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Newspaper
Carroll Free Press
Location
Carrollton, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Aug 14, 1919
Page
3
Advice on hog management promotes small herd sizes on waste-rich farms with access to green pasture and abundant concentrates. Recommend vaccination against hog cholera, water for cooling, and finishing hogs at about 160 pounds. Emphasize selective breeding with purebred sires and regular dipping to control lice.
The article explains a financing scheme where a bank or breeder provides a sow to a pig club boy who must breed at eight months to a registered boar and raise offspring under club rules. The provider takes piglets as repayment, with first choice of female piglets, and possible second-choice pigs if a second breeding occurs. Variations exist, including weanling sow allocations and differing return options.
Senior crop experts note pastured pigs with green succulent grasses face less water stress than those on dry feed. Green feed stimulates appetite for digestion, aiding protein intake and acting as a laxative. For breeding and growing pigs, allow pigs to decide when to drink, as they are best judge of both food and water.
The article explains buyers prefer hogs around 200 pounds for quality but also consider up to 800 pounds, noting thousand-pound hogs are less valuable due to fat. It argues quick pork and uniform meat are priorities for packing houses, favoring young tender meat over very fat hogs.
Every member of a pig club should keep a record of his work. He should weigh his pig when he gets him and keep a careful account of the weight and cost of feed and the monthly amount of the hog. He will be expected to write a complete report from beginning to end.
An article from the National Crop Improvement Service argues for expanding hog farming. It notes pigs efficiently convert feed into edible flesh, can utilize farm by products and waste, and offer rapid, profitable meat production with limited capital. Denmark and the South are highlighted as pork producers.
The National Crop Improvement Service outlines protein to carbohydrate ratios for growing and fattening hogs. Professor Evward of the Iowa Agricultural College explains targets by weight: 80 to 100 pounds use one to four, 100 pounds one to five, 150 pounds one to six, and fattening hogs 240 to 800 pounds at one to eight.
A National Crop Improvement Service guide explains that tame sows become gentler and easier to manage during farrowing. It suggests housing pigs in a warm basket or home for comfort, saving time, and boosting litters by about 20 percent. It notes moving sows before farrowing and a raised 2 by 6 bar for pig protection.
The sow post farrowing should start light for four to five days then rise to full feed as milk and pig growth increase. Switch from coarse feeds to richer concentrates like skim milk, buttermilk, tankage, middlings, crushed oats, ground barley, peas and meal.
A practical hog feeder should avoid a steep taper to prevent clogging when gluten or soft feed is used. Make the hopper wide at the bottom with slats to reduce waste and partitions for multiple feeds. This design accommodates tankage and gluten feeds, ensuring smooth flow.
The Secretary of Commerce announces the appointment of census supervisors for Georgia. Districts 1 through 12 designate William Sutlive, Wim A. Covington, Timarny Furloug, James Z. Thompson, Walter C. Marshburn, Roy W. Moor, Lewis S. Lerbitter, Thomas M. Swift Sr., W. E. Candler, Thomas Fleming, W. A. Little, and Oscar J. Frankly, with corresponding towns and counties in each district.
Remigints hers offices opened in the Methire Building in Atlanta for the South Atlantic Export Company. The company plans major trade with Latin America and expects Georgia manufacturing plants to benefit from expanded export traffic. GC. W. McClure has been chosen for a key role in the venture.
A short advertisement extols Chamberlain's Tablets as pleasant easy to take mild in effect and highly valued by users. Priced at a quarter, the notice urges readers to try them.
The chairman of the organization commits to completing the company’s structure and is poised to appoint a new committee. The plan emphasizes formalizing leadership and advancing strategic goals for the organization’s operations.
Reports indicate members in six cities besides Atlanta will fund and build up an ox port business. The effort aims to expand regional trade by developing port facilities and related infrastructure, with key stakeholders unnamed. Negotiations focus on capital contributions, governance, and projected timelines.
Matthew Hale of Boston is president of both the maritime and export corporations. The headquarters of Loth have been established in Atlanta.
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