Palacios Beacon (Palacios, Tex.), Vol. 9, No. 45, Ed. 1 Friday, November 30, 1917 Page: 7 of 8
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LET HOGS HARVEST SOUTHERN ROOT CROPS
(Prepared by the United States Depart-
ment of Aurleulture.)
With hogs noting both ns hnrvpstnr
and consumer, peanuts, velvet beans,
sweet potatoes and chufas (a sedge
which produces underground tubers)
arc becoming Important hog-fiitten)ryf
. crops In the South. Allowing hogs to
harvest these crops, especially peanuts,
In the field Is one of the most profita-
ble ways of disposing of them. As a
t-^diet of peanuts alone makes a soft
pork, other feeds may be used later to
harden the animals for market.
% <S»ft hogs arc objected to for three
main reasons. First, a piece of soft
pork is a very undesirable piece of
meat and Is objected to by the consum-
er ; second, the lard rendered from soft-
bodled hogs never sets well and Is un-
desirable from both the packers' and
the consumers' standpoint; third, soft
pork n'ever cures as well as hard pork.
Meat packers question the quality of
the meat from, hogs fed peanuts and
other similar feeds that produce soft
pork, and they are not unreasonable In
doing this, as refrigeration will not
harden the carcasses of hogs fed solely
on feeds of this character. On the
other hand, packers will not believe
that soft carcasses can be hardened If
fed the proper ration for a certain
time before killing. This attitude Is
not justified, however, for there Is
. sufficient experimental data at hand to
Xjrove that soft-bodied hogs can be
made firm if they are fed the proper
feeds or combination of feeds.
Corn alone will eventually harden
Soft-bodied hogs if fed during the lat-
ter part of the feeding period for four
to eight weeks, or us a large part of
the ration during the tutlrc Unit the
pigs are on feed. However, hogs will
not grow rapidly enough on corn alone
to put on a quick finish, and the time
and feed Involved In hardening the
carcass makes this practice a most ex-
pensive one. This is true no matter
what the price of corn may be, and It
Is especially true at the present time
when corn is high in price.
A ration composed of two thirds corn
and one-third cottonseed inenl Is an
"excellent hardening ration if the hogs
sweet potatoes alone, hut, tike Irish,
potatoes alone, this ration has proved
unprofitable. Sweet potatoes have con-
siderable value, however, in a properly
balanced ration.
Because of the expense of harvest-
ing and storing sweet potatoes, a profit
realized from feeding them to hogs Is
possible only when the hogs are al-
lowed to do their own harvesting. If
the hogs successfully harvest the sweet
liotatoes, they are doubtless a cheaper
feed than corn on sandy soils that yield
from ten to 15 times as many bushels
of sweet potatoes as corn, although
the average yield of sweet potatoes
is less than 00 bushe|s per acre, some
farms raise as many as 200 bushels.
Sweet potatoes are considered the
best root crop for pigs for fall and
early winter grazing on the cut-over
pine lands of the South. The roots
are low In protein, however, and when
pigs are allowed to harvest them some
grain alwuys should be given in addi-
tion.
Velvet Beans.
South of central Alabama, where
the beans will mature, velvet beans,
although a new crop, are giving excel-
lent results for hog and cattle grazing.
They are usually planted with some
supporting crop, corn or sorghum, In
alternate rows or both In the same
row, as they grow best when held up
from the ground. If planted In May
or JKine in four-foot rows at the rate
of one peck per acre, the earlier vari-
eties should be ready for grazing in
October and November.
Chufas.
Chufas with their small nutlike
tubers yield large amounts of fatten-
ing forage for hogs. Planted in the
early spring at the rate of one peek
to the acre, they should be ready to
pasture bite in the fall or during the
winter. Some protein food such as
tankage or cottonseed meal should be
fed In addition to balance the ration,
for the chufas are largely starch and
contain little protein.
Some Grain Is Necessary.
