Montour American. (Danville, Pa.) 1866-1920, 1902-01-23
SWINE :
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Through this farm there s spring
fed branch. mainly Hfa grave. ...
tom. but &c .s sixty rods f-.# s. fa-.
/ buildings. and while t o. r.ar.. a..
ways pure and clean .F cher. Is .#t
Z die near d.. building a## r. .--
sleeping quarters @. ##a-.a..
the -eepaga from uaaa. .. .
viii drink lt before they w. sa.-. ..
the branch. The o. wns &. ar.....
! this ls 20 fence lg or fU ua f#a-a ...
puddle holes. says 10 Taulss- r
National StHrEmaH.
Hogs uHrUrI nl .. u.#
the other sta.E. 70 uaf H.uslaa... .r
vlded with fresh water Ia convenient
troughs. VIII uasa down fa f.a Ha..r r
low places Iu The bots and srH. .r.
saturated ufth manure E...
/ bound Go have water HaH as#I plenty
q o. There Is uH cheaper Watering
place for swine than that f.H. a..a-
a spring fsd hr1sa ir .aa. .H
ful watering place .f a.rf clean 8.
Z
bottom For summer Fa@fuE.HG f..
the deal way unless taa brock -rrs
through cholera infected faa
which case tLg hogs -uagE HE. HH-..
in trougls from wells Eea.E #af.- G..
| expensive COB one vaF fH Er..-.-
hogs so much ~ their rich H-.ur.r-s
find their way into the stream and ara.
lost 90 the farm
In watering feeding hogs f#a #H.a
tion comes ur a. 90 Eow much vHtar
they should have AMI HuW a.ar 70
should 10 70 them Without doubt they
should never be limited .a quantity
and ! am sure u should D. aaH- fHa.-
feeding place and convenient f.r f..r
20 get 20 o. The Observing feeder v.I
notice that when eating corn ..-- w
leave their feed AMI - f.r .rs
We can hardly say th.z IS a matter .f
habit as Is claimed for man when ..
eats, but because THE system demands
H. II this Is true. hy All means f.H
demand should ha met Experiment
show that Tn eating ground feed .t Is
best 20 have 60 dampeued. rs fEag -.E
ish II better that way. and more than
that. there IS less waste when faH that
way.
Under any condition 10 not THINKS 10
| Is advisable 20 have standing water far
swine. Wherever they drink fhe water
should be kept moving. or OF least t.s
old give place 20 new once tay.
The Brood Sow Tn winter.
The SOW. like all other animals. needs
more than feed IN order 90 produce
we'll says O.. u. Smead IH National
Stockmau. She needs a warm r..mr
| place FOR exercise Iu winter Ia sum-
mer the pasture lot = bsr place. and
Il Is the winter months I VIII 90 this
| time consider. Her quarters ueaH fJ
be warm and dry Tier feed should ha
of class % give strength. laxative
and not fatteuluE 80 better food r
/ my Judgment. exists than chopped HHfs
/ with the huSks sifted ont mixed equal
( ly with the middIlngs These feaI u.fE.
sd In warm water or better stlI put
in pail or tub and boiling water pour
I'd upon the meal and Jet stand from
one feed 10 the next covered up. Twice
daily scatter from pint O. q quart -
shelled corn on the feeding four -1
that she viii take exercise in getting
H. A Few apple pariuEs 1r roots 20 .
some kind. turuips beets ~ potatoes. .
should be fcd 70 furnish sucrHlerce .
| (apples consider best. turnips next
RuttermtIk For PIGS
Buttermilk should not De- given I1
large quantities 20 sow that Is uurs-
Ing pigs. says Theodore Lewis In Amer
ican swinehcrd Tt mav - affect har
milk by causing lt 20 rurdle premature .
y IN the stumachs u the young Izs o. .
20 cause the death of TIE latter ~ f-,I
at all. the quantity should nor exceed .
Z forty pounds % a barrel p -w.lL ~
/ the buttermilk has been obtained from
[ a creamery and has become au acid Hs.
I fore IL can be fed. better avoid feeding
I H. Buttermilk a. obtained from cream.
cries. even though fed o. shotss ar p.z'
z when fcd single and alone wiz a. "a
I rule. cause the evil results above aI
I luded 10. And yet there IS rn food that
may be- fcd to such great advantage tu
4 connection with other fool a- faa HT-
product of the dairy
Food For sow and PfE-.
After farruwing give nothing tH tbe
I s1ws FOR twenty four hours Huf a little
thin Cruel fnr driuk Feed fla Hst anil
mlddlings chop spariugIg far t.a H-st
week After that begin adding
little corumpal until the mixture 90 tIa
end of three weeks T. Yre.thIra corn. I
meal. one-thirt oatmeal AMI one third .
middlings Mix as before far-uVlr-.
I and by the time the litter is a month
/ old both sow and pigs sbaui1 he eaf
ing All they VIII eat clean rHf Ta tHa
| pigs need exercise scatter little corn
for them TO hunt aut ~ straw litter
Hardwood ashes with plenty - GOALS
/ left tn should be kept where rha s"w
can help herself and tie pigs root .u
/ r. A half pint ~ salt o half Hu-ral
\ Of ashes T. rpIlshed and IS he1.fbfuL
Good care of Hoz. rsy-
Too many are afraid - a little wHrs
and trouble. says m iowa farmer .l
/ Farm and Hone 7 clean taa pens
/ twice a week Hogs are supplied v.tI
I plenty u water and charcoal -H pre-
I vent disease Air slaksd fua d used
I for n dislnfectaut. With proper care
/ there T. very little danger 90 disease
l There are r-cveutive=. tuf rH cure or
I cholera when 90 gets q start always
\ plant a patch 20 Eetafas- f"r r...rE
/ hogs On the fall to gat them q. n-."r
/ quick. started a bunch - hogs .a p--
I tatOez. fed them sixty days Vta chop
| and cooked potatoes with .rf. .
grain. and the hogs made -a.u . rF"
/ and n half pounds gar day. or .H'
I pounds per hog Car should Ht 'HsE
In starting hogs en- uafa-#a- F".r
should be fed sparingly at FIRST. .rr-sl--
Ing n rttle every time thsv a-H fs5 u.-
feeding more than they win alsaa ur.
. The best market for hogs Is at -u CD
80 pounds weight
CALIFORNIA; HummtuE HIrd.