The new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1876-1904, 1885-10-24
WEAVING PIGS.
The Advantage Accruihg From Regular
and Sensible Feeding.


and Sensible Feeding.
In weaving pigs, there is something
more to be considered than simply
taking them away from their mother.
They should be weaned gradually. so
ms not to get any stunt or setback. To
take pigs away from their mother and
little home before they have been
taught to eat, gives them check for at
least two weeks; and this Is quite
little part OF their lives, il they are
designed for slaughter when they are
six to eight months old Feeding them
in separate place. to which they have
access, will accustom them to eating.
and. when deprived of their mothers
milk, they will refuse to eat until
driven to it by hunger.
They must not be fed too much at a
time or they will eat SO much that they
will become poddy When their food
is very sloppy, they will take so much
that the stomach will be distended be
yond its natural size; and the result is
a pot-bellied pig, which means pig
with an unnatural and disordered
stomach, mean-looking pig, and one
which never makes good ANNA. 1t
makes hog enough; for it always has
an unnatural appetite to fill the big void
made by the washy or excessive food it
had when young. A little and often
should be the rule with pigs when wean-
ing, and also afterward. A healthy
hog has very quick digestion if the
stomach is not overcrowded. When
this rule is followed they will grow
faster and keep their shape better. The
little pigs should never be fed more
than hey will eat up clean; for. if they
have any swill or milk left over they
will muss in it and drop their excretions
in it, so that it will become very foul
and unhealthful.
Five times day is often enough to
feed pigs when they are sucking, and,
if they get good supply from their
mother, three times will do or when
the old one is fed When fed five
times, the first feeding should be in the |
morning; the second in the middle OF |
the forenoon; then at noon; again in |
the middle of the afternoon, and finally |
at night. These are the best times to |
feed all through the season. ANY
amount of food, fed at these intervals, |
will make more growth in given
length of time than the same quantity |
of food given three times .day. A
hog will always eat to excess if con-
fined and fed all it can, take. 1t will |
always do the same If it breaks into |
field of grain, or when first turned into |
a fresh field of corn or peas. After the |
first gorge, if left alone, it will eat only |
good meal. and lie down by the food |
with complacent expression. as much |
as to say: Here is enough"
1t is important that the troughs
should be low in which the little pigs |
eat When young pig hangs on its |
stomach to eat out of trough, it is in |
just the position to hump up its back
and spoil its shape. 1t may be noticed
that have not recommended corn for
pigs. This is because it is the worst
kind of food which can be given to
them, although the commonest. A
little. mingled with oats, or wheat mid
dlings, will do no harm. bat good; but
an entire feeding of corn is a violation
of sanitary law, and does not evince
good sense.-F D. Curtis, in Rural
Npm Torker