The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1890-07-28
u.nd,ing EGGS for Health.

= -, Cultiuator. The first point is TO
o,Iv mature animals Immature
-:-.Is lack in vigor, and their offspring is
-I;-oosad 70 disease. AS have once be
p. ,-ritten of this, shall only mention 1t
80 Il should be considered that there IS
Ally no economy in breeding young
80 While mature sow has est more
"a and care. her filters will be so much
- and stronger that they will Offset the
.-.5ossad cost of the SOW. Mature sows
also usually make better mothers, and on
.,;s account, as well as the great vigor Of
tboir nigs. save a large proportion of their
litters.
If we raise swine free from disease, we
r,u,t avoid pampering them, especially the
braadinc stock A pampered animal Is
never fit for breeding purposes. Unfortu-
rstalv the show ring nearly everywhere in
tho country requires an overfed and over
fottaned hog; and because of this, | would
naver purchase a show animal for breeding
purposes. Very many of our leading
h-eeders keep two he-ds-one for show pur-
noses. and one for breeding stock for sale.
The man that purchases finely bred swine
from a professional breeder should be care
ful if he wants an animal fit for breeding,
that he gets those not pampered and that
are not the offspring of pampered animals
And the man raising breeding stock should
be careful not to pamper them.
1t is not to be supposed that breeding ami
mails are not to be well and literally fed.
Without liberal feeding they cannot be
strong and vigorous, and strength and vigor
are the first requirements of the breeding
animal. The foods given should not be of
highly fattening composition, but rich
rather in the bone and muscle forming ele-
ments. Corn is not a good feed for breeding
animals; that is, it should not be fed to them
in large quantities Peas, clover, cotton
seed. oats, etc, are excellent food for breed
ing animals. What has just been said of
the feeding of swine for breeding purposes
is equally applicable to the breeding of
swine de igned for other uses. They should
be literally fed from the start. for the most
liberal feeding consistent with health is the
most profitable. The more food utilized,
the larger the proportion of the food used
for gain to the food used to supply waste.
And for the food used to supply waste we
have nothing to show, our pay for all the
food consumed being measured by the gain
alone
But while the animals are young and
growing they should not be fed fattening
foods. There are two good reasons for this:
First, considerable portion of the food is
wasted. OF the carbohydrates OF its food
the animal cannot make bone or muscle.
Hence, if the food is what is termed fatten-
ing, that is, contains large proportion OF
the carbohydrates, there is more of them
than the animal needs for fat, vital
heat and energy, and the excess is wasted.
Second, in its efforts to get from such foods
sufficient of the bone and muscle formers,
the digestive organs Of the animal are over
taxed. especially as these foods are rich and
hard to digest; and the result is indigestion,
leading to more serious bodily derangemen
and paving the way for serious disease.
This is the period when the animal should
grow rather than fatten, and if fed growing
foods and placed where it can take what ex
ercise 1t desires, it will hardly ever eat too
much for the good of its health. There can
be no better feed for pigs than good pas
ture. Green food is succulent aud easily
digested, and the exercise necessary to get
pasturage increases the chances of thorough
digestion and good health.
1t is mistaken notion that the hog is a
filthy animal, that it likes filth, aud is not
so much injured by filth as are other farm
animals. The truth of the matter is, that
naturally the hog dislikes filth as much as
any farm animal, and under all c1rcum
stances filth is as unhealthful to the hog as
to the horse or the OK. If we would have
healthy, thrifty swine, we must give them
clean feed, clean drink and clean quarters.
II we compel swine to drink from pools or
pondsfilled with muddy, stagnant water, in
which vegetable or animal matters are de-
caylng. we can not reasonably expect any
other result than more or less seriously
manifested diseased condition. The investi-
cations of swine plague have shown that
Just such fluid is the most favorable home
the microbe that produces swine plague can
md. Such drink is no doubt favorable to
the appearance of several other diseases to
which swine are subject. Where stream
runs throughout the year and is fed by Dur
springs, it is reasonably safe water supply
Tor farm animals. But from it even swine
may get the germs of swine plague. The
safest, and all things considered, the most
economical drink supply for swine or other
farm animals is the deep we'll fed by under
ground streams and protected from surface
water by good bank of compacted clay.
or cemented curb extending for two feet
oeiow the surface, and provided with a
Windmill pump. The pump should be
automatic, so that supply of fresh water
SGonstantly within reach of the animals. l
Know OF no other one provision more pow
efIul IN preventing the appearance of dis
ease among swine.
me wallowing propensities of the hog are
ol0sn adduced as evidence of its filthy ma
wfe Yet the wallow proves the cleanliness
The hog; it is his bath. He coats himself
WIN the mud aud water and it looseps the
o4udatlons from bis skin and imprisons any
insects that may be upon his body. Then
wen the mud is dry the animal scratches
WI against tree or stake, and with it
,enoveS the filth and insects that are upon
U9 SKIN. Cleanliness is essential TO health:
auu' therefore, if we would nave healthy
ss"'ne' we must allow them wallows The