The evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1907-1908, 1907-07-17
PASTURELESS PIG
LIVE STOCK COMMENT BY
F. c. MINkLER.
New Jersey Experiment Station Man
Tells About the Trials and Tribula-
tions of the Young Porker.

(By F. c. Minkler, New Jersey Experiment
station.)
The pastureless pig Is deserving of sym
pathy. What animal is more to be pitiec
than q newly wea ned bright eyed souealer'
whose cramped quarters. consisting OF Q
+. two-by-four sleeping den with perchance
a four-by-six lot adjoining. located on inc
north side OF a neglected stable, constitute
its ramble. Imagine this creature living
for months and possibly years in such
an environment with dish water and soar
suds for drink and refuse garbage In
varying stages of decomposition as the
main food supply. 1t would seem that II
this stuff constitutes the ration a liberal
amount should be fed at regular intervals,
but what do we find? Is 1t wrong to
think Of some t~houghtless attendant hur-
rled1v making tnward the dirty pen with
a club in one hand and a bucket of slop
In the other, confident that II he cannot
sauelch the musicless sdueal with one,
he can with the other? Not even a glim-
mer of sunshine strikes his scaly back
not even a ray of real light to brighten
tho surroundings or work against the
ravages of the multitude of disease germs
thai always breed In such places. If you
own a porker and expect him to supply
YOU with edible meat, or If you expect
him to gain flesh at a profit. feed and
fdlP u Alfll III q way Ah6t hBEN0i7 ~
your better nature. Don't feed him just
because he saueals; have other motives
in mind.
There is nothing more welcome to a
confined porker than an occasional bite OF
green grass or forage, and If II Is impos-
sible to allow him to roam In grass-grow-
ing quarters make sure that the greenery
is furnished in another way. The slop
should be thickened with either bran or
.A~.t. than thop tbtrnad NTH NC altar
for a pig will drink IN abundance of
water II 1t is supplied in a clear unaltered
condition. He enjoys a cool drink as we'll
as we do. and ought to have access to
: fresh wnter at all times Corn is the
feed rated above all others for pork max
!, ing, but when growth is desired rather
than fat a more heterogeneous ration should
be furnished. Tankage, ground oats,
bran. shorts and skinned milk are ex-
cellent materials to feed. Alfalfa and
clover or rape and rye make splendid
forage pastures when 1t is possible to
allow the pigs an open fertile field.
Swine are covered with lice and scales
Of various sorts ind such things can be
easily eradicated by dipping or sprinkling
their bodies with Zenoleum Of Creoline.
which can be purchased at any drug store.
1t is also possible In many cases to rid
these biters by a thorough external drench-
ing WITH DutlcFIullh, MIKE SURF lnhl tic
arm pits are thoroughly saturated and that
ali other naturally protected spots. are
fully reached with the substance used.
Worms are also very troublesome and in
many cases a lack of thrift and ready
growth Is traceable to either Intestinal
parasites or floating pests free from at
tachment that interfere with digestion and
absorption and draw on the vitality of the
nina A dose of one teaspoonful of tur-
n In e. ~ ANrA%t ~A- d-, --.--1
weight of the pig thoroughly mixed with
the slop is very effective. This should be
followed with a dose of epson salts, three
or four ounces per animal. given as often
ms your judgment prompts The turpentint
addition to the slop should not be prac.
tised more than once or twice per week
else Inflammation of the intestines is apt
70 result. Salt and ashes should be avail
able ms well as charred cobs or charcoal.
A healthy animal needs no tonic and /,
Is useless to spend hard earned money fol
= fancy named, extensively advertised stock
foods A liberal feeding of Homegrown
iced stuffs. reinforced by selected nitro.
genous feeds. changed from time to time
for variety sake, will be more profitable
than all the stufs one can buy In fancy
painted pals. II is foolish TO think thai
these false famed foods contain a won.
derful something that causes exceptional
gains or growth when fed In spoonful
doses. A sick or unhealthy animal Otter
needs medicine, but the necessary tonic
should be administered through the advic,
Of n competent veterinarian rather thai
by the feeding Of patent stock foods Of
rcputed cure-alls. One bushel of care ii
worth two bushels of feed, and with
reasonable amour; Of both, little need viii
there be for fancy stock foods.
One dollar per hour would be considered
splendid wages for a New Jersey farmer
and I am positive that time spent il
keeping milk records from individual
cows, in order TO determine just wha
they are doing, will be worth that mucl
to all who adopt and practise the system
1t is not necessary or even supposed tina
all farmers viii weigh and tabulate ever,
particle of food fed each COW nor eacl
pound of milk secreted, but It is just ant
reasonable to expect him to get some &C
eurate check on what sort of a machiu'
each COW represents, For instance, a pal
of spring scales securely fastened anS
hung in a convenient place near the mill
room or stralning place, with a milk shee
and pencil nailed up on the side Of thu
wall. would, If used occasionally. say tw,
days a week or perhaps our times pc
zaonth, be OF great value to the owner o