Hawaii Holomua, Volume I, Number 10, 28 September 1893 — Profitable Pork Production. [ARTICLE]

Profitable Pork Production.

Kielil anil Farm. ANhu'i prices !ately h*ve beeu sui*h lo wanani ns in feetliug s<.)uie <»f it to the pigs instea«) of st-iiilinp it t > iu.;rket Tben* is such a th ng as mak>ng high- , price«l pork īr.iiu goo«l fre«l tha4 1 « ill bring ns niore \ rofit then in selling f e fet «l. t* nee<l t0 * f«etl more whent thau other cereals, aloug with alfa.fa anJ gtHnl uiiik. As it is now wo tuv> often fee«l the pigs eheap f(H»tl, bad uiijktnres that no othtr ! animal» will toueh. aiui the rc sult is we bave «lisease am? sifkn»ss iu the swine tbat ofteir costs us cousiderable. We ean avoid these by shouing the samo eommon sense iu giving tho piga elean, heaithj food that ue ex ercise toward our horses aiu? cows. No o e wouhl think ol feeding tbe fine farm horses sour f«K>tl right aiong. nor anything, in f ct. tliat wouhi ieiui to ia jore their heallh. I*igs seem t.< b- fted wit!» strx)liu»-r sl »i nct;s tnan ■ thrr animals. at.«l :o a res :M of ihis w® iuipoee upon then. \Ve |»r.va found, u tt>m th*>i«ft f> *- years th »t • vei m- -v. n» V stmaeh has a hm»t t.* ;t. u d it c..tt be injnrrd »eriously. Wr mu?t ahamion the old jdt-a that pigs em thrive on anv d rty, unwhol«sotDO fo*>d. By stnffing their «t |, ins | ,):j wīth fo>Hl tha* hns no ii 'unilimenl to it we not only fiil t.» iiicr»*asO their we»ght. but we run th«* ntV of losing Ihem entirely. After years uf expt-rience the b«*»l pigr.iisrrs have reach**d theeoQcluai>)(* that the mn.t j»crf. ct f<>od f»r tHe pigs is a combination ofgrassai d wheat. with milk. r >■,» an*l eom adde<l in smali quantitifc5 to g!ve vuriety. Now the <piestion is. Car» we feed them »uch wholesome fooJ and make a profit thereby? Withont doubt this can be dou>» when wheat is selliug as low as it has been during the last feu years. Tho amonnt of grains th«t th<* pigs need is not so very great. II is used more to snppiement tlu> grass ration. Beginning with a pint of wheat a day this eau L* increased at the eml of two monf L■» to a gallon a day. It n«ed n*>t be fed every day, bnt ean he at tern»»ted at times with eom, f* r a little eom u good for them v and Ls <jnite essential for fatten ing toward tbe end. Pork mado from sncb an ideal foo) wiil nearly alw»ys eommaml a higher piiee in the raarket, ar d it will retura proportionately better j»ro fitto the owner. Theold swdlraised and dirty pigs may do fcr home-consampiion on manv fanci>f where the owners <lo not seem to distingoisb between good au , f bad pork, but the time bas eomo when such pork will not answer the demand of tbe beet markrt.