The object in pig fowling is to grow
a pig with plenty of size and scale
and one Unit will fatten quickly and
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PROFITABLE TO FEED PEANUTS TO HOGS.
are not to be fed for more than 21
clays. If the finishing and hardening
period is longer than iil days, the pro-
portion of cottonseed meal should be
reduced to one-sixth of the whole ra-
tion, and the finishing period should
not extend over five weeks. Cotton-
seed ineol has a poisonous effect upon
swine when fed in large quantities for
a period of more than 30 days. It
"shouid be used very carefully.
Sweet Potatoes.
Sweet potatoes have been fed to
hogs with some degree of success, par-
ticularly in the South. They have been
fed both raw and cooked, and the
•hogs have also been allowed to do their
own harvesting. Numerous attempts
have been made to maintain hogs on
iRADICATION OF TICK
Half Milllion Southern Herds Be-
ing Dipped Regularly.
nrpi»rtmi«nt of Agriculture Decidedly
Hopeful That 8outh Will Be En-
tirety Free From Cattle
Tick Fever In 1921.
(From the United States Department of
Agriculture.)
With active work for tick erudlcn-
' i. tlon proceeding in 332,251 square
j miles of Southern territory, the United
States department of agriculture and
state officials arc decidedly hopeful
that their co-operative goal—"a South
entirely free from the cattle fever tick
In 1921"—will be attained. Twenty
'thousand eight hundred and eighty-
two dipping vats were in commission
. , lii August, and during that month 522,-
541 different herds, comprising 4,31»,-
554 cattle, were being dipped regular-
ly every two weeks. A force of 1,901
economically. It Is impossible to do
this on pasture or roots nlone; grain
must be added to the ration. Pigs do
not neglect the roots of forage when
fed grain, but really make more eco-
nomical use of It then when the grain
Is limited. In feeding a grain ration
on roots or pasture, more success has
been attulned by giving an amount
equnl to three pounds per hundred
pounds live weight than when fed in
lesser amounts. Many farmers use
the self-feeder, giving the pigs free
access to such feeds us corn, mill feeds,
and tnnkage while on pasture, and ob-
tain excellent results. The practice
tftnds to shorten the feeding period
and produces pork with slightly less
grain per unit of gain.
federal, state and county Inspectors
were actively employed in the work of
getting rid of the cattle pest. When
the territory now being worked Is en-
tirely freed of ticks, there will re-
main only a comparatively small quar-
antined territory in the entire South.
Mississippi led with 187.330 herds
and 1,373,952 cattle dipped regularly
hi 0,533 vats. This work, it is be-
lieved, shortly will clean out the tick
from 45,170 square miles of territory,
and free the entire state from quaran-
tine this year. Louisiana was second
in number of cattle dipped and Ala-
bama third, each (lipping over 060,000
animals. Arkansas was a close fourth
with 618,000 animals dipped.
Texas, where dipping recently has
become active, Is handling 295,592 cat-
tle, but. leads all the states In nrea
handled, with over 05,000 square miles
being worked. Florida, whose cattle
are not so numerous. Is second In area
covered, with 53,111 square miles. One
of the most helpful signs is that the
state legislatures of Georgia, Missis-
sippi, Louisiana, Texas and Arkansas
have made dipping of cattle to eradl-
j cate ticks compulsory.
BOSCHEE'S GERMAN SYRUP
Why use ordinary cough remedies,
when Boschee's German Syrup has
been used so successfully for flfty-one
years In all parts of the United
States for coughs, bronchitis, colds
settled In the throat, especially lung
troubles. It gives the patient a goo'l
night's rest, free from coughing, with
easy expectoration in the morning,
gives nature a chance to soothe the
Inflamed parts, throw off the disease,
helping the patient to regain his
health. Sold in all civilized countries.
30 and 90 cent bottles. Adv.
Too Old to Learn.
"Why don't you try to mannge that
horse without profanity?"' usked an
officer of a cavalryman.
"It wouldn't do any good," said the
cavalryman. "It ain't fair to this
horse to ask it to start at its time of
life to ieurn a lot of polite words."—
Puck.
