Show FEEDIXG THE PIGS Northwestern Farmer When the pISS are three weeks old Mr Betts1 method which he has found very successful is to feed them awixy from the dam where she cannot be with them This can be done by fencing off a place about ten feet square near the feeding place leaving a small opening large enough for the pigs to enter where they should be fed regularly of ground feed and milk if it can be had After the pigs are about six weeks old the rations should be increased gradually and that of the dam slightly decreased for the next two weeks when the pigs will be old enoughto wean and will have made a very rapid growth and be well advanced on the road to market From this time on they should be fed all that they will eat with apparent relish without wasting any food In this manner the pigs will improve very fast and be in condition for the market whenever you are ready to sell 4s pigs raised this way at the age of six months ought to weigh from 200 to 250 pounds the average farmer can readily see the profit in a syell tfended pig over that kept in a half starved condition that will reach the age of twelvemonths twelve-months before it can spring 150 pounds which has been quite common on any farm in the chief hog raising states |