Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1871-08-04

necessary materials for milk-making must be
contained in the food. Co;tsgers are often sue
cessful with tneir sows, where they have
chance of roaming in lanes and coming home to
receive little meal, boiled potatoes, pot ,iquor,
vegetables, etc. In cold weather, warmth and
shelter are essential. Never allow pig to bury
ittelf in stable manure or make holes in the floor
and lie in them, for cold will strike the heated
side and give him heaves or lung complaint.
Young pigs, when taken from the mother, should
have pollard, little meal, and q variety of food,
but especially SKINNED milk with fine pollard or
middlings; as they grow older, peas, soaked In
dian corn, etc. A few roots and green food are
always acceptable. Fer fattening pigs, nothing
exceeds one-third pea meal snd two-thirds bar
ley meal if mixed with SKINNED milk, go much
the better. Pige may be fattened very rapidly
by steamed roots mixed with meal or Boiled DO
tatOes, the feod given warm. Although bulky
looking they will not weigh so well, or eat 80
well, as those fst;ened on pea or barley meal,
with or without milk. | was very successful in
fat:ening pigs or large hogs in hot weather by
placing them on SPARED floors with pit under
them. There is 4 natural tendency in pigs to
huddle together if placed on soft bsrley-straw
there is no circulation of air under them there
fore stiff r6edy wheat straw. is much to be pre-
ferred. They get fever in hot weather, unless
there is circulation Of air around them, and
plenty Of water The lattice or spared floors
have an immense advantage in this respect The
urine all passes through sHi way, and they
lie ccol and dry, with air circulating around
them. Pigs naturally deposit their solid excre-
ment IN i corner, away from their bed. When
barley was is. 81. per quarter | fattened about
400 pigs, and was always very successful in
avoiding disease they were al placed on spar
red floors. In hot weather We shoWered upon
them occasionally from the Jet about so gallons
Of wster per minute. After the first alarm they
enjoyed il. Their skins became as clean as the
back Of cne's hand, and they fed and pruspered
most satisfactorily. Il psys 10 give pig when
he first comes from market good scrubbing
with soap and water. In winter il ia necessary
either 10 put some straw upon the spared floor,
or 70 enclose the place so SIS to keep it warm,
providing sufficient ventilation Pigs pay Gin
manure) as well or better than most animals,
but the meat market will not carry a heavy
supply, for, unlike beef or mutton, it is easily
over-supqlied. October and the cool months
are best for town markets. Fat pigs in the
country sell well at snd Immediately after, har-
vest also At hoeing time. Pigs, like other farm
snimsls, should always have access 20 water,
also TO lump Of roek salt. Bear in mind that
pigs have no wool, and if well bred very little
hair, therefore they require warmth, if you de-
sire to economizs fo)d and produce fst As sows
are very apt to overlie their Young this is easily
prevented by ledge or board Of about inches
wide, prcj -cting from the wall Of the piggery,
to inches from the foor The lt.e pigs are
saie from pressure under this ledge.