Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1901-10-11
TAKE CARE OF THE HOGS.
Important Information Worth Remem-
bering.

hogs, nothing should be left undon'
that will promote the health ant
growth Of the pigs and fattening hog
during the critical days of autumn
There is nothing difficult in the craft o.
the hog yard, but there are a grea
many little things to attend to. The
hogs must not be fed on. corn (new Of
old) alone unless they have gooi
pasture to run in They must have
water three times per day. The water
must be pure. Every time the hogs
are watered clean the troughs before
pouring in the water. They must moi
eat in the dust, nor in the mud. When
the nights get chilly give them q good
bed of straw. Keep SALT ashes and
charcoal, or stone coal, in the feed
yard. A little lime is good thing to
keep around the hog yard. Hogs some
times get lime hungry. Hog raisere
are all liable to grow careless about
these little things. They fall into the
habit of shoveling out pile Of corn
once or twice day and provide moth.
more than mud hole for drinking
place, and then when their hogs begin
to fail they would give almost anything
if somebody would insure them against
losses in hog raising.
Corn is the best hog feed in the
world, but it is insufficient as full
ration for hog or any other animal.
Still there are many farmers that feed
nothing but corn for months at time.
There are no single feeds that afford a
full ration in themselves except milk
and grass. When hog is fed continu.
ously on corn, without any form of a
supplementary feed, he becomes consti-
pated, bilious and feverish. His skin
dries out and loses its glossy, mellow
appearance. The hair loses its luster.
He becomes lank in the sides and shows
general unthrifttiness and be is gaining
perhaps pound day when he ought
to be gaining at least three pounds. It
has been asserted that most Of the
losses on hogs are due to inattention in
the matter Of feed and hygenic condi-
tions. This assertion has been vigor-
o,sly denied and the government au-
thorities and experiment stations start
ed out to find specific for what SEEM
ed to be the greatest malady among
hogs, namely, cholera. They have all
failed in their attempts and are about
ready to conclude that balanced rations
fed under good sanitary conditions, will
save the hogs. The hog is the hardest
animal on the farm. There is no other
domestic animal that would amount to
to anything if subjected to the same
treatment in the matter of food, drink
and shelter as that imposed on him.
Under such treatment sheep would die
with foot rot and the scab; horses
would go down with the farcy, and
cattle would perish with pluro-pneu-
monia and tuberculosis. Even the
hen roost would become thing of the
past. The chicken fancier found out
several years ago that he either had to
mix his chicken feed and keep his hen
house clean, or go out of the business;
and there is no one in the whole round
of animal husbandry that is as skillful
in the management and care of his
animals as the chicken fancier. The
hog man will have to learn from the
chicken man that the secret of success
in growing hogs lies in sweet feed, bal
anced with all the nutrient factors,
pure water, pure air, clean slop pals,
clean troughs, clean floors, dry bedding
and comfortable sheds. Homestead.
DEATH OF DIR. T. T. PREsTEGAR.