The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1898-05-31
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raising. the care OF them should begin
with the SOW before the pigs r born.
Furnish q proper placs FOR the SOW TO
sleep I'm, away from other hogs. 90 as.
40 lessen the danger OF killing the I'M
born pigs by the goWso or hogs pilingo on
each other. Supply proper food for
thesoW that win make bone and muscle
for the young pigs This bone and
muscle i'm the foundation upon which
40 build q large, healthy body. Corn
can be fed 60 her quite freely the first
tWo months Of pregnancy, but after
this gradually diminish the corn until
the last month, when no corn should
be fed As you diminish the corn, I'M
crease the bran, roots and slops.
When the pigs are born don't feed
che SOW anything the first day but q
little water; but keep close watch and
keep her from lying ON them and kiln.
ing them, for here comes i'm the great
est proft-saving all the pigs. The
second day after narrowing she may
be- fed little slop. Increase her feed
day By day, and let ft be q week or ten
days before she In put ON full rations.
Too much milk-producing food while
the pigs r 20 young win prove an i'm
jury 60 them, cause them TO scOur, and
give the little fellows their first set
back i'm Life, which win take time 60
overcome; and when anything has 60
he overcome i'm pig raising, there ia
always q loss connected with iG
After the pigs are ten days old the
sow can be OVerEed. She should have
al Che bran and middlings mixed with
milk that she can eat. You may give
her On little Corn and increase it as the
pigs begin to eat, 90 by the time the
pigs are six weeks old the SOW can have
an good deal of corn with but little slop.
a. PEN should be built close Co where
the SOW i'm fed and the crack left large
enough 40 che pigs o. creep through.
Tim this pen place some little troughs
and feed the pigs linn there They viii
g0Cn learn where the best things 60 eat
ere, and by the time they are six weeks
old they wiz DO ready 60 Wean. I
know that some advocate weaving az
EIGHT weeks old, but I know that they
oan be Weaned much younger, which
ig quite necessary when two itterB O
year ia wanted. Tic only only one litter
year is wanted, then Let them run
with the mother ag long as you wish.
Last spring X was obliged TO Wean
thtrty when they were between two
and three weeks old, and I only lost
one, and i'd was n foolish loss. I sold
them when they were esven and q half
months old, averaging 1921 pounds
each, had they run with their mother
until they were six weeks old they
would have been better. liz, for any
reason, pigs have be weaned too young,
put them up i'm q warm, dry pen, with q
good bed and plenty Of sunshine. Good,
sweet milk with q little oil meal i'm the
middlings and sCalded well, and fed TO
them carefully at first, and it will only
be @ short time before all the danger
wiz be past and they will commence
DO grow nicely. They may have to be
changed around and assorted out, &C
cording 60 their strength, 90 as to give
the weaker ones q chance, bnt all this
pays.
AS soon as they have forgotten their
mother they should be turned out Of
She pen into q pasture lot with q tight
fence and fed on middlings and milk,
with all the waste and slops from the
house. Tic they have plenty Of pasture
and exercise, considerable corn may be
fed them. This viii be betterif shelled
and soaked, or soaked ON the cob will
do very well. Keep ON increasing the
corn until the last two months Of their
stay upon earth, when they should
have all the corn they will eat up clean.
This ia what we call the finishing off
process.
I believe for the last month they viii
make more gain by putting them i'm q
good, clean pen, with q door, and fed
nothing but clear corn and water, all
they want. Pigs treated i'm this way
viii weigh from 300 TO $50 pounds
when they are six months old.
a. pig should not cease growing from
che time it ia born until it in ready for
the block. nc should always weigh
more at night than it did the morning
before. A pig kept at q standatill ia
not making any profit for the owner.
Ashes, salt and charcoal should al
ways be in reach Of them. This viii
have O tendency TO satisfy them, and
they won't root so much, and ringing
may be- avoided. 7 don't think it best
Go ring pigs, but would not hesitate 60