mi'cteti Tho iiamc applics,Jto the sow. Tho "farmer mustMiot concludcT'that, so long as 'lrs gets you'iig pigs of isoine sort, it is all So wants. Men who fatten pigs bred on those principles send pfily, inferior animals to tho factory. On Mie contrary, Jones, the next dobr enlightened in tho breeding art, seftUa.his pigs perhaps in the same■ -truck; in fact," thoy help each othor in the' trucking; . 'gut a. week or so later, when >the in, .and they compare notes, forties out on top regarding the weights "The other man cannot undoTstand this, and at once concludes that-Jtho factory has dealt unfairly with him. -Whore lie fails is in the length 'of his pig, told also in tho finishing touches of tho fattening process. '.-■• i A''''|)rii(«tfevl test was made by a' farmer in tho Woodvillc district, who closed up some Berkshire and Tainworth pigs in separate pens. Tho Berkshires were throe weoks older than the Tamworths.. After keeping them -for a'vjwriodji ]io>,Sound that the Tamworths fattfeflil irioro'qtfickly, and ttirncd ■■tho scales exactly 101b. heavier. However, a cross between the two breeds is still better, boc:susfcat secures tho.desired quality. >%P\) i® J! ' it* . • ; \N $$<.! ■ - tinless the pig isTproporly brought along from the coinirinnconicnt tho breeder is at a loss. A common, but faulty, practice is to fill the pigs up with skim milk. , Certainly, they , get fat, but they figure poArly in tho scale against those finished off with grain during the last month. Somo farmers are under the impression that it is wasting good grain to, give it to a pig, especially when the, inilk is plentiful,'but let him grow an acre or.- two ofcppeas foiv finishing purposes, and-hej V'i'.l find- liiliat' !t(ie.,fattening process Jth as well as to tho ipi&W,/ JXho gteai>:Sojji;c6 "of trouble is that farmers will not grow tho necessary feed. Fortifying oneself by moans of good crops is better than grumbling over the high price of feed. Tho system to aim at is to get the pigs off the farm fat. at from fivo to seven | months old' to turn tho scalo at 130 to 1401b. It is quite possible to do this with judicious feodinW|or get five-months' pigs sent to Woo3vi!le""kn<f weighing' out at 130 and'l4olb. It is, however, no use attempting this without the proper brood.