“George Hunt is Another of the Big Pig
Raisers,” from the Monroe
Journal, April 5, 1918
Mr. George Hart, son of Mr. and Mrs. S.B. Hart, is doing his
part of keeping Union County supplied with hogs. On one of his farms about four
miles west of here he has a 10-acre field devoted to nothing but hog-raising.
He now has 22 pigs and 5 hogs. Last year he raised 65 pigs, selling them all
while young. These hogs are mostly Duroc Jerseys.
He has the 10-acre field divided into two lots and turns them
into one and then the other, thus securing a good groth for them all the time.
In these lots he plants rye, clover, vetch and so forth. He always makes it a
point to plant Abruzzie rye if he can secure the seed and says that Abruzzie
rye will produce about six times more feed than the old South rye. He was
unable to secure Abruzzi seed for planting both lots this year and so had to
use the old seed. There is a noticeable difference in the two stands as they
now show up.
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