The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1885-10-09
WEAVING PIGS.
The Advantage AccruinS From REGULAR
and Sensible Feeding.

The Advantage Accruins From Regular
and Sensible Feeling.
In weaving Pigs. there is something
more to be considered than simply
taking them away from Their mother.
They should be weaned gradually. so
as no. 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 a
little part of their lives. if they are
designed for slaughter when they are
six 20 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 hy hunger.
They must not be fed too much at .
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, .nean-looking pig. and one
which never makes a good animal. It
makes hog enough: for it always has
An unnatural appetite TO till the big void
made by the washy or excessive food it
had when young. A little aud 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 they W.. eat up clean; for. if they
have any swi'l or milk left over they
will muss in it and drop their eycretions
in it. so that it will become very foul
and unhealthful.
Five times 4 dav is often enough to
feed pigs when thew are suckling. and.
if they get - good supply from their
mother. three times VII do. or when
the old one is fed. When Fed five
times. the fir>. feeding should be in the
morning; the second in the middle of
the forenoon: then n. noon: again in
-he middle of the afternoon. and finally
st night. Tn so are the BEST times to
feed all thrdugh the season. ANY
amount of food. fed ut these intervals.
will make r1ore growth in gwen
length Of TINE than the same Quantity
OF food giver. three times day. A
hor Will always ea. 10 excess il con
fined and fed all it can take. IL will
aiwavs do the same if t breaks into a
field of era N. or when frs, tirnel into
Il fresh held nj corn or peas After the
first gorge 4 left ALONE. it will eat only a
good meal. aud lie down BY the food
with a compiaceut 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 lis
stomach to eat out of trough. it is in
just the position to hump up its back
and spoil its shape. 1t NAV 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. but good; but
an entire feeding of corn is . violation
of sanitary Law. and does not evince
good sense.-E D. CARTS, il Rural
EsU Yorker.