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Show FIRST CARE OF BROOD SOWS Should Bo' Kept In Thrifty Condition Without Laying on Much Fat Making $7 Cot. The first care of the brood sow should be to keep her In a thrifty condition con-dition without laying on much fat. A week or ten days before farrowing time put her In a fattening pen and let her get accustomed to her new quarters. Feed a little bran each meal, which has a laxative effect and makes farrowing easier. Scratching and petting a sow while feeding is time well spent, although it may seem ridiculous to some, writes Edward B. Chalk in the Farmers' Mall and Breeze. By treatment of this kind I have in one week tamed an old sow that looked like a man-eater so I could handle her pigs. I prefer the hog cot or the Individual Individ-ual hog house. While the large house Jit '5f , i 1 1 I 1 I I I I ljrJjlil 1 1 I I I il po&w&ie hog nocse The Hog Cot in Sections. Is convenient and has other advantages, advan-tages, it is hard to keep clean, and if a contagious disease breaks out the chances are that all the herd will take it. The bottom timbers of my hog cot are 2 by 6's, placed up eight inches and made to lap over at the corners, where a pin holds them In place when set up, The top timbers axe 2 by 4's, made in the same way. The dimensions of the cot are 8 by 8 feet, 6 feet high in front -and 4 feet at the back. I find that such a douse can be built for $7. It is best to make such a house of matched lumber, but inch boards a foot wide and well battened are good. I place a guard along the wall of each cot, a 2 by 6 that extends outward and Is six or eight inches above the floor. This protects the pigs from being be-ing rolled on when they are young. I have five of these cots now and will build five more. They are easily kept dry and clean, may be moved about where wanted and when not in use for hogs may be used to house chickens or calves. |