Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1901-11-09
Autuma Feeding.

and Poultry.
Autuma Fsedinx.
When a starving man il taken out OF
q boat in mtdocean he is hungry. The
folk who rescue him have abundance
Of food and wealth of sympathy. but
they have also a proper amount OF
common sense resulting from expert
ence. The hungry man does not pos
sess this common sense; he would
gorge himself if allowed to do SO. The
rescuers are kind folk but they seem
cruel when out of their abundance
they allow him but a meager meal.
They know, however, that full feed
ing" would injure the starving man
experience has taught them the neces-
sity and advantages OF going SLOW
Is not this somewhat akin to circum-
stances and facts attending the fall
feeding of swine? This year there are
many hungry hogs. They have Jared
sparingly for months, but rescuing
rains came lately and food has been
furnished at the later day when hope
had about vanished in many localities.
The hog would naturally .hog" him.
self II allowed to get at all the food
his appetite could dispose of. but it
would be as unsafe for the hog to gorge
himself as for the starved sailor
man suddenly surrounded with plenty.
And yet there will be lots of this dan
gerous "stufing' with new feed this
fall. It Is a process of running hogs
that goes on unchecked every fall. In
average years when corn is plentiful
it is followed worse than will be the
case this autumn when corn in many
districts is somewhat of a luxury But
despite the fact that corn Is scarce
there Is doubtless some food that the
owner of hogs will feel that he can
now spare in large quantities to make
up for the lack of food during the
dry months when pastures were with
cred and other foods scarce and high
priced. Such food will give by far
the best results If it is fed in small
quantities at first and gradually in
creased in amount after the swine be-
come accustomed to it. At the same
time the best results are to be had
each year when the corn is balanced
with other rations to make complete
food for the young hogs. They re-
Quire all the constituents of food that
go to form bone and blood and muscle.
If they are given all the young corn
they can eat the first result will be
takes place the food does not give the
desired gain Of weight daily. If the
| corn does not cause indigestion and
the hog commences to assimilate it
thoroughly and consequently put on
| weight fast that is no proof that the
corn is doing the work expected of it.
| It is making lots of fat before the
| young animal has q frame to carry
| the weight safely and the result In
| many cases is that the bones being
weak the legs give at the ground
| and the pig walks upon its pastern
| joints. II, on the other hand, the hog
be gradually accustomed to the abun-
dant food supply Of fall and the corn
| be mixed with a due proportion of nj
| trogenous food such as skim milk,
ground middlings barley. oats. bran.
oilmea1 or any of the other grain foods
and products along with clover hay
there will be produced a healthy. nor
mally strong and fully developed frame
| and supply of muscle and blood which
/ will enable the animal to lay on tat
later on without sickness or accident
| We are fully convinced that while the
pig is kept growing from weaning time
to winter feeding there need be no ap-
| pearance of fat ABOUT it. The main
| thing is to encourage the growth OF
| frame large digestive organs, fully ex-
ercised lungs, ample supply of healthy
blood and disposition to hustle rather
than loaf and sleep. Given this kind
/ of young hog as the result of judicious
| fall feeding and there Is little diff
Guilty or danger in placing it later
upon a full feed of corn and 1t is this
kind of hog that returns the larges,
return Of gain for amount of food con-
sumed We must be excused for drum
| ming this advice into the young be
ginners SO persistently. but we shall
continue to do SO until the idea be
comes generally accepted as correct
Already the results Of the discussion
| Of this subject of hog growing and
feeding along sensible lines are seer
in the general interest taken in thu
publications of the various agriculture
| experiment stations regarding swine
experiments which q few years agt
4 were apt to be considered needless and
uninstructive. 1t has also led to ,
| general inquiry regarding the i'm
| provement of brood sows and method.
by which ntters may be increased an,
| more milk furnished for their nourish
ment
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