Rosebud County news. [volume] (Forsyth, Mont.) 1901-1906, 1903-03-12
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ponds on the amount of capital on hand
or the purpose for which you are breed
ing. l have bred the past few years
most Of the different breeds, says w. T.
Wooloff in American Agriculturist. AS
part of my small pigs were killed and
dressed for roasting pigs at six to eight
weeks old, prefer for this Yorkshire
sows, which would produce good, fat.
plump pigs. But for good, prolific brood
sows would advise the Chester White
or a cross of Chester White and York
shire.
Select good Chester White SOW that
stands well ON her feet, with good
shoulders and hams, good back and
barrel, wide between eyes and twelve
or more teats. Bred to good grade or
thoroughbred Yorkshire boar, she will
produce pigs that will grow, and at ten
months they will be in good market
shape. From litter of pigs from such
a sire and dam you could select some
good young brood sows. always pick
out my sows for breeding purposes at
eight weeks old, and then if they de-
velop we'll breed them at eight months
so they will farrow at Il year. l have
bred young sOws at five to six months
old when l have been short of pigs
and thought the demand would call for
it and had fairly good results
If some of the sows do not give as
good results with the first litter as eX-
pected, it is not always best to discard
them, especially if they are of quiet
disposition and mother their pigs we'll.
The second litter may be more salts
factory. Keep a good breeder. l have
kept some sows seven and eight years
and knew them so well that l could al
most tell in advance how their pigs
would develop and did not have to
worry about them at narrowing time
My method is to bring in the sows from
the yards where they have run to the
building where the pens are about five
or six feet square, and get them used
to the surroundings, also to cleaning
and bedding the pens so they will not
jump up at any one getting in their pen.
Then at narrowing time they are quiet
and not easily disturbed by any one en-
tering or looking in their pens, which
otherwise might result in lot of tram.
pied pigs.
How to Keep the SOws Vigorous.
The critical time with the brood SOW
is the first two weeks after she far
rows.
Many pigs are lost by overlooking
the mother with corn and giving chill
ing drinks, which produce indigestion
and fever
Don't be i'll too much of hurry to
get the pOrkers to market and in your
desire to see them start for that point
kill half the crop and stunt the balance
by overlooking the dam.
Above all things keep your sows bed
ded with clean, dry straw, and give
them all the sunlight possible
Damp nests are fatal to young lit
tiers.
Exercise is absolutely necessary for
young pigs, especially if the SOW
suckles well, in this way preventing
thumps, which carries off the finest of
the litter
We never saw case of thumps
where the sow and pigs had exercise
enough.
The better the SOW the greater the
danger of loss from thumps and the
more need of exercise
Taken in time, we consider there is
less danger from thumps than from
colds and scours. This trouble can
easily be brought on by just one over
feeding of the SOW or young pigs
Guard against this by not overlooking
the sow for the first ten days after far
rowing.-Exchange
DOctOring Sick Pigs.
l am called upon frequently for ad-
vice in regard to sick pigs, writes a
correspondent in Hoard's Dairyman.
These are animals which are very diff.
ficult of treatment and | do not feel
that l know much about it. 1t is pref
ty hard to do anything with sick
pig. 1t is so difficult to administer any
medicine. With pigs in particular pre-
ventiOn is the best cure. A general
remedy | give for sick pigs, and it
seems to work fairly well, is turpen-
tine administered either with oil or
milk, according to the nature of the
disease. \ physic of EPSON salts is
sometimes necessary before admins
tering the turpentine. but often the
turpentine given with castor or raw
linseed oil does.
Unless the pig is very sick the medi-
cine can be given in some feed, but
sometimes this cannot be done. The