I never was a farmer, but in the early 70's I had a hog floor, and it made enough money that it could be considered "fun". It was only 40 X 40, and divided into 4 pens. I could keep 15 head per pen, and rotate a batch in and out each month. I bought all of the pigs at a local auction barn, bought all of the feed, and had lots of hand labor. I kept good records, and often made a profit of $50 per head. That was a lot of money to a young man in 1970. I had a day job, so the hogs were a sideline, but the work never stopped. The manure was cleaned off daily by hand, but I was young then. My wife and I were rolling in the dough - got all of our debts paid off, and what could go wrong. Then came the 80's. It got to where you couldn't hardly give a hog away. When we got down to $10 profit per hog, it was no longer "fun", and I stopped buying feeders. I remember guys saying they just opened their gates and let their hogs roam. One guy claimed that he left 6 pigs in a stock trailer with a sign "Free to a good home". Came back the next morning and there were 8 pigs in his trailer. Good memories, but those days are over. I don't know where you'd find a hog in our neighborhood now. I used to step out in the evening, and I could hear feeder lids rattling in every direction from our place. No more. There's got to be some big boys in the hog business yet, because I see pork in the meat section of the grocery store, but the little guy is on the side.
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