The Farmville herald. [volume] (Farmville, Va.) 1890-1934, 1906-07-20

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. ciluw has he-u pas'urel consider
.3.y. hut with So much care mat 10 has
steadily iuuo,ed Iue orchard a4so'
til.s acres. is iu clover
CHIC northwest lelo. q. IS 10 be In
elm Dis summer She whole upper
sail of Tie farm umi. he'd rye pasture
III winter. and To- May, when the fat
..niuc hols were restricted To- the barn
.5t and s1I-fed with fresh alfalfa and
lover. With the advent of spring the
slop feed of the fall pigs is gradually
,saneed 10 whole CRAIG, and during the
last few weeks If leding the variety Of
rain elves way to corn alone. All OF
The swine have access TO coal, salt,
she's and charcoal.
Toward the latter part of the winter.
the brood sows We're separated from
lae younger hogs and confined to The
nne. Wien tne ground Was not soft
hey were allowed 90 run by thom-
selves ia one IT tho fields. Il is all
Vays planned that fhs spring pigs shall
some hetween March % and May !.
Until The pigs are woaned The brood
sows are kept IN the grassy lane and
allowed y use the pens which are
SCORED Turing This time they are
supplied 0ice a day with AL the green
alf3lfa ANA clover they will eat, proWd-
ed with an abundance OF water TO
rink ano slepped heavily morning and
syuing. Cats and corn, with a little
bean meal. are used tor the slop. which
Is never cooked. bat is made with
warm water ON chilly days.
When tao pigs are old enough 10
begin eating they are fed skim milk In
a trough by themselves. Water and
ground feed are added Whenever the
milk Is iusudlcient
During Apsn. May and June a small
opening 10 the fence will give the
sprine PIGS a chance at the meadow
providing them with pasture. adding
fertility C. the field, and not materially
tightening TIE hay cop. BY the middle
of June the youngest litter will have
leen weanol AS each sow is taken
from nef pigs she IS removed to the
crChad.
The boar receives less corn than the
s0ws, but otherwise is fed about The
same. Most OF The Sine be is kept by
himself and usually with more than
one fence between him ard the other
breeding stock The lane is his run
way sevral months in the year. Al
other times be occapies the orchard
eats blue grass in the COW pasture, OF
occasionally has to be confined to his
pen for short periods.
During July and part Of August the
sh0tes will be confined to the barn lot
but for a time in the latter month, they
will be allowed 10 pasture on peas anC
Scans in the corn field. They will en-
Joy this freedom as long as they do not
modest the corn After that they viii
spend several weeks ln the barn LOT
again. with some opportunity of CLEAN
ing I'm the field of soiliag crops.
During the no. weather ,he swine OF
all ages have an abundance of shade
As at other times, tley also have
plenty of water to drink, but none in
which TO wall0w The breeding ami
mails are fed grain. but not much corr
except when IL is needed 20 pu; or keeI
them I'm fair flesh The growing pig.
are given slCp until new cOrL is ready
/ The constituents of this slop are varied
90 make. with whatever soiling crops
are al hand. a balanced ration.
The barn lot and the lane, which
contain some forest trees, are Away.
available for the hogs and there is ,
constant supply of alfalfa and clover
for any emergency. While at time.
nearly an tie swine run together. ye
their grain feed is given to them 10
the stationary troughs of me pens in
the hog she'd Every animal is q pei
ana each one knows to what bunch be
belongs. In this way, those Of Ike az,
and size are fed together ana specia
attention IS given 20 the ones tina
need o.. IN order 10 have d fairly ever
drive af selling time.