Show C pi pig q brooders broaders Bro oders used iTo m protect litt litter e r A gre are m F round found oun oan d j aiu alu akie ahle 1 9 at fallowing ral Fal lowing rime time r ime ing vows this uttie little pig ceritto went to market ii Is a great first line une tor tor for i a kursery nursery nursery jr rhyme but it gc g far e enough as at fa fau far r as I 1 farmers are concerned kather rather wait wali until the I 1 grows up before ji it to ma market ket and the growing uli process is no snap especially dur ing the first few weeks when the old sow may crush her preciou prec loua loul offspring off spring as they crowd around bei in an effort to keep warm the problem of getting hogs ti bere here Is in shown a pig pis brooder la in operation some form of pf supplementary heat Is necessary to prevent a high mortality rate amena among pigs rig pig brooders broaders bro oders such as this have been developed for this purpose market starts at furrowing farrowing far rowing time la in the spring some form of supplementary beat is needed to prevent a high mortality rate pig brood ers have been developed for this purpose their use will save an average of one and a half pigs per utter according to purdue sity brooders broaders Bro oders are easy to build and e economical cono mical to operate gene generally rally raily they are constructed by boarding off a corner of the farrowing furrowing far rowing pen pin to a height of about 18 16 inches A roof is placed over this rectangular enclosure and a board nailed across the front opening about 8 inches above the floor heat is provided by a to watt lamp the size depending on weather conditions A hole bole is cut in the top and the lamp placed in a suitable reflector which is bolted securely over the opening pig brooders broaders bro oders consume an ad average of 36 kilowatt hours of power per litter meat income high 4 AC cron maits 8 44 oal DAI wo 6 PRODUCTS wim KIM sus sas 4 EGGS COTTON ted ILD FOO poo D ILKU oka I 1 NS 1 0 almost one nc third rd of the e american farmers total cash income last year came from the sale of meat animals nals mals according to th the chart above prepared by the merican american meat institute from US depart ment of agriculture figures the value of meat animals wis was more than nine and one half hait billion dollars total cash receipts from all crops including government pay ments approached 31 and one third billion dollars from their cash income farm ers and ranchers paid out large amounts for stock feed labor and other operating costs milk byproducts by products hold infant food source an infant food made from edible products byproducts by of milk may max soon open a new market for dalry datry dairymen men in tests now going on in yil mexico exico continue to show favorable results this la Is the conclusion drawn by dr harold macy of the university 0 of minnesota dr macy and irvine pediatrics bead at the university have visited mexico where they conferred with leading pediatric la ians ns on the te tests testa ats the new baby food will offer opportunities for use in many countries if future experiments prove satisfactory calf caf which sits site down dowd interests veterinarians cattle dont sit down ordinarily so it was news when the american veterinary association expressed ional lonal interest in the strange case of a hereford calf on a farm in tennessee the journal said the tennessee calf often sits on the ground with her hind legs sprawled forward the calf usually lies down again before trying to rise to all an gew four feet the journal reported |