Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1906-05-10
A Hoo Doctors Advice.

Feed the SOW to keep her bowels
freely open during pregnancy. Do this
by adding some ilaxseed meal to her
thick slop of middlings, ground oats.
tankage or other heterogeneous foods.
Let her have AT all times plenty of
bulky food such as alfalfa or clover
hay and, II procurable, feed roots.
Let all food be free from sourness and
decomposition more especially after the
pigs come so that scours may not be
caused. For narrowing provide, a
roomy, Clean disnfected and white
washed pen having tenders around the
base OF the walls to allow the pigs a
place of refuge. Let a little sunshine
in" yes, lots of it and plenty of fresh
air Bed with litter free from dust.
Shredded corn fodder Is the best. Dat
straw is unfit for this purpose. Keep
the bed clean and dry. Make the SOW
exercise right up to farrowing time.
When the pigs come keep them warm
until the SOW can care for them.
Don't use forceps unless absolutely
necessary and the properly cared for
SOW won't require their use. Kill the
little, useless runts found in some lit
ters. Eight or nine fine. strong pigs
are better for even the biggest SOW
than twice that number of whining,
Wheeling "titmen." Don't feed or wor-
ry the SOW after she is thru narrowing.
Let her alone until she is up and about
and evidently ready and looking for
food. Give her warm drink after far
rowing and in thirty to forty-eight
hours let her have a little thin, light.
cl, a ba on n
strength of the STOP very gradually for
the first week; then put her on stronger
food as she will take it. Wet the navels
of the pigs with a 1,500 solution of cor
rosive subimate at birth and once or
twice daily afterward until healed. Nip
off the little sharp tushes in their
mouths to prevent laceration of the I'D
der and of the pigs faces and gums.
This tends to prevent canker of thS
mouth and face. Don't dope little pigs;
take care of the SOW. If the pigs
scour change the soW's feed and above
all things let her at all times be sweet
Lime water mixed in her slop will help
TO prevent securing in pigs; coal tar
disinfectant added to her slop Ca pint
to the barrefuD has a like effect and is
not so apt to cause constipation. AS
soon as possible let the SOW run out but
keep her and her pigs from wet, dirty,
filthy places. Don't feed the little pigs
soaked shelled corn as soon as they will
eat solid food. Better not feed them
corn in any form before they have de-
veloped sufficient frame to be fattened
for market. At this time they will stand
all the corn fed them and it will be
turned to the greatest profit Gradual
ly get the pigs onto solid food and slop
so that in six weeks or so they will be
able to do without their dam and make
good progress without stunting. Make
the pigs take plenty of exercise from
the start and they will not suffer from
"thumps" for that disease affects only
the pampered pig from pampered corn
fed parents Let the exercise be on
green grass, clover or rape and if all
we have advised, and especially the adj
vice as to natural life and rational
feeding the SOW and her pigs win
thrive. progress and prove profitable
A. S. Alexander, V. S., in Live Stock
Report.