Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1883-05-30
PROGRESS IN SWINE MANAGEMENT.

hog cholera They must help them
selves. and make every effort to secure
the best results. There are some prac-
tlcal difficulties in the way of general
Improvement in swine in Iowa, for
which the farmer is alone responsible.
Suitable yards and pens for their
protection, range and division must be
provided before substantial progress can
be expected in swine raising. 1t is true
there has been some advance from the
old rail pen, but it is surprise to note
that most farmers appear to be satisfied
with single pasture, and, if it includes
woodland and a creek, it is considered
perfection. No animals suffer more
from exposure than swine; they are ex-
tremely sensitive to both heat and cold;
therefore, however simple and inexpen-
sive the buildings for protection, they
Should be dry and warm, and of sufi-
cient size to divide the swine into COM
partments for breeding and sanitary
purposes. One of the things to be
avoided is crowding the swine into linn
tied space, occasioning filth in the sum-
mer and piling up in the winter.
The plan should be to scatter the
swine except at feeding time. A farmer
i'll Eastern New York has very good
arrangement for store and fattening
hogs. On side hill, well wooded and
sloping to the south, he constructed
quite a number of small, snug and dry
sleeping places-they were only large
enough for five or six hogs-they were
| built at intervals Of several rods ard
were regularly cleaned and bedded.
There was a central building for feed
ms. The breeding pens were in another
lot. II large number of hogs are con-
fined IN a small pasture, the entire sur
face after while becomes saturated
with nth and infected with poison this
is Sufficient argument for range without
urging that of healthful food.
1t is we'll established among practical
and progressive swine breeders that
there should be maintained at least
three divisions of swine.
l. Sows and pigs in such small divis-
ions as will insure the best results, and
after weaving the pigs, until they weigh
at least 100 pounds.
2. Store hogs and sows for breeding.
j. The fattening hogs.
The second item of change must be
in the food. Perhaps the radical change
should be less in the food than in the
proportion it is fed. Corn is healthy
enough when given in moderate quanti-
ties wheat is considered a healthy food,
but hogs can be injured upon that as
readily as upon corn.
The hog has an appetite beyond his
capacity to digest, and SO long as that is
the case he must not be given full "a
tons Of concentrated food till he is with
in a few weeks Of The pork barrel. The
English method of raising pork on roots
and meal is one Of health the New En-
gland plan of feeding apples, boiled po-
tatoes, house slops and milk, with lit
tie corn meal, gave hardy breed Of
porkers the entire system of raising
pigs on clear corn, whether tried in the
West or in Europe, is q failure. Shall
we try some other plan? There are two
practical methods. First, in case the
farmer has no roots nor pasture he can
grind his corn and mix with it wheat
bran. Half bran and half corn meal by
bulk make good mixture for all kinds
of stock.
For pigs add little salt and oil meal,
for pigs under one hundred pounds use
some milk; older than this water will do.
2. The purchase of large quantities of
wheat bran is expensive for the general
farmer; corn and clover are the profta-
BILE crops to be fed. In such cases the
cheap food to go with the corn is sugar
beets III the winter and clover in the
summer. No food can be raised on the
farm that will answer a better purpose
than sugar beets for the main depend
ence of store hogs during the winter,
and with suitable machinery and some
knowledge few crops can be produced
at greater profit. They have been
raised and stored as low as cents per
bushel, which is cheaper than corn. It
is believed that careful attention to the
food and management of swine will 90
far toward maintaining health and in
creasing the vigor in the swine herd
Prof. s. Il. Knapp, IN the Western
Farm Journal.
THE SOUTHAMPTON TNSURRECTIONe