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Show Feeding Important In Increasing the I Profits in Pigs (Expert Gives Feeding Instructions That Will ncrease Your Profits.) Correct feeding is a big factor in j v.he economic production of pork Thl .'ceding should bein with the moth1 L 'or the best results according to Pro-I Pro-I feasor J. C. Hogenson. of the Utah ft. Agricultural college "Before the I foung pigs are born the sow should I be given a heavy nutritious ration, in I order that the ung pigs will got a v sood start in life," says Professor F Hogenson Continuing, he say3, "A F ration for the sow in this condition should consist of a slop made up of a ?rain mixture of one part corn, and one part shorts and one part bran and 1 milk, using one pound of the bran mi: I lure to every three or four pound.- of f milk. After the sow has farrowed she E should be fed about the same ration r in order that her milk supply will be I kept up and the young pigs be well C fed. For the first two or three weeks I F the oung pigs are fed entirely I Ihrough their mother, but at the end ! of this time they show a desire to eat from a trough A trough low enouch for the little ones should now be built : and placed inside of an enclosure I which Is so constructed as to keep the old sow out, but allow the little ft ones to go In and out. Tare at this f time should be exercised in order thnr I the young pigs may gel Btarted ripht l on their new feed and gradually I weaned away from their mother. Many I young pips are stopped in their growth I at weaning time, ihls musing quite a ! lO.-S. H "The secret of successful feeding Is f lo obtain the most, growth in the I shortest time. It seems that the pg I starts out with a certain impetus to I bee food economically in large quan-I quan-I titles for growth, and every check we ft put to that impetus reduces the econ- omy of feeding. By keeping conditions I at their best and thus removing any l friction, the lorce to grow, behind the E pig Is very much greater than under I any other condition. "The first food given young pigs f should be a slop made up of one pound I of first-class shorls and five to six j pounds of skim milk. If this is giren to the young In such quantities as they I will clean up well when they are about two to three week's of age, at I "weaning time, whichisattheageoffvom I weaning time, which is at the age of from six weeks to ten weeks, the j will be accustomed to eating and Will f Ret enough food from the trough to I keep them growing at about the Mine I rate as before weaning. "Care should be taken to give the ft little pigs plenty of exercise, or under I the forced system of feeding manyi pigs will get the thumps and die. In case this disease appears, shut off the feed for about twelve hours and exer-cist exer-cist the pigs. "The slop of shorts and skim milk Should be continued until the pigs are about three months old, when the proportions pro-portions of shorts to milk should bo 1 cut to about one pound of short 3 to three to four pounds milk. It is at this time that other grains, such as corn, barley, etc.. can be introduced " Experiments show that skim milk Is one of the greatest factors that we have in the rapid growth of pigs. If I skim milk is not. available for any x-jeept x-jeept the pis that are beiug weaned, ,then good alfalfa pasture should be I supplied." I no |