The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1901-03-29
MANAGING THE HOG.
TYPE OF ANIMAL BEST SUITED FOR
BREEDING PURPOSES.

Than the Dumping Shnpe-Feed-
ing Brood sows Care of Young
Pigs-VnIue of Pasture.
Discussing the hog problem in The
Breeders Gazette, A. j. Lovejoy of
Iowa says:
In the first place it is all important
that one should start with as good
quality of breeding stock as his purse
will procure. The sows should be Of
a long, loose make up rather than the
plump dumping type, FOR in this type
one will find a more prolific sow and
more motherly disposition. She should
be coupled with n boar that is a little
more compact in his make up and yet
not enough TO be extremely different.
Both should bc well proportional, wide
in chest full in heart girth, good strong
back slightly full or arching trife,
broad and fun in the loin and with
good hams, legs short or medium, feet
strong. nose short face wide, neck
short and well filled and jowl medium
to full. With about this type Of sows
and boar of the same general type
one should be ready to begin the opera
ton of raising first class hogs for any
and all purposes.
To get the most out Of them win de
pend entirely on the breeder and feed
err. lie must first have a liking for the
business or he will never succeed. As
to the feed problem the nearer one can
come to raising the greater part Of the
feed on the farm the better No man
should undertake the growing of hogs
for profit without good hog pasture,
as this Is not only one of the most
healthy parts of their diet, but one Of
the most economical. The breeding
sows should have this pasture during
all of the season that grass can be had,
and when the winter comes something
should be furnished that will in a
measure take the place of grass.
Among the better substitutes we have
found either sugar beets or sorghum
to be quite satisfactory. Hogs or
shoats will eat both with relish. These
feeds are only to be used i'm cOniunc-
ton with grain as a general thing.
During the season that the sows are
carrying their young they should have
a slop composed Of ground oats or
oats and corn equal parts ground fine
! ly. If the oat bulls are. sifted out, so
much the better.
Wheat shorts or middlings mixed
with either or both of the above foods
will make them all the better. All
should be made into good rich slop
and In very cold weather fed warm.
! We have practiced feeding warm feed
| for many years and can see no reason
to change. especially for young pigs or
shoats. For hogs that are being fed
| for the market this will not be neces-
/ sary, as the more corn one can get
| them to eat the last GO or 80 days the
| better. Corn fed on the ear If fed on a
floor will he just as satisfactory as IL
ground for fattening swine, but for
breeding sows and younger pigs it is
not as good.
First, sow during the period of
/ CESSATION should have feed that viii
/ make muscle and bone for the pig chat
is 90 COME Tho same is necessary for
the fan pig or late summer one Chat
is Iuiu. carried over SoWs fed I'm
the above manner viii produce strong
/ hearty lu.ars and more at % Birch than
&c fed wholly ON q diet OF corn Corn
while producing fnt more cAcauly than
amy other feed. win NOT do l0r brood
sow. IT, win bring bar Go the time OF
tarroWiug iu ioyei.# D condition, and
when guyp.a arrive they viii Doe small
weakly and pmy THE mother viii De
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