| Show I KEEPING THE LITTERS APART Few of Stronger Pigs Make Remarkable Remarkable Remarkable Remark- Remark able Growth by Robbing Youngsters Youngsters Young Young- stera of Their Nutriment It Is certain fn that no one shelter shelter- house 1 IB fg big enough for Cor two litters of or pigs So far as ground space ventilation venti vent lation and bedding is concerned there may bo room enough and to spare but hut that does not mean that the two litters litters lit Ill tes te's or more will wUl be able to get along and do well when kept together Where There you are keeping a numb number r of sows and their litters JUers together In a apen pen a lot or a shelter It becomes n a struggle for the survival of or the fittest Tho The little fellows and those inclined to be weaklings get the worst of It IL They are half hair starved in many In In- stances You begin to wonder what Is the matter with the majority of or the pigs In the litters A few of the stronger ones seem to be making a remarkable remark growth and If Ie you observe them for Cor a aday aday aday day or two you will see just j why They are arc robbing the other youngsters of oC their nutriment The sows are unable to prevent It The stronger pigs will nurse nurGe from a half hair dozen sows If It there are that many in the inclosure The sows BOWS may get up and walk away and try to get rid of oC these pirates but that will not prevent them In every bunch of or pigs kept In the same lot the strongest ones are certain eel tate tain to get a great deal more than i their theft share of or the milk As the they get bigger th tl jet et et bolder and they nurse from rom every sow In the lot They will vili run from Crom one sow to another another an an- other rooting away atay the weaker pigs S' S Hog Raised by Pig Club Boy In Alabama disturbing a whole litter despite the efforts of oC the sows There is no use blaming the poor condition of such litters on the tho weather the sows the rations or the care the hired man is giving them Hyou If H you will take time enough to watch them for a while it wont won't take you long to pick out the milk thieves among them Separate houses or separate pens are aro the best solution If the sows and pigs are aro running In a big lot or a pasture pas pa- ture the they will naturally feed together and and keep together and the eaker weaker ones will suffer from the depredations of oC the more vigorous |
