Show I i HOG FEED PROBLEM II I i Most Satisfactory Ration Necessarily Necessarily I Is Wholesome MIXTURE TO PREVENT WORMS Where Pastures Are Luxuriant It Is Possible to Carry Breeding Sows on Pasture Alone Best Alone Best Age for Breeding The same some good judgment required In to Inthe Inthe the selection of stock Is very necessary In the feeding and ond management Good selection will be rendered ineffective if the feeding and management are not such Buch that the animals will thrive and yield a good increase The real problem problem problem lem In swine feeding is to supply sufficient sufficient suf suf- I nutritive material for building and repairing the body and furnishing sufficient energy to lay on fat The most satisfactory ration must the breeder In order to be sure that they are ore receiving enough nourishment from the pasture Hogs require attention atten otten- tion regardless of condition age or sex but the management of the brood sows Is the surest test of the breeders breeder's skill stall Age of Breeding The age at which a n young oung sow I Is first bred will depend upon her development development devel devel- but It Is seldom advisable to breed her before she is eight months old A very young oung sow seldom produces produces pro pro- duces a large litter Another objection to carl early breeding breedIngs Is that a young sow has not the strength to stand the strain of nursing a litter Utter of pigs and her growth may be checked to such a degree degre that she never full fully develops A sow farrows to 11 days clays fromI from I the date of conception By Dy keeping a aI I careful service record the breeder Is able to determine accurately when hen lien to expect the pigs and to make his arrangements accordingly It Is common practice among farmers to require their sows t td to produce two litters a year Although the sows have had good care they will naturally berun be berun berun run down somewhat In condition because because because be be- cause the greater portion of the food consumed has been utilized for the production production production pro pro- of milk y c cI 1 I y n ra i r y C R N 6 M Y i. i CHEAP AND CONVENIENT WEANING TROUGH FOR PIGS sadly Barlly be made up of ot feeds which are ore wholesome relished by the hog and at atthe atthe atthe the same time reasonable In cost It has hos been ass asserted by various experienced experienced ex ex- ex- ex feeders of hogs that a mixture mIxture mixture mix mIx- ture of ot charcoal ashes lime salt sulphur sulphur sul suI sul- sul I and copperas kept where the hogs I can eat It will tend to prevent worm Infestation There Is no positive experimental experImental experimental ex ex- evidence however In n support sup support port of the Idea that such a 0 mixture will prevent worm Infestation and Itis ItIs It ItIs Is of value therefore as a source of mineral mIneraI matter In the diet and ond perhaps as an on appetizer and ond tonic rather than thanas as a worm worm preventive A balanced ration ration ra ra- ra tion may furnish all the necessary feed nutrients yet the system of the hog craves mineral matter The mineral matter Is not under control and In order order or or- der to make sure that the hogs have an Abundant supply free access should be he given to a mineral mixture The following fol lowing Is u a formula for such a n mixture mixture mixture mix mix- I ture Charcoal Mixture Charcoal 1 1 bushel Hardwood ashes 1 1 b bushel shel Salt 8 S pounds slacked Air slacked Air lime 4 4 pounds Sulphur 4 4 pounds Pulverized copperas 2 2 pounds Mix the lime salt and sulphur thoroughly thoroughly thor thoro and then mix with the charcoal and ashes oches Dissolve the copperas coppems In one quart of hot water and sprinkle the solution over the whole mass moss mIxing mixing mixing mix mIx- ing It thoroughly Keep some of this mixture In a 0 box before the ho hops hogs s at atall atall all times or place In a self Dry sows can be placed in a 0 pasture hy by themselves and given gl very little grain Those which show an on exceptionally exceptionally exceptionally run-down run condition from suckling suckling suck suck- ling their pigs should be he separated from Cram the rest of the herd and und fed grain until the they re regain oln breeding condition Where pastures are very luxuriant It ItIs ItIs itis Is possible to carry curry breeding sows on pasture alone but In such case their condition must be studied closely b b The sow needs a rest before she Is bred again and the time for this is between the weaning and breeding pe pe- Intelligent nt feeding will bring the sow from a n thin condition Into a good strong vigorous condition In a short time When this Is done she will Soul be In proper condition to assume ossum her duty when breeding time arrives If the sow Is bred In a thin run down condition she must resume work immediately Im im- Immediately mediately and she will naturally be bt weak and subject to the In cads of disease A little cold contracted In this condition may cause death while a strong healthy sow will resist such at ot tacks It Is the general belief that sows In good vigorous breeding condition condition condi condl tion conceive more readily thus shortening shortening shortening short short- ening the farrowing period for the her herd Two Litters a Year There Is no good reason why a sow should not produce two litters Utters a 0 year when properly handled To accomplish this the sow should be bred to forr farrow w say soy for example In march and ond bred again to farrow the early part of Sep Sep- A sow bred about November 15 will farrow about March 6 G to 9 The pigs should nurse eight weeks The sow should be by May by-May May 20 so asto as asto asto to farrow furrow on or after September 8 The pigs could then nurse until November 3 The Tile chances for profitably rearing two crops of pigs from a 0 sow annually are undoubtedly far for better In regions of mild climate and short winters than where the winters winter are ure long and severe se Management During Pregnancy During pregnancy two facts must b bs borne boine in mInd The first Is that the sow Is doing double lle duty Not only Is b she keeping up her own bodily functions functions but the development of or the litter Utter Is in tn Increasing drain on her system Corn should not be fed In larJ large amounts to hr breeding stock because it does sloes not furnish h enough bone and ond muscle forming constituents to proper properly r rI I ly develop the unborn tinhorn pigs Calendar Showing Dates of Breeding and Farrowing for Sows Based on 11 Day Gestation Period r ay ly r rn Loo o Z 7 v. v rd O Z 1 io c t tj O p p S tj b F Eo W j c G cg A Eo C 2 G c 0 d o 9 p g. p pC g c 2 I a 2 4 45 I m g M 0 0 It g. g c 0 n P AI g g III a s a 3 I A f A g g A g g m g 1 22 1 2 10 10 1 IM 2 23 24 2 21 23 8 25 3 23 32 3 22 25 26 fl 26 6 27 5 24 5 25 5 24 6 24 5 24 5 24 5 24 5 24 6 27 6 26 6 6 25 6 5 6 7 7 26 7 U S 27 8 27 J 9 30 9 31 9 29 May June JUM 10 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