. Breeder and sportsman. Horses. iirday, July 31, 1915.] THB BEllDn AND BPOHT8MAM 11 THE FARM Using off various crops. is a well recognized principle of , ufacturing that to reduce the cost f ,roducUon and at the same time nataln the quality of the product bus direct increase in net profits r wide variation found on differ- E terms in the cost of pork produc- l wâ¢ld indicate that, if the meth- , followed by the man who produces k' The least cost were in general Notice, the actual cost would be re- d:ed more than one-third. areful investigation on many dif- (,;,nt forms shows that the average


. Breeder and sportsman. Horses. iirday, July 31, 1915.] THB BEllDn AND BPOHT8MAM 11 THE FARM Using off various crops. is a well recognized principle of , ufacturing that to reduce the cost f ,roducUon and at the same time nataln the quality of the product bus direct increase in net profits r wide variation found on differ- E terms in the cost of pork produc- l wâ¢ld indicate that, if the meth- , followed by the man who produces k' The least cost were in general Notice, the actual cost would be re- d:ed more than one-third. areful investigation on many dif- (,;,nt forms shows that the average Ht of harvesting a crop equals the it of growing it ready to harvest. It f also Ten demonstrated by num- e us experiments that the pig can do ^harvesting of various crops o' wasting any food material Itfol- iL lo-icallv, therefore, that up to f exte°nt1hat the pig can do its own I -vesting there is a saving of 50 per ilon the cost of each pound of meat duced from an acre of ground 'ere the pig does the harvesting. t is seldom practicable to produce ,'-k at the least cost by having the "harvest all of its feed bnt to the ent that the pig can do the bar tog satisfactorily it is decidedly â stable to let the pig do it. Future jss to the extent of one-half the ly feed is probably one of the eapest class of pork making ma- â¢ial Next to this comes any of the real crops-such as rye, wheat, bar- Voats, peas, or corn, to be hogged '.The former, who will arrange such system of cropping as will enable m to bog °ff tne Tari0US Cr.°PS ul "rght season, can very materially ssen the cost of pork production e best permanent hog Pâ¢^* .mbination of grasses and Covers eluding alfalfa. Alfalfa aloneis not satisfactory or economic hog pas ire Winte7rye will furnish the ear- X satisfactory feed for a season Td if there is no permanent grass and over pasture then the rye should be â implemented by seeding ear y on ell prepared ground, a mixture of 0ring grains seeded


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