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Show I . KELTS FOR THE SWINE I ' BREEDER. j Scientists now say that the use of I virus on pigs from a sow that has t been treated for cholera by tho use of X of virus 13 soldom affected by the dis- 3 ease. They thrive better than other plffs If they are treated with the vims X j and in that cpjo are seldom attacked. i : The pig made pot-bolllcd by fecd- I (C irg on straw or running on pasturo ft without any gralr. Is an easy victim It of disease, becauso It Is lacking in nu- S trltlon. If Dollar for dollar, middlings and jE corn, milk and corn or corn and aire ai-re falfa or clover Is a far cheaper feed W than tho corn alone. Young pigs suffer from indigestion I through over-feeding or from feeding j ft on one ration alone Just th same as young children do. , H Pigs, and, In fact, all hog3, should I have ready access at all times to salt I nnd ashes Charred corn cobs are al-I al-I j ways excellent. The reason why hogs co eagerly do- 5 vour coal, ashes, rotten wood and : such material, Is becauso they do not have, while In close confinement, the material thoir system domands. At largo they root such material from tho ground. Tho farmer who grows a liberal supply of roots for his hogs seldom has much trouble from the ordinary diseases to which awinc aro subject A sow enta her pigs bocauso sho has been lmproporly fed during pregnancy. pre-gnancy. We never knew of a sow having this habit If sho had been allowed al-lowed to run In the pasture, or whose rations had been varied nnd which contained plenty of green and succulent suc-culent food. If young hogs arc kept In close confinement, con-finement, fed heavily on corn alone, they will most likely develop leg weakness, weak-ness, as they require nitrogenous foods, in which skim milk should take a largo part, in order to grow good, solid bones. Tho boar should always have a largo lot to himself and never bo con-fined con-fined in dark, damp quarters. |