Virginia gazette. [volume] (Williamsburg, Va.) 1893-192?, 1905-07-08
A Pig Hospital.

A correspondent OF The Southern
Ruralist tell his methods with pigs as
follows:
With large herd OF Berkshires Il
Is necessary to have a hospital whore
YOU can place those that get hurt or
need treatment for scours. whOoping
cough. constipation ana other ailments
that pigs arc subject to just MS are
members OF the human family. The
hospital should have several wards SO
that each trouble can be treated after
It's kind but I'm each ward there should
be low. flat box kept supplied with
charcoal ashes. salt and little lime.
for more pigs arc troubled with indi-
gcstion just MS people than with any
other trouble and the above prcscrip-
ton is n emo alternative and does more
20 strengthen and improve the digest
i've organs than anything I have ever
tried. Pigs. like some people. VIII
sometimes gorge their stomacbs and
thereby thwart digestion and be "on
their feed" for weeks. hence 81 is very
important to feed pix only as much
rs he viii clean MP mt once but he
should Doe fed four 20 SIX times q day
according to tlc age ana digestion.
Never. under amy circumstances. feed
pigs under ton weeks of age sour milk.
nor should their dams have 81. for 70 Is
certain Co bring on scours. After they
are three months old there is nothing
better for thcm than milb with white
shorts Bran is fine for cows and mae
turod hogs. but not fit for PIGS. An
old doctor. and q mighty good one. who
had retired Co his farm. ana lived od-
iaccnt 20 me. told me thirty-fve years
ago that Doe had found ONT what gave
pigs tho blind stag@crs. set them crazy
and often killcd them. 1nd that &c was
nothing moro than iimpson seed that
They would eat Bob thc f1i OF tho rca-
after they had finished up the wheat
stubhlc and succulcnt bites OF clover
then why loi thc miserable weed go q.
seed, Pull it up hv tho roots wEer
the ground is moist do this every sCa
son for two years and you a-. dom,
with 3D.
Pigs arc sometimes farrcwCd w.t
but one oponir- in rear and that u
tended Tor the DISCHARGE OF water hu
strange to say that ono oucuu- act
for the discharge OF noth liquid au,
solid. ANA ! have he'd ~uch uI-~ to h
the finest ANA most thrifty az the Hitter
but OF course they are only ht for fh
pork barrel and should never le 81.
lowed 60 mate with the boar.
The first case 1 ever bad OF th.~
shipped the pig. which was v.-
handsome one. go doctor aud h
close observance Of such things 500
brought 10 ucht The trouble which D.
reported very promptly and to wlic
responded att once with another pi-
and told him to cat tIc first ONE q
my expense. I have 81 ease OF thie kiu
now. from an Imported sow. ly g
imported hoar. in the fattculn- Doi
and hc. eho or FL is tlr most vcr2c.ou
"growua.s" thing you over saw.
is common thing Tor one tostc
only Us DO visible. I had case lotci
whore neither was visible and dccu
cd depression occurred whore thei
should have been just Tho reverse. h'
when he was hutchercd they both WEI
formed and fully two inches fro
their natural position Sows are near
always bred entirely too young I'll
early breeding dlminishes the size
the dam and also Of her progeny.
SOW should never Doe bred under z,
months of age. and &c is much hett
- wait until she IS twelve months %
and well maturcd. then. and only thc
can YOU expect to get best results.
This talk about practically starvh
n SOW for one. two or three wee
Just after narrowing Is all wron
there is none OF them that would n
be improved. and their pigs too.
moderate feeding or shorts and br
mixed with greasy water. commence
eighteen or tweuty-four hours aft
farrowing. 4 sow would become
nervous and ravenous rs TO tramI
10 death and possibly eat her YOU
IF starved as some recommended.
course YOU should commence with ol
fourth feed first three days and IN
gradually increase it for ten ia
after which time give her all she "
clean up four times a day. After il
two weeks. in cold weather. YOU g
let her have moderate ration Of GO
night and morning. About the III
week her pigs will begin 70 nibble
this. ! write this from thirty-f
years experience. l have told y
before in this paper how to get
pigs TO eat mush at about four we,
of age.