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Show Tli Sow and Fig. If Ihe weather la liable lo be eapee lnll cold nnd diaagieeable at farrowing time th pigs when Hist furrowed, will withstand the eo.d tery mtnh better If tli. aim has heen made to exercise and withstand conalelernble exposure right up to the day of farrow lug Many iei-oinmend iei-oinmend violent changes of feed and management nt farrowing time. In pro. He e am h e hnngea seem to ficnieni-ly ficnieni-ly Indue c Indigestion and to genernll deianvic the heilth of the animal nreiiter auccean with the litter acorns to attend one a eftorta h giving the sow at all times sufficient feed lo prevent pre-vent her suffering from hunger nnd glowing reatleas The fee.il for the sent and litter should never be very cold If the sow will Im content to He quietly with her litter fm the llrst twelto oi twenty-four hours after farrowing it Bpema lo lie the better practice not to disturb her After rnrrowlng gradually Inerense the food In eiuuiittty and also make It richer In eninllly up to about the third week nrtei fHrrowtng when tho aim should be on full feed If enre hua been taken to ae thnt the aow and pigs have taken nbundnnt exercise at this time the aow vt III be git lug a heavy (low of milk and the pigs will be large, grewthy fellow a reidy xnd anxious to turn the milk to good m count 1'lgs should bo allrre I about In their bed when two dsya old and bo cloaelv i obaerteel each day theienfter and made j to lake consldeinble exercise The bed I for the row nnd Illlcr must not only be free from driught but must nlao be dry und free fiom dust. Ilrlght bulled wheat straw seema to be eapeclnlly well adapted for bedding llio eotv nnd Utter Ilje straw seems to cnue coughing nnd oil straw Is not fit for siitli purpose (Iriss or aome succulent food shoull bo provided for tho sow nnd tiller and the plga should be nl-lovved nl-lovved ei liberal nmount of aoll 1 food ns early na they will pnrt.tko of It It seoma to be nei eaanry to the health of the pig th it he be able at an eaily age to procuie solid food In ennsl.ler.ibl8 tarletj The usual form of deep should be useel for the little fellows lo make It possible to feed them unmolested unmo-lested by their mother A sennnte lot and sleeping houso should be set npart for the use of enrh sow nnd litter In cool elntnp weather espedil care must be oxetrlsed to prevent thumps. The prnctlcil ee of the experienced feeder at oiiee sees the dinger of thumps In tho aleek glossy coil nf his llttlo beauties beau-ties The sine cmlek remedy for thumps la exenlse. either by brlik driving or by elropplng the nITocteil pig Into an empty barrel or box npart from his mother nnd allowing him to fret nn 1 try to get oi t for nn hour or so each tlmo and two ur Ihreo times enrh day until the trouble ellsappoirs It the pig gets stupid nnd refuses lo fret and Jump when plnred In the empty birrel Iiy the Inrrel down iinel roll It buck nnd forth with the pig In It for a few times, Ibis will vinko him up nnd rnuso hlni lo wnnt out Scouring la usu illy duo In olthiM n damp bed or tho condition of the aow a milk Upon Ihe (list np-reainneo np-reainneo nf aentirs iimong the plga, glto the sow n tnblespoonful of sulphur or about the same umntint of slicl-oil llmo lu her feed en It feed until the trouble dlsippeirs hee thn bed Is kept dry and free from dust and draught. Tho addition of llm" ams to bo nu ml-vantage ml-vantage to almost anj ration, use It In the proportion of about ono table-spoonrul table-spoonrul of slaked lime to each 2in) pounds of hog The addition of lime to tho ration seems to grow a much Blocker, Block-er, atom built pig. and to del plop tho litter very uniform Continue liberally feeding Ihe sow and Hitler up until the pigs nro eight or ten weeks of nge when the row should be lomoiexl entirely out of sight or hearing of- tlie pigs, nnd nf. ler nbnut lite elas she should be rend) to bleed for the sine ceding litter Sueli treatment should produce more than 100 strong, heallhj vlgeuoua plga each year to each half-doaen sows used In Ihe breeding herd-Addicsa of w. A. Hurt before Indiana Httlno Ilreeders. |