The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1898-04-01
Treatment of Pigs.

All the pigs may be treated aiik'
until they are five or six months DID,
because no matter for what purpose
they are intended, the first work in the
preparation for that purpose Is 10
build up the frame, to develop the
bone and muscle, says Texas Stock
and Farm Journal Whenever the
weather permits the sows and pigs
should have free and wide range over
all the farm not devoted to cultivation,
and pasturage should be looked upon
as essential to their development. III
the pasturage is good the amount OF
roofing they will do will not be dam
age to the range or the farm. for they
will destroy many insect pests and the
exercise will be benefit to the AMI
mails. A patch of peas should Dc
grown on every farm for the young
pigs as we'll as for other purposes, ana
the pigs should run in them an hour or
so every day. The peas have much the
same nutritive qualities as milk anu
are cheaper. When the pigs have them
in sufficient quantity their frames nave
rapid development and they can 10
brought on to the corn feeding later
with less risk Of injury than II they
had passed through the summer on
grass or alfalfa alone. But wherever
in Texas the alfalfa can be grown, ana
in many portions Of the state 1t VIII
thrive well, it ought to form most
important part in building up the
frames of the young animals. A1ter
they have become five or six months
old those that are to be kept as Dreeu-
ers should be separated from the am
mails that are to be fed for the Market
The methods of handling the former
should not be materially changed, anu
such changes as are made in feeolhs
the fattening animals should be maue
gradually and cautiously, watching
them until they have been brought "
full feed. At no time is it well to con-
fine them solely to corn. Some green
stuff should be given them, and some
variety of food, with plenty OF cnar-
coal and salt, abundance Of pure water
and they should have clean, well snel-
tered quarters. Corn, Of course, VIII
be the principal food in finishing, put
it should never be given so freely anu
exclusively as to cause the hogs 10 pc
come in the least tired OF it. Ana az
eight or nine months of age they snoulo
be ready for the market.
81 -Mr w III,
Thompson Jr., president OF the Ma
tional Live Stock Exchange, in an au-
dress to that body, says: Prepare ana
market your beef steer either as
yearling or two-year-old; in no case
keen them beyond three years. 1t IL
during these years that the sap Is IN
the beef. and If fat the animal Is III
the best condition for the market no
will ever be or you can ever make MIN
There is no surplus of bone or fat that
natures after the third year that auus
to his marketable value, and then again
after that time a greater quantity anu
heavier feed is required. The neaVy
cuts of beef that were once in demahu
are fast losing their prestige, as now
the general inquiry and demand OF tne
consumer is for prime young hght-
weights of beef Evidences OF TINS
may frequently be seen in the market
quotations of cattle sales, wherein
prime yearlings are sold at the same
price per pound as prime four-year-oiu
matured and finished cattle which have
cost the producer goodly sum per an
imal more to make"
Cheap Feeds for Hogs.-Wrlters III