The Goodland republic. [volume] (Goodland, Kan.) 1891-1907, 1892-09-30
THE FARM AND HOME.
BREEDERS WANTED TO sroP
.PAMPERINc PICS.
Serious Errors In Feeding ways Right
and Wrong-Cheap Training Of
atoes--stocIr Notes aud
Home Hints.
Suggestions on Feedlur.


, deal OF success with hogs. d have n
Hesitation In detailing some blunder
| have made In the hopo that other
may profit thereby writes Johr
Cownie In Coleman's Rural World
A good many years ago. one sprin!
found mo with twenty-five thorough
bred sows all in pig to the best boar
could find In due time 100 a,
choice pigs as anyone could wist
were brought forth and do
ing well. Determined to outdc
all previous efforts in the
swine business, | procured a large
quantity OF corn meal shorts brar
and oil meal and started in to feed
those sows. succeeded we'll; thew
had good appctites and evidently en-.
Ioyed the ration ! prepared but il
was just three weeks when the last
pig expired. You say almost audibly
overfed the sows and caused fever.
Precisely | know it now and am
very careful a5out feeding sows while
nursing their pigs These sows were
turned to pasture, deprived of all
grain bred as soon AS possible. ard
in the fall had again fine lot OF pigs.
which averaged at selling 375 pounds
each. With common stock this
would scarcely have been possible
and refer to it as showing what can
be done in an emergency. il only the
conditions are favorable.
While fattening nearly 200 hogs one
winter during some very cold wealth
err had closed every opening in the
hog house endeavoring to make the
hogs as comfortable as possible. A
sudden rise in the temperature one
night made me somewhat uneasy on
awakening in the morning, and nv
worst fears were realized on opening
the door OF the hog house. when was
met by an atmosphere so sti ling as to
prove at once that serious damage
had been done. Doors were immedi-
ately thrown open and every means
taken to thoroughly ventilate the
building, but / lost several OF my
finest hogs and it was several weeks
before the others fully recovered.
Now | attach more Importance than
ever to thorough ventilation at all
times. Pure air clean, sweet food,
pure water and good dry bed will
amply repay for any time expended in
securing them.
Several years ago meeting a neigh.
Dor probably in September when new
corn was just becoming profitable for
feed. he causually remarked. II have
put up my hogs to fatten. and am
going to crowd them right along as /
believe the early markets will be the
best"
l suggested that he must be careful
not to overfeed that new corn was
easily digested and readily assim,
lated and might cause serious daul.
age in his herd, fed in that manner.
saying that he would not think of
'eeding new corn to his horses ex-
sept in very limited quantities. but.he
that hogs were different
rom horses and went home as he
said, TO shove it into them" Sew
eral weeks later we met again. MY
hogs have the cholera-losing eight
Or ten u day" were his first words.
could name many other instances
II hogs dying in large numbers short.
y after the advent OF new corn, but
i is needless every observing person
Knows that this is critical time IN
he hogs existence. Do not under
tand me assaying that this is the cause
" all disease in hogs Nothing OF the
find, but allow me to urge uoon
very one interested in swine to be
areful in regard to sudden changes
n diet and rather err ny under
han over feeding.
Gentlemen OF the Swine breeders
ssociation, l have now told you
ome OF the faults OF the average
armer Of the state. | have told YOU
i bunders made by myself have
old you OF mistakes made by nv
eighbors Now let me tell YOU of a
erious wrong some of you are per-
etrating upon the farmers OF Iowa.
refer to the pernicious practice of
er-feeding animals intended to be
old for breeding purposes. am
ware that flesh will cover a multi.
nde OF weak points in any animal but
am also sure that hog breeding in
owa has now reached such perfection
q your hands that this kind of feed. ,
lg Is uncalled for as il is Injurious.
In the community in which live
very farmer worthy OF the name
urchases each fall at least one male
ig from some breeder making a
pec'alty OF the business And also {
now that | am within bounds when | I
tste that three -fourths of all those ,
nus purchased last year were abso-
itely worthless for breeding pur-
oses. 1t needs no argument to prove
lat this resulted from the too COM
ION habit of pampering and feeding
lose young animals to make them
ppear well.
You breeders no doubt take a par :
nnatle pride when you ship pig in !,
aving him look his best. but 1t is done
fearful cost to the purchaser
ct me give you one instance that oc. q
rred last fall A neighbor. one Of 2
Ie most successful feeders in the n
ute had purchased boar the best e
= could Ind and he was as near
'rfeesFon as such wn animal can be q
ought but he proved utterly worth "
- Tor the purpose lor which he was Il
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