The herald., 1893-12-31

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Pomona Times. A safe rule is not to
use young boar for breeding until he
is z or months old, at least, and not
then unless he has been we'll fed, re-
sulting in good growth and develop
ment; and also not to permit a SOW to
be served at least until she is 6 months
old. In q majority of cases it will be
we'll to wait until she is s or 8. Under
what may be considered average condi-
tions, . SOW should not fsrrow her first
litter until she is year old. A good
plan il to breed good SOW from an
early spring litter, SO that che will far
row her pigs in April. This will usually
make her little over year old and she
will be all the better for it.
1t 10 best to keep the boar away from
the sows until time to breed. All things
considered, one of the best plans of man
aging the boar is to use small lot or
yard where he can be kept to himself
and the sows turned in to him as desired
to breed, One advantage in this is that
his feeding and management can be such
90 10 best calculated to keep him in
healthy, vigorous condition and will in
sure better pigs: then he can more read
lily be kept under control than ii allowed
to run shout.
The brood SOW should have plenty OF
sound, nutritious food in order to secure
healthy growth and development with
out inducing surplus fat. After the COW
is bred it is very important that she be
kept thrifty, and her feed is an import
snt item in securing this condition.
In the selection of the breeding ami
mails, they should always be large and
shorter, stockier animal of the two.
The ration of the SOW should be of
nature that will avoid constipation, and
especially 90 q short season before far
rowing, in order to lessen the feverish
condition at this time.
The brood SOW needs good treatment,
and will pay we'll for the extra trouble
required to keep her vigorous and thrifty,
as upon her condition largely depends
the vigor and thrift of the pigs.
A good SOW we'll fed and properly cared
for will bring two good litters of pigs in
a year. and will pay fully as good a per
cent on the Investment as any other
animal on the farm. But the amount Of
profit will depend, first, upon her breed,
and then upon her feed and manage
ment. Too early breeding Injuries her
as breeding animal in the future, az
we'll as lowers the quality of her pigs, so
that if she is selected for q breeder let
her be reasonably we'll matured, vigorous
and thrifty before she farrows her first
litter.
Some Points in Planting Orchards.
Oceanside Blade: The season of or
chard planting is near athand and some
have already plowed ground in prepara-
tion for planting it to trees. me best
horticulturists advocate preparing the
ground well by deep plowing and thor
ough pulverization in the fall. They
say If soil 10 plowed deep and narrowed
thoroughly, then plowed crosswise and
narrowed again two or three times, it
will be all the better. Even q greater
amount OF work than this will be found
to pay the orchardist much better than
TO discuss the tariff and silver questions
with his neighbor from opposite sides of
o line fence.
Another important matter, that has
been often overlooked, is care in select
ing trees for planting. Many persons,
who knew nothing about fruit growing
but were attracted to it by the profits of
the business, thought if fruit trees of any
kind were stuck into the ground, soil and
climate would do the rest. Many of them
have lived to learn by experience that in
planting an orchard the greatest care
should be taken in the selection of the
trees. A man should study the varieties
and select the most profitable and mar
Eketable, and above all select trees true to
name. No man, be he young or old. can
afford to waste FIVE years Of his life in
, fndirg out that his fruit is not true to
name and is inferior to what he paid for.
Says one prominent fruit grower: eff
possible, make tests of the average root
system of the trees you propose to buy.
and learn If they are built on the right
foundation. Do not plant trees with a
defective or scanty root system. Even if
bought and paid for, it is better to re-
plant in nursery or destroy, rather than
plant in an orchard. Life is too short,
and good stock too cheap, to justify the
nursing OF feeble trees. 1t is always a
case of losing s5 while struggling to save
15 cents"