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Show THE SUCKLING PIG By R. B. RUSHING. September and October is the fall burrowing fc-ason. The little pigs com ing into existence now are very in-,j in-,j significant animals, but will bo ox- pected to help out in paying expenses next epring; consequently proper management is necessary, otherv . ... they will fall fhort just at the time you are expecting them to count. The first few days the sow and her litter should be closely confined in warm, sunny quarters until each little lit-tle pig gains its strength and Is able to battle for its existence among the j other more eturdy brothers and sisters. sis-ters. Many little P'-s are delicate for a few days, but if they are given a lit- tie special careJust at the proper time f they will commence to grow with the strongest, and the result Is a nice, oveii, growthy, Utter, which ia always more satisfactory and more profitable. If the litter consists of eight or ten ! and they grow very rapidly there is a rery Increasing demand on the sow to I nourish the hungry youngsters, and unless she ia very liberally fed she will fall off In flesh very rapidly. The sow must be fed liberally on milk-making and nourishing feeds, such as shorts, corn, peas, etc., fed in an appetizing manner. Any feed that overheats the blood of the'sow, such as too liberal feeding of rye or barley, will also have tho same effect on the youngsters that are being nourished by her. Feeds that make the sow constipated constipat-ed or cauee her to scour will also affect af-fect her youngsters in a similar way. You do not want a lot of little fat chunks, but you want vigorous, growthy and muscular pigs that are building up a frame on which to lay fat when tho time comes for fattening. fatten-ing. I teach my little pigs not to depend de-pend entirely upon their mother, just as young as possible. I partition off a little pen, leaving a hole through which they can pass and small enough to keep the bow out, and supply them with a little skimmed milk and a small amount of shorts, giving them at each feed just what they will clean up, yet feeding liberally and keeping the trough clean. Five Little Motherless Piggies Brought Up on the Bottle. |