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About The frontier. (O'Neill City, Holt County, Neb.) 1880-1965 | View Entire Issue (May 3, 1928)
| OF INTEREST TO FARMERS | CONSTRUCTIVE BREEDING It is an axiom in all lines of en deavor that nothing can stand still; it goes ahead or falls behind. The improved qualities and char acteristic of all livestock are pro duced by artificial processes applied over long intervals of time, but they will all too soon revert to normal nativity If neglected but a short time. The tendency in hogs is down or back to a small, compact, light feeding animal. The greatest con structive work of the true breeder Is to keep up the large frame that permits of great weight and at an early age, and that wall also convert the largest quantities of feed into economical and profitable products. Suffice it to say, that this type is not as often discovered in the show’ pens as it is at the packing plant. How many have ever suspected and .admitted that the constructive breeder type of hoe is, as a matter of fact, not only different from the show type. but. also different from the perfect, refined, flesh-accumu lating type as it is represented by the common feedlot hog to be seen along any of the reads? These common feedlot hogs are always dropping back into lesser size and more refinement, if under good feeding system: or to the jungle board, if the feeding system is poor. It is the constructive breeder’s Job to out stud material capable of upbuilding this common stuff. This requires large frames that seem to correlate most with coarser development and ruggedness. It has usually been. In my observation, says a successful “constructive” breeder that most sires that the prepotent of desirable qualities have themselves possessed moder ately coarse to very coarse hair, heavy bone and ruggedness of fea tures not compatible with show’ stuff, as the latter is usually ac cepted. Also, a prepotent dam has usually been much loo loosely built to please the ringside audience. The old English feeder always availed himself of this fact to pro duce his fat stock show stuff from a slab-sided, large sow of a coarse breed, and a compact, small, re fined boar of a smaller breed. Though as a fact the result of this cross is usually a great success in combining size and quality in a same time—a generation—it disap points and destroys all the progress of many years spent to acquire ad vanced character of product, and it robs the breeder of all practical and profitable achievement in his art In conclusion, let me address the young man who will become the fu ture constructive breeder. There is nothing the matter with the large type hog for foundation stock, and having selected it. pay little atten tion to contentious opinions that are found most conspicuous at the shows and public sales. Often the best of the breed, are not there. Find out what the packing plant authorities say, furnish what they want and you will find that the large type hog is about right. Then study the history of the breed and its founders and greatest develop ers. Then settle down to a life lob, not to a flickering spell of a year or so only to change entirely your breeding plans. Know your own business, and let others attend to theirs. Don’t get discouraged if you don't gain notoriety in a few years. You can buy notoriety in a single spread eagle advertisement, but you surely will lose it about as quicklv by the same time and process. Let your work be known by the improved stock you send out, and after years of matured development, a compe tence is yours beyond your greatest expectations. Recently I reviewed a galaxv de scription of many advertised breed ers. I noticed that very few had spent over 10 years in the business. They had scarcely passed the buy ing stage of their experience. No table success may come in 10 years. More frequently lasting success comes after 20 years of painstak ing constructive work, during which time many discouraging failures have pointed to dangerous pitfalls. As a beacon light to your future success, look up especially the his tory of Tomkins and Price covering a period of over 80 years devoted to the early improvement of Hereford cattle. developing’young boars Each year a number of oustand ingly promising boar prospects are sold and yet it Is but seldom that a large percentage of them contin ue to develop in their new homes and to carry on with the promise they once indicated, after a breed ing season: this may be largely due to the method of handling and feeding. A young boar, especially while being used for breeding ser vice, should be fed well enough to keep him continually erowirvr nnri developing. Personally, we like to develop a young boar without the use of com, feeding an oatmeal mash and using plenty of milk His ration should also contain ample protein in some form or other and this generally means tankage; also a good mineral mixture accessible at all times. Feed him as much as he will clean up and keep him grow ing just as rapidly as he will. These young boars should be penned en tirely away from the sows and in a lot giving ample room for exer cise Many a young boar with a Cl back has had it ruined by hav his pen next to the sows, caus ing him to develop the habit of dtanding along the fence with his head in the air and his hack sugged down. Over-use during the breed ing season will stunt any boar, no matter how good, and nothing leas tlmn a mature animal should be uard more then once a day. prefer ably not that often If a young boar develops into a ranter, refuses to eat and constantly walks the fences he ran be made to see things dif ferently by putting him in with an older boar that will soundly lick Kt. A SON A III.