| Show FARM INFANT MORTALITY A MONG AMONG DABY BABY PIGS guard rails on pen walls will save many porkers corkers Por kers so high is the infant mortality among baby pigs that one out our of every three farrowed furrowed far rowed dies white while on some farms na as many as halt h alf tho the pigs tire lost 1 according ec to dr W V K E carroll can oil of th lie e university of illinois if the pounds of feia feed r required to tarrow farrow a pig were werd visualized as each lend dead one Is disposed of during tile farrowing furrowing far rowing season tile thought of such waste would be so startling to farmers that prompt measures would be taken to reduce it more pigs are mashed by the sow than dle die from any other single cause guard ralls mils on the pen walls will 0 of f course save many from tills fate but the sows bows themselves ves tire lire frequently at fault A sow may be deaf or blind or excessively heavy and ami lazy fazy or even downright careless those with any oft of these lese defects should be replaced in the inte interest reSL of saving pigs damp drafty pens likewise take a heavy toll of pigs luring during a cold far rowing season for oft off necrotic enteritis bull nose and other alth filth borne infections and preventing the ruther rather large losses due to round worms worm there Is nothing superior to the swine sanitation fl system which the college and country coti farm advisers have advocated throughout the state for a number of yen years rs another important factor in the well being of sucking pigs Is the ration of thelow the sow A faw days before each sow Is expected to farrow pho phe should be put in lier her pen in order that she may get acquainted with it before the pigs are aie born at tills time her ration should be reduced and made more laxative to correspond with her lessened ess ened activity tills can be done one by substituting wheat bran for about one third to one half by measure of her customary ration for 12 hours before and 12 hours houis after farrowing furrowing far rowing the sow needs no feed water should he be atil allowed owed freely and in cold weather it should be warmed to remove the chill if th the sow row gets restless ami seems hungry she may he be fda fed n double handful 0 bran br I 1 in in a iliin th in worm warm slop |
