Show ITA TAKING TAKINO KING CARE OF SOW AND LITTER liTTERI Sufficient Protection Must Be Provided During Months of March and April GIVE STRAW FOR WARM BED After Pigs Arrive Nothing Should Be Given but Supply of Clean Water Feed Feed Moderately for the First Few Days Prepared by the United States Department Department Depart Depart- ment of or Agriculture Many farmers have their sows farrow farrow farrow far far- row during the months of March and anel I April and the early fall months In the i South Since the weather Is often seere seere severe se- se sei I i In northern sections March Marh Marchand Marchand ere vere during j and April care should be taken to protect protect protect pro pro- I the sow from cold Give her enough straw to make n a warm alm bed but not so much as to allow the little pi pito pigs to get covered and crushed The sow should have clean water but nothing else for the first 24 hours after aCter the pigs arrive Feed for First Week On the second day a thin bran mash mashor or skim milk will be relished Feed moderately for the first week A mixture mix ture of two parts of corn and one of or ma may be fed In increasing amounts until the sow Is eating a full feed If skim milk mill can be fed In addition addition ad ad- adI I to the grain there is nothing better to make malC the sow give a n full fall II flow of milk Another good grain mixture mixture mixture mix mix- ture for the sow at this time Is six parts of corn and one of oil meal If I skim milk is available the sow will do 10 well wen on four pounds of f milk to one II of corn A full grain ration for a n day should never be more than four per percent percent percent cent of the sows sow's live weight If the I Isow sow can be be put on alfalfa clover blue bluegrass bluegrass bluegrass grass or rape pasture less corn willbe will willbe willbe be required A corn ration of about two per cent of the sows sow's live weight with good pasture makes a cheap and adequate supply Care of Young Pigs As soon as the little pigs begin to eat ent they will do best if It fed additional I r f j I Iv v I ISow Sow With Profitable Litter I slop In a n separate pen and away from I their mother and the larger pigs This I Ican can be done by having a pen or a n alot alot lot where choice clover or other forage forage for tor- I age crop is growing to which the pigs may have access but where the openIng openIng opening open- open Ing is so small that the larger pigs cannot pass through When the young pigs are from eight to ten weeks old they should be weaned This often I causes a serious check in their growth but should not do so When It Is desirable to wean the pigs put the mother in a pen leaving a creep for forthe forthe the pigs Feed the sow sparingly give glye water Instead of slop and have havethe havethe the grain ration dry While the sow Is receiving a maintenance ration the pigs should be fed all they will consume consume consume con con- sume without waste A ration consisting consisting con con- of such feeds as ns skim milk miJI corn and green forage will satisfy the pigs' pigs appetites and simplify the weaning |