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Show PIGS AFTER WEANING. , Just after a litter of pigs has been weaned 1 is jat critical time with them, and if extra care is not given at that ; time the little, fellows are -liable to go back instead of forward. There js nothing like mother's milk for baby ba-by animals. It contains all the food elements for normal bodily dcvclopc-j dcvclopc-j ment and when pigs arc weaned they - lb not alwayscCjUthecclcments I in proper amounts and proportion for J cojuinucd growth. lljPIJeforc pigs arc weaned they should be taught to cat a variety fif feeds and be supplied with them daHy. so that their digestive organs will bcin a position to utilize feeds independent independ-ent of the sow. Where skim milk is to be had this should be fed three ,or four weeks before weaning, and for that length of time after wcan-1 wcan-1 ing. In tlic absence of milk, warm slops of wheat mid'dlings will make a fair substitute. At all seasons give the " young weaned pigs plenty of green sluff and S"charcoal. Do not confine thorn in a small lot or pen, but allow them free range over wide areas for abundant exercise and the Securing of a large variety of herbage and mixed feeds. Too much stress can 'not be put on this last point. "'-"" Pigs, above all other animals, cat a large variety of licrbngc and mixed tfuods. Too much stress can not 'tc lint on this lust point. Pigs, above all other animals, cat a grunt many different feeds if they can gtt thorn, and they make inferior gains on a limited1 diet. hi. winter. and all inclement weather Ui young weaned pigs must not only have good shelter from rain and snow but also the very cleanest and dryest of bedding and an abundance of it. Wheat or oat straw free of .dust or mold is good, and enough of it should b?e supplied so that the little animals can literally cover up in it. Wet hedging hed-ging must not be tolerated under any t circumstances in cold weather. Pigs will cover themselves with it, come oufr-into the cold of mornings and contract colds and lung trouble, resulting re-sulting in check of growth and death. Their sleeping quarters should be frequently fre-quently cleaned, as the dust there causes them to cough and no doubt harbors germs of disease. o |
