Blackfoot news. (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1891-1902, 1894-01-20


from year 70 year Is hardly posi- bic.
Grains vary in feeding value prices
vary. making the most profitable
grain Of one year the most anpr06 4
able OK another Weather must Be-
considered. the condition 81 the AMI
mails require different methods ana
materials n different times, ana asl
these must be met ana provided t0g
by the feeder and his knowledge. OBJ
servatioE. experience; in snort his
..h0g sense. must be his guide, not
printed rules Nor is success con-
lined to the mere art 81 feellag. no
matter how skillfuEy done
Thoughtful and adequate provision
must be made ia propef Iine and
season for the requisite feeding zna-
ieriaL
As part o. the subject y feeding,
| SIN Of course expected 10 say some
thing about cooking. grinding, soak
ing whole grain. wet Or dry meal and
sweet and soar food On most farms
where swine feeding Il conducted
or q large scale there Is seldom
sufficient milk On my place pigs
learn 70 eat with the soWs. ana fnu
that not cooked food but that
brought to a scalding heat ara fed
while warm and sweet prod gees the
best results The milk ~ the soE
is warm and sweet anu ! Deem I'd
best 70 conform as much a possible
10 natural conditions Za feeding 4~tI-
fetal food Scaldiny reuae-s food
easier Of digestion warmth -tiElu-
lates growth ana helps Sustain ans
NAL heat
The feeder shouta not ca3v sim 70
have sows that viii success. tBIsy give
birth to pigs but those 81 good milk
ing strains, 0ur dairy friends may
object to this term Deing applied 70
SOW as il cows Plenty II m0tber's
milk will give the pig the right
start during its suckiiug period
Separate troughs Tor s0ws and litters
are not provided at orr place. bat
shallow troughs Of sufficient length
for the whole family to dine IL this
is q plan believe not generally
practiced. but pigs should eut wih-
out crowdiug Quietuess ia feeding
conduces To thrift
No kind 81 food gives better sati.-
faction for SONS ana pigs than equal
parts, by weight of shorts. bran and
corn meal. adding one pound ID oil.
meal daily for each sow aAd litter.
the whole ia connection with clover
pasture The feed i mixed Six Is
twelve hours before feeding. So as
70 be FED before souring or frrmen-
tatio1 Ii Is we'll to observe how
ever. that il wet seasons n percent.
age 81 dry food j. beneficial.
For the first ninety days ny herd
Of pigs. averaging from eighty to
10. makes an average gain u three
quarters Of d pound a day Tea only
twice day after the pigs are Xix
weeks I'D. Il may b. sa.d thar BIZ
my system 81 feed NJ the sos will
get the lions share, but If she does
she gives il back In increased How of
milk. Besides. ! think that sOus
nursed 10 q shadow will not have the
strength and vigor essential - their
next narrowing time. Few sows viii
suckle pigs more than ninety DAYS
and weaving the pigs may safely
b. left to the mother
After weaving We soil the pigs In
their respective stys with green
peas for a few days. then turn them
into the pea pasture day times. and
furnish them all the fresh. clean
water they want The pea food "A
likely To produce costiYanes but
feeding swirl at night will correct
that tendency. This system of feed
ing rarely fails To give a growth of
pound a day, and il Is that growth
and development all on heterogeneous
'ood that fits them for the Guel finish
1n corn At this period the differ
,nce between whole ana ground corn
IS not large enough to compensate
or the cost Of the grinding. Butthe
sxcrement should be watched. and
Rhen corn passes wholly or III part
Indigestcd, ground or soaked corn
should Ee fell j never got good re
iults from barley, rye or oats when
ed Whole ana soaked, and think corn
s the only grain to feed unground
md soaked successfully. The diges-
i've powers Of the animal grow
voaker as il ripens. and IL Is then
yken slightly fermented food aids
digestion. and stimulates appetite. I
ind soaking whole corn then supplies
nat necessary quality.
We all know tina. fattening an ami:
nal lessons its vitality aud often in.
ties disease Professor Rob srtson 4
,nce said: when d man sells hogs
whose main occupation has been +
o squcal. he does not sell any skill. Z
There are long backed. long-necked, 4
ong-snOuted hogs who live year 4
md half on man and then are not 1
Wiling to die at profit for his bene.
IL A man does not. cannot sell (
kill in such package. but IS trying !
o sell squeal, which Is not market
bic through hog or any other chan (
lei the world knows OF. Then the
east we waste ia swine feeding. and +
ess squeal and more skill We can
ell must be our objective points. s.
From the address OF Theodore Louis I
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