Hopkinsville Kentuckian., 1902-05-16


wheat the corn does not hurt them II
you have not the sorghum but II
you have it the sorghum is a splendid
hog feed as well as a cheap one.
How to fatten them, ] do not want my
hogs to get hungry after they 60 into
the wheat field. I try to have peas
and soy beans to turn on by the time
they have CLEANED the wheat fields.
/ II possible have the beans so they
they will have to eat the peas first, as
they prefer the beans if allowed to
rup to them. | usually mix some sor-
gbum with my peas when I SOW them.
/ When they have finished the peas and
/ ! begin to feed corn, a load Of sorghum
/ occasionally is relished by them. ~
AS to kinds. there are several good E
breeds of hogs and a man should Sc
leot one to suit his fancy The Duroc.
the Berkshire and Poland Chinas are
all good ones and a man will NOT
make mistake to take either of the three
breeds. don't like the white hog. as
they are more susceptible to skin dis
eases I think the pure bred is bet
ter than a CROSS. have for years bred
Roland Chinas and have several times
tried a cross on the other breeds. but
have never found them as uniform or
satisfactory as the full bred Nor have
as the Poland China.
As an Investment the hog is an
animated exemplifcation of the nim-
bic six pence, his rapid growth being
an evidence OF quick returns
and large profits. Starting even
with the birth Of the pie.
ninety days after date you will have
80 podnds Of pigs and if he is a good
enc, and the feeder not a mean one.
you will have ten pounds more. His
dressed meat usually sells for as much
as a steer. and the matter of cost Is
in favor of the hog Give the calf and
pig an even start in life and the
pig will have grand children going fat
to market along with the steer The
steer viii help eat three crops Of corn;
the hog is matured with each crop.
Let the pig be borr when the corn is
planted and he will be ready for mar
ket before the cribbing is done He
is the emblem of American push and
pluck, and may he increase and multi
ply.
Second paper on same subject;
BY NJ. B. King:
In the first place decide which of the
improved breeds are best suited to
your wants, or best conform to your
ideas. They are all good far in adj
vance of the "acorn splitters" of our
boyhood. The nearer you approach to
the pure English Berkshire, from the
writer's standpoint the nearer you
are to a perfect hog. In the selection
Of brood SOW get all the length you
can, with good bone and muscle. with
proper natural markings. The male
should be selected with view Of cor
reoting any defects that may exist in
the sows, as we can by judicious
mating breed out or breed in most
any characteristic. Now, when this
has been done, taking it for granted
that proper care has been taken in re-
gard to the sanitary conditions Of the
herd, mate your SOW. so that she will
farrOw her first litter when about
fourteen or fifteen months old AS
the time for farrowing approaches,
cay, ten days before, separate the SOW,
have shelter prepared put in a suf-
hcient amount of bedding, but not too 4
much When the little pigs have made
their appearance don't be too anxious
to see how many; leave them alone
for day and night, then go with a
bucket of milk or kitchen slop with a
little bran mixed in it. Continue this
sop diet, with corn added until the
pigs are six or eight weeks old, ac-
cording to the weather and what
amount and kind of feed you have.
At that age the pigs should have
learned to eat, when they should be
closely confined where the dam can
be near, but not be able to get to them
in from four to eight days. The SOW
has dried off. By this means you can
control your business so that your
soWs will raise two litters each year.
While am ready to admit, by such per-
sistent working of the SOW, her years
of usefulness is cut short, yet you will
raise more pigs in a given length OF
time than by any other course Of
treatment. I keep my sows as long
as they produce good litters, generally
six to eight years.
In regard to feed much has been
written condemning the too generous
use of corn. which to some
extent is correct; but there
are lots Of us now would have
much better herds IL we had more corn.
My own experience is that with skim
med milk and corn, I can produce a
pound Of hog much more cheaply than
without milk. A good clover field
with corn, shade and pure water is
an ideal hog run
One of the most fruitful causes Of
disease among hogs is lice With lots
Of guinea chickens to pick them off.
coal oil and grease applied at inter-
yals of six or eight weeks, and chang
ing and burning the old beds, much can
be done,
DISCUSSION.
Mr.. Adams don't like the idea sug-
gested by Mr. Coleman that hogs should
never be allowed to get hungry. He
liked to have them come up to the
trough with good appetites.
Mr.. Coleman explained that It was
only In fall, when fattening, that he
wanted them fed all they will eat ali
the time
l. B. Nall responded briefly 10 the