THE PIG INDUSTRY

Manawatu Standard, Volume LIII, Issue 27, 29 December 1932, Page 4

THE PIG INDUSTRY

BREEDER?' AND FATTENER?.' COLUMN. j Tine year := rapt-fly crawlr.g to a c.-.- ; e ar.u :t has indeed tueer. a mo-t cum j year for every farmer. • Ire ca;rymar. fca- r.v.ie stt,ne for ' prebutt; than h:"‘ nelgf.bo.r. the -neep j farmer, ar.d perhaps tire rno-t remunerative j by-p.roauci r.e ha- the hitherto ce-pt-ed 1 pug. A« atate-d previtudy ir tlr:- crlum.r. : there := unlimited e-ope for breed:.'.? ar.d 1 rear::.? of r.:?-. which find a reacy anu ; firm market 0 er-ea- re-:dv‘ a gvo-u lora. • market. : The ; roduct:or. of pig- :r tor; urtr :r j w:;h buttertat w.rat ce-trec of tne | ratry farmor ard :: p.ea = :r.g to be ab> I to -rate that tr. the Mar.a- atu di'-r.et. a: j ica-t. -Ire farmers are turr.t.r? t.relr artenttor- to tne a-rtwur.u- of .u- a'.'U are real:?::.? the imr-crtance of eliminate? waste in food. By developing the pi? Industry the revenue har.c.ed by the dairy farmer car, •he ?reatly increased, ar.d .provided tne ■ material u-e-d for i-reeding purpose? is of j the cio-ire-c tyre there if every pro-t.-'-t • of New Zeaiar.d enjoying the same reputaj tion for pork ar.d bacon oversea.? &.< it , doe- for butter. , It is hoped that the now year will close ■ with substantially hitr'ner figure? for bac-or. ] ano perk export'. The conditions It New Zealand are favourable for the growing of :.•]?= and every dairy farmer can a-tccm-u edate at least a few. which will return ■ to hum a reasonable figure for the work i involved. i The most successful plr breeders of to- ' day ray attention to -c-rnperam-:-:.: when 1 se’ec-ttng Ireedirg stock, and right.y *O. for the sava?p Kar or sow i- a constant I trouble. ?"x indifference result? fn muon sterility, while the sow- ti.at wnl r.o: rear . her litter i- all too common. 1 The pig breeder ha« a meat adva.va?® ; over t.:.e hor-e and tat-:e breeder* tr. that. ; o-.-:r.2 to the prolificacy of -he sow. _he r an rapidly rectify errors, and by selc-c- ---! rion breed up* a i er.l cf fertile ;■ ■ 1- - of ; the desired tyrse. TTjis ear, re done -.virh:n a few- years, wherea- it takes a lifetime : with the larger animals. j PIG? MUST HAVE GRASS. I Keeping pics in styes shows tha: the I men who make- this mistake suppose that ■ pigs neither need excrci'e nor green food. 1 As - matter cf fact, there i‘ r,o domes".:: animal that pays better for liberty on j ?:as=. tut not long, tufty. innutriveus , grass, but grass ir, the leafy stag* which , has teer. fertilised if po'-ihl* with a complete manure —lime. pho*p,hate and potash being ah necessary. If seme sh*ep ar° not available to keep down the gras; :: . should be cut when necessary by the I mower. It is not recognised as it should be that pi? manure is the most completely balanced manure we have, and that the chear.es’ way to raise the general fertility of a farm is to fold the p:g= by means cf movable houses and runs, on portions of a field at a time, moving them on til! a.! the farm has teen treated.