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Show NOTES OF THE HOG LOT Pasture and pure water are the perfection per-fection of pig feed for summer Mud holes and wallows hare no place in a hog pasture. Every pig that pons to pasture should have a ring in his nose For summer bedding a few loads if clear white Band is excellent Eliminate cabbage, turnips, etc , e Ctv weeks before butchering lime. Do not let the yards become foul I IH unsanitary Plow them often. Cast-iron troughs are the most san I Itary, although plank will do If kept clean Fiit hogs In a bunch will thrive bet-' ter than a large number Tho perfect mother bunches her brcod in some corner and settles down ' a few feet from them. .rer Belecl a ;, oung boar with a coarse, homely head and expect results re-sults that will be satisfactory. ben a sow is cross and ugly to two litters in succession, sell her. Prolificacy must not be lost sight of in the general-purpose hog The pig's digestive apparatus must lie developed to its full capacity before be-fore the fattening period begins Select sires and rams from large litters. Excessive dealt produces a crowding of the internal organs that is detrimental detri-mental to fecundity The digestive powers of the hogs are the feeder's foundation of success Similarity of breeding stock produces pro-duces offspring of much greater value. Do not compel the pigs to lie in wet, muddy nests over night and never allow al-low them to become chilled Pneumonia is just as likely to occur oc-cur with pigs as with human beings, although the pig is more certain to recover, re-cover, however, it is an unfavorable condition and is not wanted Young pigs should have fresh sod thrown into them occasionally if they ; iire not allowed to run out into the large yard. The best thing for young pigs is to get them out on the ground i and in the sunshine It Is almost Im- r possible to secure thrifty young pigs unless they have sunshine, exercise e and a yard to run in The business of breeding pure-bred swine, is a business by itself and 11 should not be undertaken by anyone w ho cannot keep records straight and who is not willing to invest good Money for improved blood The most conservative course is to I elect the breed most popular in your ilcinity and Improve upon the com-HOD com-HOD individuals by the use of im-; im-; roved breeding boars The idea of perfect comfort Bhould predominate in every building that is constructed for hogs As farrowinc time approaches be pure that the old BOW la in a good pen with a strong rail or plank around ibe sides standing QUt some 15 inches Large Stock Tank on Farm of Illinois Farmer. and standing aboul a foot from the floor. Great care should be taken not to overfeed the sow for the first few days The skinful feeder will regulate her feed so that her milk supply will increase in-crease about as fast as the demands of her litter for it increase until at about two weeks of ago they are ta rn n i; imour xu roeir uaui i of giving when on full feed. A large proportion of the growth obtained while the pig is less than Ave months of age costs only a little actual money and to make the business profitable it is essential that we secure the most gain possible during dur-ing the first f'-w months of the pigs life. When pigs are kept eight months, when fully as good v. eight could have been obtained at six months, the profit is anything but what it should have been. There are good openings for men In the pig business, who will teed city ! swill. It is good material lor pig feeding, feed-ing, but mut be red with judgment. Before feeding, it should be heated up and fed before it becomes cold In many cases outbreaks of disease come from feeding cold swill |