The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1892-10-22
THE FARM AND HOME.
BREEDERS WANTED TO STOP
PAMPERINO PIGS.
Serious Errors In Fccding-ways fright
aud Wrong-Chcap Training OF
Tomatoes-StockN Notes and
yome Hints.
suggestions on Feeding.

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wise one" and as have had a good
deal OF success with hogs have no
hesitation in detailing some plumbers
l have made In the hopo that others
may profit thereby. writes John
Cownie in Coleman's Rural World.
a good many years ago. one spring
found mo with twenty-five thorough.
bred sows all in pig to the best boar
I could find. In duo time 160 as
choice pigs ms anyone could wish
were brought forth and do
ing well. Determined to Guido
oil previous efforts in the
swine business procured large
quantity OF corn meal shorts bran
and oil meal, and started in to feed
those sows- l succeeded well; they
had good appetites and evidently en-
Joy ed the ration l prepared but it
was just three weeks when the last
pig expired. You say. almost audibly
overfed the sows and caused fever
Precisely. I know it now and am
very careful about feeding sows while
nursing their pigs These sows were
turned to pasture. deprived Of all
y
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(dono in an emergency, IN only the
conditions are favorable. ~
While fattening nearly 200 hogs one
winter during somo very cold wealth
err had closed every opening in the
hog house endeavoring to mako tho
hogs as comfortable as possible. A
sudden rise in the temperature one
night made me somewhat uneasy on
awakening in the morning. and my
worst fears were realized on opening
the door OF the hog house. when Twas
met by an atmosphere so sitting 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 l lost several OF my
finest hogs and it was several weeks
before the others fully recovered.
Now l 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 neigh
Dor probably in September when new
corn was just becoming profitable for
feed, he causually remarked. Il have
put up my hogs to fatten and am
IN xuA hay iorht nj, 4
believe the early markets will be the
best"
suggested that he must be careful
not to overfeed that new corn was
easily digested and readily assim-
Hated and might cause serious dam.
age In his herd. fed in that manner.
saying that he would not think of
feeding new corn to his horses ex-
cept in very limited quantities but he
concluded that hogs were different
from 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 day." were his first words
could name many other instances
OF hogs dying in large numbers short
ly after the advent OF new corn. but
1t Is needless every observing person
knows that this is critical time in
the hogs existence Do not under
stand me as saying that this is the cause
OF all disease in hogs Nothing OF the
kind. but allow me to urge upon
every one interested in swine to be
careful In regard to sudden changes
in diet and rather err by under
than over feeding.
Gentlemen OF the Swine Breeders
association. have now told you
some OF the faults of the average
farmer OF the state. l have told you
of plumbers made by myself / have
told you OF mistakes made by my
neighbors Now let me tell you of a
serious wrong some OF you are per-
petrating upon the farmers OF Iowa
] refer to the pernicious practice OF
overlooking animals intended to be
sold for breeding purposes am
aware that flesh will cover multi.
tude OF weak points in any animal. but
! am also sure that hog breeding in
Iowa has now reached such perfection
in your hands that this kind OF feed
ing is uncalled for as it is injurious.
In the community In which I live
every farmer worthy OF the name.
purchases each fall at least one male
pig from some breeder making a
specially OF the business And also
know that am within bounds when I
stste that three -fourths. OF all those
thus purchased last year were abso-
lutely worthless for breeding pur-
poses. 1t needs no argument to prove
that this resulted from the too COM
mon habit Of pampering and feeding
those young animals to make them
appear we'll.
You breeders no doubt take par
donatle pride v hen you ship a pig in |
having him look his best but It Is done |
at fearful cost to the purchaser.
Let me give you one instance that oc-
Cured last fall. A neighbour one OF
the most successful feeders in the
state had purchased boar. the best
he could find. and he was as near
perfection as such an animal can be