San Juan Record | 1933-11-16 | Page 7 | Give Pigs Iron

give pigs iron young pigs raised out of doors eat dirt and thus get iron those kept inside for several weeks after birth often suffer from anemia due to lack of iron ny by drenching the pigs with no an iron solution once a week for six weeks starting when they are three or four days old the difficulty can be overcome one third of a teaspoonful of a saturated ferrous sulphate solution Is a maximum dose for pigs less les than a week oldin old and sid a full teaspoonful spoonful ten for a three weeks old pig the solution Is made by dissolving a pound of dried ferrous sulphate in about a quart of hot water the iron solution can be given the elga by swabbing it on the sows bows udder merely adding it to the feed or water Is not sufficient tent stated J P willman of cornell varsity in discussing this problem before the american society of animal production at chicago recently