Audubon County Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Audubon Co., Iowa) 1885-1894, 1889-06-06
FARM AND HOUSEHOLD.
How SO Raise Pigs.

How SO Raise Pigs.
The pig crop is an important one or
the farm. How best to succeed in rails
ing pigs, can be gained by careful ex
perience, and by reading the successful
practice of others. The writer's ex
perience taught him that it required
more constant care, and intelligent OBJ
servation, to raise good crop of pigs
than for any other branch of business
on the farm. And it is useless to reat
the plans and practices of others If you
do not propose to sacrifice any OF YOU
ease and comfort-if you do not propose
to wake up and throw off your lethargy
and Indifference. But we give the ad.
vice of DIR. G. II. Grimmell, of Jeffer-
son, Iowa, whom we know is success
full.
First, quietness about their quarters,
as few visitors as possible outside OF
persons in charge, feed for dam for
first few days nothing but little bran
and water, nice clean bed of hay, not
too much so AZ to heat or entangle pigs
therein, but sufficient for comfort, with
good sunlight on warm days, and good
ventilation, clean troughs and good
hygienic surroundings, with a good
grass lot to run in and out, pen to be
occupied by dam, have pens and lots
SO as to only admit those of the same
age to the same run.
Increase the sow's rations as the pigs
increase in age, by giving ground oats,
bran and Il small portion of oil cake,
till the SOW supplies milk for the litter,
never feeding any sour swill to SOW, as
that will impair the young pigs diges-
tive organs of the stomach, and you
will have diarrh9a, white scours as
called from the deranged condition of
the fermentation of the sour swill,
through the sow's milk.
When the pigs are large enough, |
commence TO encourage them by feed
ing in a separate trough, from the DAM
sweet milk, soaked corn, in small
quantities, and oats, and as soon as
they will take hold of same, / give
them liberal supply of ground OATS
bran, Oil cake and soaked corn, never
losing O minute to see if they are just
loose enough to be good, hearty eaters,
and at six weeks old, by that time |
have them learned to do without the
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their old quarters to run in and out at
will, then feed them just what they
will eat clean from one feeding till the
next, and increase on feed as their
appetite increases and digest the same,
never allowing their feed to become
sour, mixing my swirl fresh morning
and evening, which they relish with
an appetite fit for king, always keep
ing appetite good, bowels regular,
clean quarters and above all allow no
constipation in your pigs. -Des Moines
Register
Raising Young Turkeys.
AS the season is approaching when
the turkeys must be Matched, a few
hints may not be out of place. The
best breed for the market is the large
bronze, but change of gobblers every
year, using the Narragansett one year
and the bronze the next, will give
greater vigor, as inbreeding is fatal if
carried too far The turkey hen is the
best mother for them. She may be al
lowed twenty eggs, and should not be
disturbed during incubation other than
20 place feed and water within easy
access. 1t requires about twenty
eight days for the eggs to hatch, and
If the young turkeys are confined in a
large pen for a few days, until they
become strong, they may be allowed
their liberty, but care should be taken
to drive the mother hen under shelter
on the approach OF a storm as damp
ness soon kills the young ones. They
should not be turned out in the morn
ing until the grass is dry, and they
avoid the dew. The best food for
them is stale bread dipped in milk,
with tinely~chOpped onions, given four
or five times a day, as they feather
very rapidly, and soon droop from an
insufficient quantity of food. Plenty
of fine, sharp gravel should be provid-
ed, and water should be given in YES
sci that protects them from getting
their bodies wet when drinking.
Curds are excellent, but too much
must be avoided. AS soon as given
liberty, they will provide themselve s
with variety of food, but should be
fed morning and night also.
The scourge of young turkeys is lice,
not the little red mites, but the great,
large lice that infest the heads and
neck, close to the skin. A few drops
OF warm lard is preventive, but &c
guard against mites, dust fresh Persian
insect powder in among the feathers.
Treat the mother in the same manner.
Keep their coops scrupulously clean.
After they are two months old they
will need no further attention. Tur.
keys thrive best where they have
plenty of room for foraging, and they
destroy a great many insects in the il
rambles. With a little care they car
be taught to come up regularly every
evening. Farm and Fireside.
Early Squashes and Potatoes.
have never grown these vegetable.
together, and see no advantage in do
ing so, unless it be the possible protec
ton the potato vines might give the
squash as decoy to the squash bus
and spotted beetle. The soil should be
prepared for the potatoes as early a!
possible, the rows marked out three
feet apart, and only the alternate row:
planted, leaving the others for the
squash. This would give squash vine:
six feet one way, and they could b.
planted three feet apart in the row, fol
the bush varieties. Well rotteC
manure of the best quality should b.
applied in the hills for the squashes be