Show AIM TO 10 REDUCE PIG MORTALITY Serious Attention Demanded at 1 Farrowing Time to Save Litters This Year FEEDING SOWS IS IMPORTANT Get P Plans ns of f Pr Practicable Hog House From Fed Federal St State te Sources Sources- s- s From ral 01 or Good Quarters Are One of est Investments ments i Save tt the ar war U litters I i j S Every owner of a a brood broo s' s sow Saw w whether whether er er he lives On a large farm and has many or whether he is a suburb suburbanite and owns one sn should uld feel a n personal responsibility to see that the pig litters litters lit Ut- born this spring are re received with the utmost care That means the IU of providing prop proper t ho housing for tor the brood d sows and and their young should have immediate attention SavIng Saving Saying Sav Say ing every pig possible In order that one of the most urgent war needs of the nation more nation more pork pork can can be supplied supplied sup sup- plied pIled should be the aim of every man who owns hogs The high mortality among young pigs In some parts of the country can be materially reduced If proper housing housing hous hous- ing lag and feed are provided for the sows Investigations of the mortality among pigs on the reclamation projects show that approximately third one-third of of the pigs born die before reaching the weanIng weanIng weaning wean- wean Ing age Losses on several northern projects last season were even above this this average because of a sev severe re seas season sea- sea s son son n. n According to one investigation which covered about fifty herds berds representing representing representing brood sows the average loss was about 33 83 per cent while some farmers lost 50 O to 70 per cent o of the pigs Death Rate la Is Large That the average death rate of young pigs not only on the projects but ut elsewhere Is unnecessarily large and imd that losses are in a large larRe measure 1 t 1 1 1 1 1 i 1 t ft t f HH t H t 1 t t t t t PERSONAL ATTENTION TO t 1 PIGS WILL REDUCE t tHIGH t tHIGH HIGH MORTALITY 4 f Fat Falt Faithful f l personal attention to I I the sows at farrowing time even oven II though it means menns long hours of f II hard work by day and by night Is the only assurance that the 1918 1018 war litters Utters can caa be made to I reach the necessary high aver- aver age The hog bog grower who Is on II the Job at this his season will be beable able to save sav the lives of many II T jj 1 1 pi pigs s that might otherwise wise perish I i in Ia p passing through the thc h hazards 1 1 of the first few days In extremely ex- ex 4 t cold weather the pigs II 4 t. t will be in danger o of or chilling Unless unless un un- I less the hog house is heated II To remedy this place a few tew heated bricks in the bottom of ofa II IIa I a basket or small bor box Cover with chaff or straw and put a II cloth cloth over the top to keep In InS Inthe S f the heat Unless the th sow sow ob- ob ti 1 too seriously the pigs ma may 11 bo ho rubbed dry with a n soft sott cloth and placed in In Inva a receptacle le n nd as II d fast as they they arrive The det details de- de I t in tails s pt of attention which the sow 11 and the pigs need at farrowing i time are re set tor forth In a rece recently 1 revised publication of th the United Unit Unit- Uniti i jd ed States Slates Department of Agriculture AgrI- AgrI t i culture Swine Management i i Farmers Farmers' Bulletin II t.- t. ut 1111 0 r r 1 11 1 preventable I la Is the belief bellot of ot the officials officials of the department nt of ot agriculture To Xo remedy this situation in time to pr prevent vent heavy losses lessee in the next pig crop the department urges immediate preparation along two lines lInes provid provid providing Ing ing satisfactory houses for tor the brood animals anIma s at farrowing time and better and feeding of ot the sows sow rt I I I I oi Ho I I I I I Jo J 1 1 It 4 PIG WEARS A SCANT COAT i i PROTECT HIM FROM COLD i ii 1 It is still hard for many farm farm- j 1 era ers to get rid of the notion that i i anything is good enough for hogs yet yot there is no animal on oni ont I i the farm which requires 1 better etter t I protection from the cold than i the hog none for whIch a good p bed bedIs is more necessary and none none t tso i so much in need of Sunshine as J I f the little pig The Thc horse and t i i the cow have good coats of hair 1 even even a calf or colt left In the t I cold Is provided with a good 1 t fur coat the hens' hens feathers are 1 the best of protection against low temperature but the h hog g I has almost nothing between his skin and the weather One of the first requisites for tor success frith Ith hogs Is a n shelter where young pigs can be kept warm and well supplied with sunshine 1 and fresh air A little pig takes takesi i cold coId very easily and recovers 1 slowly if at nt all To prevent taking tak tak- 4 ing cold he must be kept dry 2 warm away from drafts tak-I tak and provided with fresh tresh air There i is a publication of the United 4 States department of agriculture agriculture agriculture ture which tells how to provide quarters that wilt will give hogs I both young and old all the comforts com corn forts they need It is Farmers' Farmers Bulletin t Hog Houses If you have bave the welfare of ot pigs or hogs in your charge send for it 11 E both before and after the pigs are born It has been found that the larger losses usually occur on farms where the housing facilities are poor In one investigation it was learned that where good hog houses were used the average number of pigs raised In Ina Ina Ina a litter Utter was 5 14 while on farms where the housing was poor the average number number num nurn- ber reared fr from m each ench litter was only 3 31 10 1 The average saving therefore where good houses were used amounted amount amount- ed to more than two pigs to the litter Utter There are many kinds of ot satisfactory satisfactory satisfactory tory hog houses which can be built bunt at comparatively low cost Anyone of these will wUl soon pay for Itself in the Increased increased increased in In- creased number of pigs saved Both the Individual house and the colony hog house have a place on the hog bog farm tarm Both give very satisfactory results results re re- re- re suits if they are properly constructed If It only one can be had bad the colony house usually is to be preferred especially especially es es- es- es where a large number of sows BOW are to be kept The farrowing period usually extends over severn several weeks if It there are many sows In such cases each pen pea in the house may be used for two or more sows during the period Assuming that two sows sown use a pen and that by reason of the satisfactory quarters quarters quarters provided two two additional pigs are saved in each litter it w would uld not be belong belong belong long until the hog house paid for It Itself It- It self Good quarters are one of ot the best Investments the swine grower can make Satisfactory Houses The satisfactory hog house provides warmth dryness abundance of light ventilation sanitation and comfort To meet these requirements the need not be expensive As a matter of ot fact tact many expensive hog houses are aro not satisfactory because they do not possess all aU these requirements while many less expensive ones properly planned and built give ex excellent satis saUs- fac faction Ion Information as to details and suggested plans of 01 buildings may bo be obtained from geld field representatives of the department of agriculture or from the state agricultural colleges The care cure given the Ule brood sow especially es es- es- es In he her feeding Is equally Im inn- Help on this polet eon can an be obtaIned obtained ob ob- ob- ob tamed from bulletins which state agricultural agricultural agricultural ag ag- ag- ag colleges or the U. U S. S deport depart ment of ot agriculture will furnish |