Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1901-03-11
MANAGING THE HOG.

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TYPE or ANIMAL BEST SUITED $Foa=
,.5 BREEDING PURPOSES. Us
Long, Loose Make Up Rather Better
Than the Dumping shnpe-Feed-s
Ing Brood sows-Care or Young
Pigs-VaIue of! Pasture. $&g
Discussing the hog problem in The
Breeders Gazette, a. j. Lovejoy Of
Iowa says: &es'@ -
In the first place it is all Important
that one should start with as good a
quality of breeding stock as his purse
a long, loose. make up rather than the
plump dumping type, for in this type
one will find q more prolific SOW and a
more motherly disposition. She should
be coupled with a boar that Is a little
more compact in his make up and yet
not enough to be extremely different.
Goth should be well proportional. wide
in chest, full in heart girth, good strong
back slightly full or, arching a trife,
broad and full in the loin and with
good hams, legs short or medium, feet
strong. nose short, face wide, neck
short and we'll filed and jowl medium
to full. With about this type Of sows
and a 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 will de-
pend entirely on the breeder and feed
er. He must first have a liking for the
business or be 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 a 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 in 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 ORR equal parts ground fine
". 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 a 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 60 or 80 days the
better. Corn fed on the ear If fed on a
floor will be just as satisfactory as If
ground for fattening swine, but for
breeding sows and younger pigs it is
not as good.
First, a SOW during the period Of
CESSATION should have a feed that will
make muscle and bone for the pig that
Is to come. The same Is necessary for
1.-The fall pig OF late summer one that
Is being carried over. Sows fed In
the above manner will produce strong
hearty filters and more at a birth than
IT fed wholly on a diet Of corn Corn,
producing fat more cheaply than
any other feed, will not do for a brood
SOW. It will bring her to the. time of
narrowing. in a feverish condition, and
when the pigs arrive they will be small,
weakly and puny. The. mother will be
irritable and likely to deyour the pigs
at the first squeaI. y, 81.
But a few sows should be allowed to
nest together when getting on toward
narrowing, and when close up to this
period they should be separated to two
or three in a place-ifg but one in a
place, better still. If the owner has
done as he should and knows when the
different sows are due to farrow he
should a day or two prior to this time
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put the SOW in a warm dry place by
herself and feed her rather lightly, but
on the same feed that she has been
having. After the pigs are born the
SOW should have nothing for ~ hours
except a drink of water. This she will
need surely. If the litter is large and
strong, the feed can be commenced on
the second day by giving only a little
slop and increasing gradually, until at
the end of the first week she can have
about all she will eat up clean. Partic-
ular notice; should be taken that the
feed Is the same as she has been ,hav-
ing, as to change feed at this time will
be very likely. to produce scours in the
youngsters. During the next three
months feed the sows all they can eat
that is, OF q milk producing character.
If one has milk to mix with the ground
feed or middlings, he will have an al
most perfect feed. 4
AS the pigs grow and show signs of
wanting to eat a place should be pro-
vided where they may go by them
selves and drink a little milk or q rich
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