| Show EXERCISE FOR BROOD SOWS Animals Should Be Kept In Yards and Pens Where They Can Avoid Narrow Gates and Doors By G G. E. E MORTON l Colorado Agricultural Agricultural tural College Brood sows sews should be allowed plenty of room to exercise in up to about two days of farrowing time They should bo be kept in yards and pens where they will not be obliged to pass through narrow gates over boards doorways or through low doorways where they are obliged to bend their backs to get through Any Anyone Anyone one ono of these Is likely to result In dead Pigs at birth It is a good idea to feed whole oats oata scattered on tho the feeding floor or ground for a week or two prior to farrowing so that the sow will be forced to exercise In getting her feed When ben about due to farrow the sow should be put Into a pen which has been fitted with whore where the pigs may find safety after birth The ordinary pig guard is useless because it is neither high enough frum from the floor nor far enough from the walland wall walland and the space underneath fills up with straw so that the pig is crushed almost as easily as if the guard W were re not there For thin active sows a large hage pen may be used For extremely heavy fat sows it is best to toh have ve a pen space comparatively small so that the sow cannot turn around quickly and thus step on her pigs The sow should not be fed heavily just prior to farrowing nor Just after farrowing but should hould havo have a thin slop for a few days so that there may be no tendency to con con con- If there is any such ten ten- tency a dose of epsom salts should be given In the swill The bedding In the pen should be kept absolutely dry dryas as dampness will wll very quickly cause death loss among young pigs Within a week or two the sow and her litter should be moved outto outdo a colony hog hag house where they will wUl get m more re exercise When the pigs are two or three weeks old two or three sows may be turned together |
