The representative. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1893-1901, 1895-01-23
THE HOGS IN WINTER.
by JnO. Mason i'm the Farmers Home
valuable Hints From Practf-

With every spring there is a solicitous ex
pcctaton in regard to the results of next
springs narrowing. With men that are al
most universally successful with their
spring pigs there is not much anxiety.
With the unintiated there is a desire to
know why some men are so successful and
why others are SO unfortunate. The sue
cessfu man, as a rule, knows why he sue
ceeds Well the unfortunate ones cannot
always tell why such is their lot; the sue
cessful man has usually had his time of
msfortunes and has risen above them. All,
no difference how successful, meet with
losses at times When they do, looking
backward. they can often find a reason
With more than 20 years experience. this
looking backward discloses to us nearly all
the experiences that fall to the lot of swine
growers. A greater part of the failures on
account of ignorance and the following in
old ruts An old rut does well enough
sometimes, but when it become too deep
1t is best to cut new track. Cutting new
wheel tracks is what q good many swine
growers should do this winter. Many know
better and think of doing better, but -
force of habit and customs of comr'- ,nitios
hold them in the old ruts.
KEEP THEM THRIFTY
Too many farms--s labor under the i'm
preston that their brood sows shonld he
nm III -.esh, and appear to put all their
SOo. Us in that direction instead of striving
TO get them in the finest possible condition.
To the experienced hog breeder there is a
difference between a thin SOW fat one
and one in the best possible condition for
narrowing y thin SOW, the type that so many
aim to have, is always ravenously hungry
and to keep her in working condition after
she farrows. it is necessary to commence
the highest feeding at the earliest possible
date. before the fever in her system cools
at the eminent risk of injury to the sow
and the pigs. A fat SOW. in MANY resnects
at narrowing time, is the opposite of the
oyn r1,.
10 give proper care to her pigs; her fat con-
dltion tends to make her more feverisb and
consequently 1ll-tempered. The flow of mill,
IS usually abundant, which often. in her
feVerish condition. makes the teats worry
tender. to such degree that when tho MOS
attempt to suck, the pain caused makes the
SOW creature of destruction instead Of a
careful mother Very fat sows particular
young ones. are very apt to have trouh,a
al narrowing time often resulting in botb
.i.e loss OF sow and litter. But once in all
ol our experience, have we had trouble /,
this direction. In this instance the SOW, ua :
100 young and small to bring pigs
BEWARE OF TOO MUCH CORN
Inc lat SOW. that is dangerous as - -
Vestment and to her pigs at far-,,,.;-a ~
fs s,,nh go - Wy excessive corn feeding
=, So, farrowS and saves a good
ll1ss., ,.ie milk she gives is the worst kind
to start pigs with. 1t makes them raa1
beauties. fat and plump; a delight r. tbs
eye but terror to the pocketbook. he.
cause they too often die young. Their con
stltutlons are weak, and they fall easy vic.
Tins to colds, thumps, and other tronh1as
fatal to young pigs. We we'll remembe,
now much pleasure we used to have in
looking at the fat, plump pigs, and won
dered why they should die with TIE thumps
at two or three weeks old. Now it is very
plain to us. The sows were usually in fine
corn flesh when they narrowed, and we FED
corn, all they wanted, after narrowing
Now there is a treatment and care for the
poW IN farrow, during the winter months