To Drive Out Malaria
And Build Up The System
Take the Old Standard GROVE'S
TASTELESS chill TONIC. Vou know
what you are taking, as the formula is
printed on every label, showing it is
Quinine and Iron in a tasteless form. The
Quinine drives out malaria, the Iron
builds up the system. 6o cents.
Army Life.
The difference between army life
and ordinary life Is that those in the
army know that discontent doesn't
get them anything.
THE NEW METHOD
(By L. W. Bower, 11. D.)
LOUISIANA NEWS
Backache of any kind Is often caused
by kidney disorder, which means that the
kidneys are not working properly, rolson-
ous matter and uric acid accumulate
within the body In great abundance,
overworking the sick kidneys; hence the
congestion ot blood causes backache In
the same manner as a similar congestion
In the head causes headache. You be-
come norvous, despondent, sick, feverish,
Irritable, have spots appearing before tho
eyes, bags under the lids, and lack ambi-
tion to do things.
The latest and most effective means
of overcoming this trouble, Is to eat spar-
ingly of meat, drink plenty of water be-
tween meals and take a single An-u-rlc
tablet before each meal for a while.
Simply ask. your favorite druggist for
Anurlc, double strength. If you have
lumbago, rheumatism, gout, dropsy, be-
gin Immediately with this newest discov-
ery or Dt. Pierce, who Is Chief Medical
Director of Invalids' Hotel and Surgical
Institute in Buffalo, N. Y. Send 10 cents
for trial pkg. Large package 60c.
Alexandria, La.—"This Is to certify
that I have taken Dr. Pierce's Golden
Medical Discovery and can testify to
its merits. 1 was so weak when I be-
gan taking It I was not able to roll
over In bed, hut after taking six bot-
tles felt iike a new luun—was strong
and healthy. Try It, and be convinced
of Its merits,"—J. S. SMALL, 730
Monro St.
Get Golden Medical Discovery today
either In liquid or tablet form from
your druggist If you want to better
your physical condition speedily. It
Is a wonderful prescription prepared
only from nature's roots and herbs
with no alcohol to falsely stimulate
and no narcotics to wreck the nerves.
Tablets tiOc.
Dr. Pierce's Piensnnt Pellets are th«
best little liver pills because entirely
vegetable. No calomel. All druggists
sell them In vials.—Adv.
WOMAN'S CROWNING GLORY
|s her hair. If yours la streaked with
ugly, grizzly, grnv hairs, use "La Cre-
ole" Hair Dressing and change It In
the natural way. Price $1.00.—Adv.
Not a Valuable Prize.
There's no prize worth winning dis-
honestly. We can't Imagine anything
worse than having a silver or gold
reminder of a time when we were
crooked.—Kxchnngc.
Good health depends upon good digestion,
Wright's Indian Vegetable Pllla aafoguard
your digestion ond your health. Tonic au
wfll nil purgative. Adv.
H'
ERE is an offer backed by one of your personal friends
, —a man whom you have known for a long time, and
in whose honesty you have implicit confidence. This man
is your local druggist. He will tell you that he has been
selling Hunt's 8alve, formerly called Hunt's Cure ever
since he has been in business, under the strict guarantee
to promptly refund the purchase price to any dissatisfied
user.
He will say to you "Take home a box of Hunt's Salve
and if it is not successful in the treatment of itching skin
I wiU promptly refund to vou your 7renin. '
Hunt's 8alve is especially compounded for the treatment
of Itch, Eczema, RlnQworm, Tetter, and other itching
skin diseases.
The General Manager of the Lida Valley Railway Co.,
Goldfield, Nevada, A. D. Goodenough, writes: "At one
time I had a very bad case of Eczema, which troubled me
for seven or eight years, and although I tried all kinds of
medicine and several doctors, I got no relief until I used
/HIHI Hunt's Salve. It finally cured me.
Thousands of such letters have been received, testifying
as to the curative merits of this wonderful remedy.
Don't fail to ask your druggist about Hunt's Salve, formerly ca'led Hunt's Cure.
