St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1896-02-29

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hr1t few days. but sufficient attention
should BE- given to zee that III the pigs
suck, and Il the stock Is to Be sold for
breeding purposes It will often b
necessary to treat the tails Of tho
young pigs to keep them from falling
o.. It II generally thought that this
falling OF Of the tails Il due to cold
and dampnesa This Is not 20. -
they suffer in the dryest September
just the same. It Is : disease, but one
easily combatted. We have found
washing the tails In . strong solution
Of Boroglyceride most efectual, but
any grease. especially II it has mixed
with it . little carbolic acid, will do the
work. The application should be made
once . day for It least three or four
days.
During the first few days the pigs
should be confined to the narrowing
pen or 1T most allowed TO run in . small,
dry lot. They will do better to be con-
fined to the lot until they are 1t least
three weeks old. Just Is soon rs the
pigs shows : disposition to eat, he
should be encouraged in 80 doing. A
small place should be cut OF from tho
lot % Is to allow the pigs, but not the
mother to enter, and in this little lot
should be shallow feed trough. II tho
pigs are getting plenty Of milk from the
mother, IS they will. provided she il .
good brood sow and Is well fed, there
ID nothing better than soslked corn.
Dry, hard corn will soon make their
teeth sore. An abundance Of this
soaked corn should be provided, but
what is left should be removed Mt least
twice . day and fresh corn put in. II
little sweet SKIM milk can be given
with care we think it will add to the
growth Of the pigs. This may be con-
tinued until weaving time, when . de-
cided change in the feed becomes nee
essary. This Is the most critical period
Of the pigs life, and on this manage
ment 1t this time largely depends his
future usefulness. II checked in his
growth he will probably not recover
soon enough to give the best results,
whether kept to grace the breeding
herd or to I'LL the pork barrel.
It takes = genius to manage . pig
properly ut this time without milk. II
certainly requires great care and Va
riety Of good foods, 1T least. With
ground oats and shorts, or wheat, and
clover or alfalfa, judiciously but freely
fed, good results may be obtained, but
it will be found much easier to grow
good pigs if plenty Of milk is obtaina-
BILE. Here in Mississippi we can have
red clover or alfalfa, or some similar
green food for our pigs, and with this,
corn meal and skim milk mixed, makes
IN excellent food. They should DO
given this in abundance. It is mis-
take to suppose that = pig will get too
fat on this sort of food. We must feed
well If we are to get early maturity,
and the most profitable results. 1t IS
not wise to feed too many pigs to-
gether, not more than ten, and then
only when these are about the Same
size and age, and when the trough il
90 constructed that any may eat with
out much interference from others.
The Wood Dale cast-iron pig trough,
out Of which eight can eat, is the best
thing we have ever used in the way Of
= trough. These troughs are easy to
keep clean, and whatever the sort Of
trough used it should be kept clean and
and sweet--Mississippi Experiment
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