Show POUR COOL WATER ON HEAD OF HOG icy liquid on animals body will do much harm when a hog gets overheated pour adol water on his head ant not on his body warns at W hety extension specialist in animal husbandry at ohio state university pouring water on the body of the bog Is for some rea son very allely to kill him says aul wul chet pouring water on his head coola him oft and helps him bogs should be protected from any necessity for violent exercise during hot weather liet says there should be no reason why they should be compelled to run about or even to move more than necessary they should have plenty of shade and cool water available at all times the hog has very little natural protection from the sun and consequently some artificial protection mast be provided says the specialist natural shades probably Is best but it Is not always available in the hog lot where it Is available a covering about four feet from the ground and open on all four sides will dually prove satisfactory in some localities it may be advisable to give additional protection on the side in the direction of the prevailing storms the shelter need not be elaborate almost any sort of open framework over which straw fodder or similar material Is placed will suffice many hog men use a wallow as an additional protection against over heating it properly constructed and handled the wallow Is a great aid there Is one possible objection to its use for the man who Is shipping hogs in the summer time the hogs which are accustomed to the wallow will sut for more severely when they arc load ed in ars tor shipment and the loss from this course will be greater than it the hogs had been insured to hot weather give additional feed to pigs in a creep when about three weeks old the pigs begin to eat grain from their mothers trough it Is important that they be now supplied additional feed where the bows sows cannot get at it this Is best done by providing a creep in a corner of the paddock or pasture with openings of such size that the pigs can run in and out while the bows sows are excluded at first a lit tie cracked corn seems about the most palatable feed later they may be fed a suitable mixture of concen either being hand fed all they will clean up twice or three times a day or else being fed by means of a self feeder young pigs skim milk and buttermilk are easily the best of all protein rich feeds noth log else aids so greatly in keeping them groning lustily the concen fed pigs at this time should consist of the farm grains with a considerable proportion of protein rich feeds like standard or preferably flour mid linseed meal and if there la an abundance of skim milk or buttermilk relatively little of oth er high protein feeds need be used live stock notes the sow and pigs should not be kept in the individual pens longer than ten days pigs will usually begin to eat a little feed when they are three to four weeks old cattle and alfalfa make the best combination to keep fertility on the soil so let both be taxed alike pigs fed solid buttermilk gain faster than those fed skim milk A possible explanation of the fact may be that the skim milk was too bulky 1 that have had no grain but have suckled good milking cows may be sold direct to the butchers at seven and nine months old at attractive prices A lamb that Is kept gaining from birth until ready for the market will produce its gaeni at a lower cost than if it Is allowed to fool away its time on part of a ration barlev in nn experiment recently completed at colorado agricultural college proved slightly superior and little as a feed for hogs than corn for making gains cattle feeders surely do need a little protection the cattle market much hogs are very susceptible to both internal and external parasites they roust be guarded against chese or profet may be easily turned into loss soon as the lambs are able to nibble at grien and hay provide a for them where they can eat on disturbed by toils arya important from the standpoint of economical returns |