Show ar ar FEED SOW AND YOUNG PIGS little animal should be fed so as to cain from half pound to pound every day by G J RrT at far rowing time the sow should bo be fed nothing but very thin slop tor for the first 24 hours and only very slightly tor for several days attebe at the end of a week the ration should be rapidly increased and should consist ot of such milk producing foods as shorts bran ground peas milk etc from then on while suckling her pigs the tha sow should be fed heavily it has been found very profitable to feed sows bows so BO heavily that they gained in wooden trough weight the gala gain thus produced in the young pigs indirectly through the tha sow was cheap and more economical that lateral gains when the pigs ae two or three weeks old they will begin to take food given them from a separate trough made but a few inches deep skim milk or a thin porridge of Is greatly relished at this time As soon as they begin to eat freely they should be crowded with feed since the most economical gains in the life of the pigs are made at this time pigs piga should be fed so as to gain in weight from ono halt balf pound to a pound a day from the time they are three weeks old until they are marketed young growing pigs should have plenty of green pasture pure water and grain the old method ot of allowing pigs to grow for a year on pasture or in wood lots without other feed Is 13 expensive and not now practiced by those these who make a success in growing hogs for pork on pasture alone hogs make too slow kains gains for profit and cannot be brought to a market oble ble condition pigs at pasture pat ture however make the best of the grata grain fed to them some of the best green feeds for hogs are Rl alfalfa falfa clover rape cow peas peanuts pe anuta artichokes and sweet potatoes hogs are wasteful grazers glazers and the fields of pasture crops should be arain arranged ged with movable fences in such a manner that the hogs can pasture only on a small portion at a time A hl L portable fence succession of crops should be grown so that the hogs will have continuous pasture throughout the season when young nursing pigs begin to scour it is evident that tho the milk ot of the sow Is disagreeing with them and immediate attention therefore should be directed toward improving her ration most often the trouble comes from over feeding on corn or other rich food just after farrowing furrowing far rowing and pigs of 0 tat fat flabby pampered crost cross nervous constipated sows bows are most apt to suffer sudden changes of food or feeding sour or decomposing slop or food from dirty troughs or sour swill barrels also tend to cause diarrhoea either cither in nursing pigs or those that have been weaned and all such causes should be prevented or removed to correct scouring in nursing pigs give the sot sow 13 15 to 20 grains sulphate of iron copperas in her slop night and morning and it if necessary alight increase we me doses until effective A portable fence with support to be used for enclosing temporary quarters and lots la Is illustrated the support should be securely nailed to stakes driven into the tha ground on each side |