The Tupelo journal., 1905-09-29


activity keep them away from danger.
They are excellent 90 follow cattle,
it being almost impossible for them to
be hurt by the horns Of the cattle. If
closely confined and well fed they grow
rapidly and fatten easily.
Select a COW from large, even lit
ter, and | prefer having her one year
old when her first litter is dropped. The
SOW is now given liberal treatment and
furnished as great variety of food as
your sources will admit of, such as
thick Stops made of bran or shorts, in
addition to a small allowance of corn,
with clover and rye pasture. They
day, with clean water to drink and
cool themselves in. Ten days before
she is to farroW, if circumstances have
prevented you from keeping your brood
sows separated from the balance OF
your herd during the entire time OF
pregnancy, quietly separate her from
the herd and give her good, comforta-
BILE, private quarters, with a moderate
amount of dry straw for bedding, in
shed with warm southern exposure.
Now feed with a view to keeping her
system loose and open, thus avoiding
a feverish and restless condition in
narrowing, reducing the quantity grad
ually short time before narrowing.
You will find but very little risk when
the proper precautions have been taken
to secure the above conditions before
hand. AS a rule, it seldom pays to
disturb them while narrowing, unless
the weather is very cold, when it is
best to cover the mother with blanket
and remove the pigs as fast as deliv-
cred to the fire, and keep them there
unt1 they are dry, then return them
quietly to the SOW. They seldom need
any further care or attention, save
what the mother gives them Give the
sow little thin slop with some char
coal and little spoonful Of soda in
it. Her feed should be increased daily
until at the end of one week she has
all she will eat with avidity, and a
run to grass. rye or clover. The pigs
must have their little, sharp tusks
broken off with some nippers when they
are two or three days old, so they will
not bite their mother and cause her
to kill them or not let them nurse.
When they are three weeks old fix
trough where the SOW can't get to 1t,
and feed the pigs little sweet milk
thickened with middlings. Don't feed
them too much, for it will cause scOurs.
Among the points to be avoided in
choosing male are long head, neck
and legs, as such form indicates an
animal which will require amount OF
feed to produce pound of meat, and
one which can not be finished off for
market until he has reached considera-
BILE age. Walking partially on the deew-
claws shows weakness of frame, and
an animal which will break down be-
fore he reaches a heavy weight. Al
ways get the best you can find; they
are the cheapest in the long run. The
southern states lost hundreds of dol
lars every year by raising scrub hogs.
You want the hog with an appetite
for almost everything and with ability
to turn all kins of food to account. Be-
sides that, the hog can manage to live
under conditions of the most abject
misery, uncleanness and neglect. For
centuries he has been regarded and
treated as a sort of scavenger and as
an animal occupying the lowest place
in agricultural economy. Now, how
ever, things are changing for the bet
ter, and this despised farm labeser is
likely to be better bred, better fed and
better managed. Another recent change
in public opinion on the question OF
swine and pork is shown in the mar
ket demand for lighter and seaner
animal than was formerly in vogue.
The cry for lean meat is growing loud
err To my ears it sounds like de-
mand for better favored and more
wholesome portk, and it will no doubt
result in very largely increased con-
sumption Of this excellent meat-for
pork is really good meat when not too
fat.
Sow peas and pasture your hogs en-
them, and you will improve your land
and save lot of corn. Don't buy your
meat when you can raise hogs so cheap.
Raje is particularly meritorious as a
food for swine, from early in June un-
til heavy frost comes in the fall Only
a small allowance of grain need De
fed in connection with it to make splen-
did gains. 1t may be pastured by pigs
when the plants are six to eight inches
high or from six to eight weeks after
sowing the Seed 1t should not be pas
tured too closely, else it will not be
able to grow again from the stubble.
Dwarf Essex rape is the best variety
to grow, and it should be sown at the
rate Of five pounds of seed per acre on
we'll prepared land.
With the use of these crops and sup
Elementary foods Of q concentrated
character, the swine raised should
easily grow pork for four cents, or less,
q pound. think the hog business
should take the place Of King Cotton
in the south, and he will lift the mort
cages from ntxuy southern families; ne
will help poor men out Of debt ana
make rich men richer, and will be
great benefit to all-C. U. Hinshaw,
Climax, A. G.