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Show Exercise Is Essential for Profitable Porkers An abundance of exericse for the pregnant sows Is absolutely Indispensable Indis-pensable if thrifty pigs are to be expected. ex-pected. To force the sows to take plenty of exorcise, It is a good plan to feed them at a point quite a long way from their sleeping quarters. If there 13 at this place a rack with choice legume hay, the sows will make many trips back and forth each day. When sows are fed ear corn and the allowance allow-ance Is properly limited, they will spend considerable time searching for the last kernels, and the longer they can be kept on their feet, the better It Is for their health. If a ground concentrate mixture is fed, it Is often a good plan to scatter a little shelled corn, whole oats, or sheaf oats on the ground for them to work over. Sows heavy in pig should not be compelled to plow through snowdrifts, but paths should be made for them. Ashes or litter, such as straw, should he put on ley places, else they may slip and wrench themselves, which may result In abortion. Bulletin 400, Wisconsin Experiment Station. |