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Show FIRST CARE OF BROOD SOWS Should Be Kept In Thrifty Condition Without Laying on Much Fat-Making Fat-Making $7 Cot The first care of the brood sow should bo to keep her in a thrifty condition con-dition without laying on much fat A week or ten days before farrowing time put her in a fattening pen and let her get accustomed to her new quarters. Feed a little bran each meal, which has a laxative effect and makes farrowing easier. Scratching and petting a sow while feeding is time well spent, although it may seem ridiculous to some, writes Edward H. Chalk in the Farmers' Mall and Ilrceze. Hy treatment of this kind I have In one week tamed an old sow that locked like a roan-eater co I could handle her pigs. I prefer the hog cot or the Individual Individ-ual hog house. While the large house -'fill fff "1 TT1 t r 111 1 1 I I I I inioinillTTl PuulitHl t HIM HtJVt The Hog Cot In Section. Is convenient and has other advantages, advan-tages, It is hard to keep clean, and if a contagious dixcaao breaks out the chances are that all the herd will take it The bottom timbers of my hog cot are 2 by C's, placed up eight inches and made to lap over at the corners, where a pin hold them in place when net up. The top timber ire 2 by 4's, madu in the same way. The dimension of the cot are 8 by 8 feet, 6 feet high la front and 4V4 fret at the back. I find that such a bouse can hn built for $7. It Is beat to innko such a house of matched lumber, but inch boards a foot wide and well battened are good. I place a guard along the wall of each cot, a 2 by 6 that extend outward am) is six or eight Inches above the floor. This protects the plga from being be-ing rolled on when they are young. I have five of thexe rots now and will build five more. They are easily kept dry and clean, may he moved about where wanted and when not In uxe for hogs may be used to bouse chickens or calves. |