}; MIPPORITION The last time I was driving along a country road, writes an observant traveler, 1 saw in front of a farm Mme a neat sign. Poland China Hugs ' I didn't have time to stop bat I made a resolve to stop the next time, and I also made a fear gtteear* Here they are 1 That aU his hogs are lure bred* a That his fanning Is profitable S That hie equipment la In guixi condition .and his other steed healthy and blooded Do you want the paaeerbv to tbiat that about >our aaiaMlah bmoit him. Just a lot of next year's showring results are made or brok en in the handling of the younger boars during the winter season. ■ — - APPLYING FARM MANURE It is generally acknowledged that if we are to get maximum returns from our farm manure we must 'ap ply it in as nearly a balanced con ditions as possible. When we apply manure we add organic matter to the soil plus three per cent, of phosphorus and potassium. The percentages of these three con stituents in manure vary according to the nature of the feed fed to the livestock, but all barnyard man ure is comparatively low in phos phorus. On the other hand most of our land is deficient in this element. In a general way it may be said that the productivity of a soil is limited by the plant food element in which it is deficient in phosphor us will, other things being equal, yield a crop no larger than the amount of available phosphorus will permit. Ordinarily when we ap ply eight or 10 tons of barnyard manure to an acre of land we are adding more nitrogen and potas sium as compared with phosphorus than the crop can make use of hence the crop yield will be limited by the amount of phosphorus pres ent in the manure added and the amount contained in the soil. It is with the soil as it is with the ani mal. If we are to feed it economi cally we must supply the plant food in the first case in a balanced form just as we must in the case of feed ing the animal. As indicated before, barnyard manure as well as most Iowa soils are deficient in phosphorus and for that reason if the manure is sup plemented with acid phosphate it can be more economically used. Many farmers throughout the middle west instead of applying eight or 10 tons of barnyard manure oer acre to their yard, are adding 40 pounds of acid phosphate to each tone of manure and applying it at the rate of 4 or 5 tons per acre, thus making it possible to cover twice the usual acreage with a given amount. This is an excellent practice and should be encouraged in an experimental way at least, ail over the state. Once on the edge of a pleasant pool, under the bank where t'was dark and cool, where bushes over the water hung, and rushes nodded, and grasses swung, just where the crick flowed outer the bog, there lived a grumpy and mean old frog who'd sit all way in the mud and soak and just do nothing but croak and croak, till a blackbird hollered, "I say yer know, what's the mat ter down there below? Are you in trouble, er pain, er what?” The frog sez, “mine is an orful lot; noth ing but mud and dirt and slime for me to look at just all the time. It's a dirty world!” so the old fool speke, “croakity croakity croakity croak!” “But yer looking down!” the blackbird said; “look at the , lovely summer skies look at the bees ' and butterflies, look up, old feller. Why bless your soul, yer looking down in a muskrat hole!” But still with a gurgling sob and choke the blame old critter would only croak, and a W’ise old turtle, who boarded near, sez to the blackbird, “friend see here: Don’t shed no tears over him, fer he is low-down just 'causa he likes ter be; he's one er them kind cf chumps that’s glad to be so mis-rable-like and cad; I’ll tell yer something that ain’t no joke, don’t w’aste yer sorrer on folks that croak.” -4 4 DOUBLE SHIFT FARMING There are several advantages to be gained through the use of trac tors at night besides that of getting the work done in proper season when the weather causes delay, and there are few, if any, serious dis advantages. Nearly every field operation can be done just as well at night, pro vided an adequate lighting outfit is used. Harvesting is about the only exception, and even this can be done at night in some sections, and is frequently carried on in em- | It is very common, indeed, to see two men on the same farm, and of ten in the field, one driving a trac- I tor and the other driving a team of horses. The tractor may be fit ting the seedbed while the horses are drilling, or the tractor may be plowing while the horses are doing the fitting. Regardless of just how the operations are being carried on, however, it would often be possi ble to dispense entirely with the horses and do both Jobs with the tractor by having one man run it during the day and the other at night. This cuts down the capital invested in power, as well as the operating expenses. It permits keeping more profit-producing ani mals in place of the horses It gives the tractor more profitable work each season, which cuts down the overhead cost per day. The sooner any machine can be worn out in doing profitable work, the better it is. whether on the farm or in the factory. Every manufactur er Is pleased when he can use equip ment night and day. because nr thereby reduces his coat of produc tion and increases bis profits The same is just as true of farming. •• MIDI. MONEY YKOM simp There la good money in sheep, provided, of course, that you do not overstock. One of the most success ful sheep men In this part of the country says there should be ten • we- on evety go-acre farm. This email number wrtll not overstock the place, will not necessitate so much sheep-tight fence, and will not In | ter fete with other farm work Hheep 1 will thrive on vegetation which would otherwise be s total Iom The avrtage fanner who will make ex tra good money on a small bunch of sheep The wool pays foe the »** s keep and the iamb la that muck extra Small Girl Knew All About Wife of Noah The kindergarten teacher wan telling her group the story of Noah and the ark. Suddenly little Isabel waved her hand wildly. "I know somefln’s else,” she an nounced triumphantly. “Noah's wife could ride a horse I” The teacher was for the moment completely nonplused, and couldn't just then remember whether those were prehorse days or not To gain time, she asked: “How do you know she could, Isa bel?” “'Cause I saw the picture and she was rid'm’ a white horse. An' I know her name, too.” Again the teacher was not sure whether or not the Bible mentioned Mrs. Noah. “Well, what wa? It, Isabel?” “Joan. 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