Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1902-06-12
Champion Boar.


duced from American Cultivator, is a
champion English Berkshire boar.
Cereal SIop For narrowing Sows.
An Iowa correspondent writes to The
Breeders Gazette: MY sows are far
rowing, and 1 wish to know if faxseed
ground with corn and barley will make
a slop or swill as good for them as |
can get.
Mr.. A. J. Lovejoy makes this reply:
A mixture Of ground corn, barley and
rye with faxseed ground with it and
all made into slop would in my Opin-
ion be all right if your correspondent
has the grains on hand, but instead OF
using f1aXseed would prefer to substi-
tute oilmeal. If the feed has to be pur-
chased, 1 would rather have a good
quality Of wheat middlings and little
cornmeal and oilmeal. The sows should
not have much oilmeal just before far
rowing or Immediately thereafter for
fear of starting too full a flow of rich
milk, which would be quite sure to
cause scours in the little pigs, as they
would be getting a richer feed than
they could stand when SO very young.
After the pigs are a week to two
weeks old the sow may have all the
rich slops she wants without much
fear of causing ScOurs. Should your
correspondent have any trouble with
''white scours'' when pigs are quite
small, he can stop it by reducing the
richness Of the sow's feed and giving
her in slop a tablespoonful Of sulphur
twice daily for a day or two. / have
never known this to fail.
Treat the Hog Decent1y.
! Winter mortality in hogs is largely
The result of neglect, Do not treat the
hog as tramp or interloper. He is GER
tain to resent it at your expense.
Winter mortality is largely inimical
to profits and can be avoided by proper
methods. House your hogs in dry,
clean quarters and above all provide an
abundant supply Of absolutely clean
water. Never let them sleep in straw
stack, emerging in the morning sweat
ing and steaming. Thousands die from
this cause.
Give them some clover hay to bal
ance the corn, and do not forget wood
ashes
Professor Henry of the Wisconsin
experiment station has demonstrated
the value of the latter.
Intelligent treatment of the hog
will have returns in dollars and cents.
Chicago Live Stock World.
Wood Ashes For Pigs.
The best pigs that we have ever
raised had all the wood ashes, with a
little salt mixed in it, that they would
eat, says A. G. Green, the well known
breeder of Winchester, Ind. We think
1t is much better to keep a mixture Of
wood ashes and little salt in a box
where the pigs can go to it at will. They
will go and eat the ashes in the morn
Ing before they will eat their feed.
We do not think it best to mix the
ashes i'll the slop or feed, as that
would make them eat more than they
would want and might be more than
they ought to have. We have found
soft I've soap made from wood ashes
to be good to feed pigs to make them
hearty and grow well. We think
wood ashes and little salt, kept
where the hogs can get to it, is worth
more than all the cholera remedies put
together.
SiIage Not Good For Hogs.
Silage is not considered a desirable
food for hogs. Knowing what do Of
its na cure and composition, would not
recommend it in the ration Of either
fattening or breeding hogs, says II. w.
Mumford, the Illinois breeder / much
prefer roots, sugar beets or mangels
for succulent food in winter for brood
sows. If it is desirable to feed some
thing a little more bulky with the
roots, as l believe it is, I should use
well cured clover hay.
Shorts For Pigs.
This feed is especially valuable for
young pigs and when fed in connection
with corn is not only excellent for
growing, but Is also valuable for fat
tening hogs as well.