MOWER COUNTY NEWS, MINN. 1955 (SECTION ONE) Thursday, Page Four August 20, Between Hog Prices Receipts Relationship and Hog A MORE A NEED FOB UNIFORM RUN OF HOGS weight for the monthly price of hogs 100 lbs. live Showing average per monthly receipts Chicago for 21 1904-1924 the 21 and at years, average 1904-1924. years, markets the majority of his above chart tells of what happens when the hog producer The the story yearly price is the offering months. A the chart shows that when receipts heavy, the three study of winter are over problems in serious low, high. This condition is of the and when the receipts light, the price is most are one months and Spring hog production. brought about by hogs being farrowed in the economical It is too many being finished the fed Summer and ration through the part on new corn crop. a Avoided This Condition Be By:— May 1. Full for Early Fall Market: Feeding be profitable feed Spring pigs, it will their to Until hog raisers choose feed full ration to to more more a of feed the Summer months will be than high price in for the September and early October market. The more offset by the higher of price hogs. 2. Fall Pigs: of hogs. litters More Fall Pigs Spring make uniform Two and less will tend Pigs to run a more a year Spring litter farrow between April will the make efficient brood By having Ist machine of the a more sow. from if the kept her pigs for four and weaned, is 15th, the be rebred pigs before the away or sow sow are may between five old. Rebreeding the and nights. weeks May Ist This should four be done when*the pigs sow are EARLY IN THE 15th 22 and September FARROWING will 5. make the August Fall farrow between come PRODUCTION. SUCCESSFUL THE SECRETS TO PIG FALL, A GOOD ARE RATION, CARE and PROPER hay and tankage The ground barley, oil meal, fine grade of alfalfa ration of the Fall Pig should contain a corn, or skim-milk. or of grain and fast daily Spring Pigs. Fall amount gain pigs given will make gains just good as as a on a as They Pig. will bring Spring higher price than the a average 3. the Year: of Spreading More Litters Over market day, which producer enable Market hog most the facilities that hog such nowadays may any a are condition and weight. This method also producer of gives the those to his hogs, only top marketing proper producer conditioned hogs through the different of the the properly advantage different of marketing seasons year on possible misfortune sell of having all the against the to market thus days, insuring him greater part or suffered decline. Such practice is market has good, his of offering when the sound business. time at a a years a enables he does his It the farmer clip hog to cream coupon. coupon as a contributed (This by Geo. A. Hormel & Company) space