Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1896-02-11
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from the time the pigs are four weeks
old until they are weaned. the SOW
should get all the miik-producing feed
she Will eat. II the feed has been
gradually increased she win not lose
her appetite. as so often happens. IL
requires more care than skin In feeding
the brood SOW. II Is important that
the milk supply be increased In pro-
portion to the Increased capacity OF the
pigs to consume It. IL the SOW be fed
too much when the pigs are young, too
much milk is taken by them, and
"scours" or diarrhoea IL the result,
while II not enough Is given. when the
pigs become older they win fan TO
grow as they should. and 1t must be
remembered that 1t ~ extremely
doubtful whether any pig that is
stunted in It's growth when young ever
brood sow at hrst may consist OF
house slops, and little dry grain.
but not later than the tenth day we
must begin to feed for the production
OF that milk supply needed to sustain
tn proper growth q the litter, The feed
to be given Is skimmod milk, wheat
bran or shorts, ground wheat. oats or
peas, and some green fodder, prcfera-
bly, red clover or alfalfa. She shoulc bN
Tod three times day, and allowed all
the fresh water she can drink
After four weeks sho and her litter
should have the run OF good pasture.
No attempt should DO made to breed
her until the pigs are weaned. This
should be ecne when they are about
two months old. and the SOW viii al
most Invariably take the boar inside Of
week. This enables her TO produce
two filters In a year, which can be
done TO best advantge In this climate
-coleman's Rural World.
Remedy for Hog Cholera,
TO the Editor; Both this year and
last there has been quite fatality
among hogs In Tulare and Kern eoun-
ties, the losses In different herds run
ming from i've TO eight per cent. Tho
prevailing disease, generally called
rafting, consumptiye-like coughing
followed by loss Of appetite, apparent
dizziness, weakness and death.
Last year Mr.. Thomas u, Davis OF
Antelope Valley, Tnlare county, lost 50
per cent. OF his hogs before he dis
covered remedy. This year, by the
use ~ the remedy whenever the pre-
monItion OF coughing appeared in his
herd OF over 200, he has not lost one
hog, while all around him there has
been a large percentage VI death,
The remedy Is this Dissolve pound
can of American concentrated lyo IN
three. quarts of water thot water viii
t''Nh'ig ldh WV anu WV"
half gallons Of wheat or barley In a
coal oil ran and add the I've, With
enough water 20 cover the grain; add
u big handfni Of salt Let It stand u
day, when tho grain Will be doubled
| ~ volume and will have absorbed the
| liquid Put two pounds OF sulphur In
the feed troughs and add the soaked
| grain, Feed to a hundred hogs RE-
peat the dose as often as the coughing
| appears,
| Mr.. Davis has used this remady na
often ms three times Il week, when the
coughing showed Itself, ana has met
with no loss. lie has used at times
three pounds OF the bye to fiye gallons
OF water. The other hog rnisers have
tried the same remedy, with like re-
suits. One would suppose that such
strong I've would produce death, bu,
hogs relish the hot stun, and they
sgueal and run for water or punch
their shouts IN the dirt, but come bacl,
TO the, trough again until II is all
cleaned up.
! | have witnessed the feeding OF this
medicine. and believe In its efficacy.
8. q. NYE.