| Show give brood sows bows right care to insure porkers corkers this Is the time of year when brood sows bows need some special care arc and the time when the farmer can give it to them it will depend almost entirely upon what they get to ent as to what the spring pig crop will be aws sows that are to raise spring litters are unable ai at this time of the year no mutter matter how large the pasture may be to get all the requirements of their systems from the regular feeds and forage they have access to it the ground is frozen it Is impossible for them to get their mineral requirements which are more than ordinarily henvy heavy at this season in tact fact no self respecting bog should be obliged to t dig his own minerals any time of the year it takes a lot of energy which might be otherwise turned into pork fora for a porker to stand on his head and dig a well out tn in the middle of the pasture while digging for mineral besides this it Is mighty hard on the pasture laiture also commercial minerals are not expensive when compared to the trouble the hog must experience in digging his own even if as the old said A haags time faint worth 1 |