Show him this ad, and ask him if the statements herein made are not correct.
Sold by all reputable druggists everywhere at 75 cents per box, or sent direct on
rcceipt of stamps or money order.
A. B. RICHARDS MEDICINE CO., Sherman, Texas
Figuring His Loss.
Blllle—How much does tills job pay?
Mr T-T1 riMii—Whv (lO vOU fiSk tllilt
when I have already told you that you
won't do?
Billle—I Just want to figure out how
much I am losing.
State of Ohio, City of Toledo. Lucas
County—as.
Frank J. Cheney make* oath that he l«
senior partner of the firm of P. J. Cheney
& Co., doing business "n the City of To-
ledo, County and State aforesaid, and that
said fli in will tiny the sum of ONE HUN-
DRED DOLLARS for any case of Catarrh
that cannot be cured by the use of
HALL'S CATARRH MEDICINE.
FRANK J. CHENEY.
Sworn to before me and subscribed In
my presence, this 6th day of December,
A. D. 188#.
(Seal) A. W. Gleaaon, Notary Public.
HALL'S CATARRH MEDICINE 1s tak-
en Internally and acts through the Blood
en the Mucous Surfaces of the
Druggists, 75c. Testimonials free.
F. J. Cheney & Co., Toledo, Ohio.
Looking Ahead.
"I wish I could marry you, Mr. Du-
bon. You make love so beautifully."
"Then why not marry me and k't
me make love to your for life?"
"Because I'm a practical young
woman. The time would coine when
a pretty compliment couldn't take the
place of a new hat or a set of furs."
DR.TUTTS LIVER PILLS FOP LIVER ILLS
What ConstipationMeans
it means a miserable condition of ill health that leads to all sorts of special
ailments such as headache, backache, dyspepsia, dizziness, indigestion, pains of
various kinds, piles and numerous other disorders—CONSTIPATION is a crime
against nature, and no human being can be well for any length of time while
constipated. DR. TUl'I'S LIVER PI1AJS is the remedy and has been used
successfully all over this country for 72 years. Get a box and see how it feels
to have your Kver and bowels resume their health-giving natural functions.
For sale at all druggists and dealer* everywhere.
Dr. Tuffs Liver Pills
RESULTS ARE OBTAINED BY USING
FRAZIER'S DISTEMPER REMEDY
Its results and effects are certain In all cases of Distem-
per Influenza. Coughs Colds and Shipping Fever. We refund
your money If not satisfactory In all cases. Absolutely safe
for me.ros, colts crd atnlllonp, One dose nets ns a prevents
tlve; 50 cents and tl per bottle. II size holds 8 ounces. (Just
two ounces more than any other distemper cure on the mar-
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from BINKLRY MEDICAI. CO, Nappanee, Ind.
tfj)(TERSMITirs
ft (ShllTonic
&
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Malaria, ChiDs 4 Ferer.
Also a Fine General
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60c aad $1.00 at all
Drue Stars*.
St**
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Relief from Pain.
Nashua, N. II. — "I am nineteen years old and
every month for two years I had such pains that I
would often faint and have to leave schooL I had
such pain I did not know what to do with myself
and tried so many remedies that were of no use.
I read about Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable
Compound in the newspapers and decided to
try it, and that is how I found relief from
pain and feel so much better than I used to.
When I hear of any girl suffering
as I did I tell them how Lydia E.
Pinkham's Vegetable Compound
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29 Bowers Street, Nashua, N. II.
Lydia K. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound,
made from native roots and herbs, uunlaiua no
narcotic or harmful drugs, and is, therefore,
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THE PERFECTLY SAFE REMEDY
LYDIA E. PINKHAMS
VEGETABLE COMPOUND
LYDIA E.PINKHAM MEDICINE CO. LYNN, MASS.
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Tucker, T. L. Palacios Beacon (Palacios, Tex.), Vol. 9, No. 45, Ed. 1 Friday, November 30, 1917, newspaper, November 30, 1917; (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth412202/m1/7/: accessed July 18, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting Palacios Library.