Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1904-11-18
How Swine Multiply.

| MOI IOJlR SIIitt lWo ktItiCIlt' W. y
driving by the home of successful
farmer As they passed the barn lots
thrifty looking little SOW pig crossed
the road before them They remarked
about the beauty of the little animal
and the older of the two said: you
may not believe me, but l can take
that very little SOW and in four years
with her increase buy the best 80 acres
In this neighborhood and have enough
hogs left to stock up the farm and pay
n good share of the expense In their
keeping.
At first thought the statement does
not seem possible, but little hgur1nR
will prove that 1t is not far from the
truth.
We will suppose that the SOW and
all her female increase will farrow
for the first time when they are
year old and will give birth to litter
every six months thereafter and that
each litter will average six pigs =
three males and three females.
At the end of the first year we have
the SOW and six pigs-three males and
with the mother, four females. In
eighteen months she has second NJ
tor. This brings the total up to seven
sows and six males. After two years
have gone this SOW has her th1rd NJ
tor and each of the three sows or her
first litter also farrow. This brings
our number up to forty females ana
thirty-nine males. In three years the
sows Of her first and second and thlrd
,Itters will farrow and In addition the
nine that were born to the three OF ner
first litter. This increases the NUMBER
ia ~ females and 08 males. Thus IL
goes on in progressions till the END OF
four Years we have total OF b0S re-
males and 507 males, hogs enough TO
buy a good sized farm.
The ideal method of keeping seed
potatoes Is in cold storage. Potatoes
thus kept at the Ohio station have
come out sound and fresh, with no
indication OF sprouting and the vital
ty unImpaired, even so late as the ISL
of June. 1t Is important. however,
that the temperature Of the cold stor-
age room should not fall below 30
degrees. When cold storage is not
available sprouting may be IN some
measure prevented by shoveling the
potatoes over frequently.
As a result of trials at the New Jer-
sey station, northern grown seed po-
tatoes produced 28.42 bushels less per
acre in total crop OF large and small
potatoes than was produced IN the
crop from homegrown seed, but the
excess In the crop from home grown
seed consisted OF small tubers OF three
ounces. or less In weight. Inc per
centage of large tubers. both by num-
hers and weight, was greater IN the
case of the northern grown seed
There are several borers OF the. apple
tree--the flathead, which bores under
the bark and sometimes into the wood;
the roundhead, which bores into the
tree. remaining In the larval state three
wears: the twig borer, which enters
lust above q bud. Dig out the borers
with a sharp knife. or probe into the
hores for them with sharp pointed
wire. Scrub the trees and apply early
IN Iune and July whale OIL soap for
soapsuds. with little carbolic ACID
added. Burn all twigs attacked. me
soap.uds keep the moths off. The dlg-
ging out Of the roundheaded ana nat
headed borers must be done eftectlVelv.
The borers are about an 1nch long.
sharp wire kills them IN the tuoes
made by them.
Experiments recently made IN France
for the purpose Of ascertalnlns the
nutritive value of salt for sheep. snow
that sheep which had been t'd SAT-
gained in weight tour ana ono vi
pounds more than those WIN
ceived no salt. Moreover, the sncep
which received salt produced one ana
three fourths pounds more wool ara OF
better quality than those whi.h re-
ceived no salt.