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Show QUESTION OF WEANING PIGS Little Porkers Should Remain With Mother for at Least Ten Weeks, Say Experts. (Prepared by the United States JJepart-ment JJepart-ment of Agriculture.) At the conference of swine extension exten-sion workers of United States department de-partment of agriculture, h'-ld recently in Washington, the question of weaning wean-ing pigs arose. The discussion brought out the fact that in some parts of tho country farmers followed the practice of weaning their pigs at most all ages from five weeks up. The conclusions reached were that for best results pigs should be allowed to nurse the sow for at least ten weeks where it is possible to do so. It was decided that it would he still better to allow the pigs to wean themselves. A good suckling sow properly fed should be in a good flow of milk up to the time the pigs are at least ten weeks of age. Without question the mother's milk Is the best feed possible to obtain ob-tain for young pigs. Consequently hog growers should take advantage of this natural feed to the greatest extent ex-tent possible. |