Blackfoot news. (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1891-1902, 1892-12-03
THE FARM AND HOME.
BREEDERS WANTED TO STOP
PAMPERlNG PIGS.
serious Errors in Feeding Ways Right
and Wrong-Cheap Training of
Tomatoes-Stock Notes and
Home Hints.
suggestions ON Feeding.

never q d foolish thlng never dlu
W SO one and. us have had good
deal OF success with hogs l have no
hesitation in detailing some plumbers
have made In the hopo that others
may profit thereby writes John
Iownie 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
could find In due time 100 as
choice pigs as anyone could wish
were brought forth and do
ing we'll. Determined 10 Guido
all previous efforts in the
swine business | procured large
quantity OF corn meal shorts bran
and oil meal and started in to feed
those sows. | succeeded well; they
had good appetites and evidently en-.
joyed the ration | prepared but ii
was just three weeks when the last
pig expired. You say, almost audibIy
overfed the sows and caused fever.
Precisely / know il now and am
very careful bout 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 $50 pounds
each. With common stock this
would scarcely have been possible
and refer 10 ii 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 endeayorlng 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 my
worst fears were realized on opening
the door OF the hog house when Twas
met by an atmosphere SO sliding rs TO
prove ut once that serious damage
had been done. noors were immedi-
ately thrown open and every means
taken to thoroughly ventilate the
| building. but l lost seyeral OF my
! finest hogs and 1t 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
I securing them.
Several years ago meeting a 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
/ going TO crowd them right along a.
believe the early markets will DO the
best
suggested that he must be careful
not TO oyer'ecd that new corn was
easily digested aud readily assim.
Hated aud might cause serious dam.
age in his herI. 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
cral weeks later we met again. Ms
hogs have the cholera losing eight
or ten day" were his first word.
could name many other instances
OF hogs dying in large numbers short
ly after the advent Of new corn. bu
IL is needless every observing person
knows that this is u critical time il
the hogs existence. DO not under
stand me as saying that this is the caus,
OF all disease in hogs Nothing OF th,
kind but allow me to urge upor
every one interested in swine TO b,
careful in regard to sudden change
in diet. and rather err By unde
than over feeding.
Gentlemen OF the Swine breeders
association have now told yo,
some OF the faults OF the averag,
/. farmer OF the state. | have told yot
OF b.unders made By myself | hay,
! told you OF mistakes made by IN,
ncighbors. Now lei me tell sou OF
serious wrong some 81 you are per
petrating upon the farmers OF Iowa
refer to the pernicious practice o.
oger-feeding animals intended to b,
sold for breeding purposes an
aware that flesh will cover Il multi
tude OF weak points in any animal bu
am aIso sure that hog breeding i
Iowa has row reached such perfeGtio
in your hands that this kind OF feed
ing IS uncalled for us il is injurious
In the community in which liy
every farmer worthy OF the name
purchases each fall at least one NAL
pig from some breeder making
spec atty OF the business And ais
know that am within bounds when
stsie that three -fourths Of all thos
thus purchased last year were absc
lutely worthless for breeding pun
poses. 1t needs no argument to prov
! that this resulted from tho too con-
mon habit OF pampering and feedin
those young animals to make thel
( appear well.
You breeders no doubt take par
| donahle pride when you ship a pig I
having him look his best. but It is don
at fearful cost to the purchaser
Let me give you one instance that OF
Cured last fall. A neighbor. one {
: the most successful feeders in th