The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1871-11-30
How to Treat a Breeding Sow.

pigs, and August or september, lot
Fall pigs for Keeping over Winter.
Farmers with very little trouble can
have their sows farrow just when
they wish them.
A SOW will run four months, less
nine or ten days, from the time she
takes the boar to her time of litter
ing. Sows will gary n little. Old
sows will run longer than young
ones, and some breeds will run long
or than others, but they will not in
any instance vary more than n week
or two. Pigs that come in April
will do to fattcn the following fall
September pigs will be large enough
to stand the cold Of Winter.
In breeding hogs as with all other
stock, to insure the success Of the
breeder, it is necessary to select the
best stock to breed from. In selecting
breeding sows, take those having
fine head and ears, large deep chest,
long between fore and hind legs,
short back and broad body, large
hams and fine, smooth leg and hair.
In selecting the male to breed 10, the
same points will hold good. An
old SOW, like an old COW, will give
more milk than a young one. Hence
it is said that an old SOW will have
larger and better pigs than a young
one because they get a bOuntcOu-
supply Of that which is most natural
to them, to wit, the milk of their
dam. Therefore if you have an cN.
ira fine breeding COW do not iattem
her because she is two or three year,
old.
The first certain sign ofprcgnmucy,
is, n SOW will not be in heat, rs u-lul,
after n certain number Ofdays. An
other sign will be she will appear
very quiet. During the second
month, her belly and TANKS will be-
gin to enlarge, more or less; and
during the third month, the Uddcr
will begin to swell. As soon as it
is asccrtaincd that n SOW is in pig,
which will be known between the
18th and 22d days after taking the
boar, should be fed lightly, and al
lowed plenty OF exercise. She
should run TO grass in the Summer
and the ground,
Sows kept for breeding shoald
neither be starved nor made very
tlcshy, but should be fed with u view
to the most perfect health and vioor
they should never be kept in Il close
pen but should have sufficient range
for exercise; easy access TO water
with such II variety Of food rs their
instincts shall call for. Deprived OF
animal and other food which they
crave, they frequently destroy thciI
young, the cravings ofappctito over.
coming tie maternal instincts when
properly kept and fed this never DC.
ours.
Pregnant sows, when within three
81 four weeks of partmition, should
he separated from the rest ofthe herd,
and HAYES sufficient supply of good
food but should not be fed 50 high
as to become fat. But she may be
kent too nonr nc common roe,ito ~
which will br thc vormr viii No nm.
thirty Ahont ~noL Inrnro cnnn.
ing in, commence TO decrease he!
rnnd on tLo, - tLo ouI or tLo ,,n,L
q viIl hc rcducrd r,nm ANAL or g.,
.~wn.thir1q
A.. the nn,ioI of f,rrcwirn nm.
nrouchca n sow zhnuld Lo"n ,,Ioni,
Of Gnc stray for hnr hnd incnri ,yon,
,hcr Ont arm l. nrn,oroLlo. Ian,
wIcu il ronun, Lc rnodilr oIiainoG
CLIO NAV Inc aunnIicd VIII i,"" .nm,'
uroy;Iiuri il j. rivr, Lnr ,igti nr ~,
dovs before Gurowfnr JflLc sn.,.
hc youu and NOT LroLru I'M Grc UY
o,nnrD Mos ,rr IioLIn tn q" r ]tonuIo,
hi , a,5 Lc rruehoJ Lv mo .ow ,ahor
sLc lies dnwu ~
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,ho Jov ounr c,rrnwinn and Lu,l;a,L,
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n,oro limo in thc s,v whiln .Gn i.
no,;n, and onoro io1w Io,s ,Ln AID,
,llny onc in strok" Ic, r. thi,
,rno,rcnt ia NEGLECTED tho d;sol
y,nt,yo orL,vin% cli,,ish ana ~"
,rac,oIIo sow viii nnan n"nnnn
w,hon thore ie mn rnmoIy. o""tL T'a
Ioss ora nort or fine whale NJ ,Io
ii,tor wiIi ho thc co~rycnncmro
Ir,Lc oow sLowg onr Iisrosit;ou
!, oot nor MIA eLo shruIJ In aonn
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