Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1907-08-29
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Lessons in Pork Making.

laying hen and full blooded hog, MAKE
a three cornered combination that our
northwestern farmers can tie to, says
L. H. Sweer, in the Chicago Livestock
World The calves and pigs can De
raised on the skim milk from the
dairy, and the hen will use large
proportion Of this kind Of by-product
to the very best advantage, while she
Is laying eggs. In touching upon the
subject of pig raising we will give
our own methods as plainly and ex-.
plicitly as we know how.
One can start very cheaply IN the
hog business and the returns VIII come
much quicker than in any other branch
of stock raising. The buildings can
be cheaply constructed. and the pur-
chase price of the foundation animals
will not be great But we advise, by
all means that mature animals or
both sexes, be mated to produce the
filters; and also advise keeping both
sows and bears as long as they produce
large filters of strong pigs.
Mature Breeders.
A reader may ask, why would you
use mature animals for breeding!
Simply because we want to produce
strong. healthy. vigorous pig, that IS
large when it comes and will be fight
ing for his first meal in less than five
minutes after it, arrives. With such
pig, one has the beginning of big.
strong, healthy, big-boned hog, that
can withstand the hardships OF life
and will not contract disease as read
lily as one from immature stock.
Effect Of Using Immature Breeders.
Now let us use our faculties for
few moments and see what the sit
uation is in this country, where we are
| raising the large hog: We find that
nine farmers out of ten keep for breed
| ing purposes immature stock, selling
off the old sows each year and keeping
| the young ones to raise the next years
| litters These young sows cannot be
served handily by the old and large
boar, consequently he too is sold at
| sacrifice price. a young one is bought
and the consequence is that year after
year we breed young sows to 1mma-
ture sires, and have been doing this
so long that we have a class OF hogs
| that can withstand neither hardship
| nor disease, and If the hog cholera
| comes they are sure to be the first
to take It,
If we would treat cattle, horses or
other animals in the same way it
| would not be long before the COWS
would be no larger than sheep and
| CLYDE horses bred down to ponies!
Treatment Of Pigs.
We ask a sow to raise but one litter
a wear, and want all filters to come
from about April Is to May 1. Ihe Mt
tiers should come as nearly together as
nossible so that there will be but little
stealing of food by the larger pigs. Inc
sows should be given feed which is
largely heterogeneous, such as milk, oats,
wheat bran, shorts or oil meal, with
hnt little corn before and after far
rowing. If this is done, the pigs VIII
do but little roofing, and the eating OF
pigs by their mothers will be extremely
rare if not wholly avoided. For few
DAYS after narrowing give the sow nj
tie grain but plenty of clean, water.
narrowing Pigs.
The little V-shaped pen makes very
good narrowing place. 1t can be cheap
" built and is easily moved. Make
If 5x9. with 2x4s at bottom and one al
the peak. leaving one end partially
open. Eul SOtllCs VI s'sAe'''
the pen. and each SOW will choose hef
own house. The pens should ne 10
Gated on ground high enough to get
good drainage. The pens are llsht ana
the open ends can be turned in any
direction in case of a storm.
Late narrowing.
The principal object in having the
sows farrow so late in spring is that
such pens can be used and they give
the little pigs a chance to get out as
soon as they will need to exercise, the
want of which is the cause of the
death of many pigs. Want of exercise
makes them too fat, fat forms around
the heart and lungs. causing "thumps,
and the victim dies.
Sows should have a good pasture to
range on during the summer; good
seeding of peas, oats and rape is very
good, but not necessary il one has a
good clover pasture We let pigs nurse
as long as they will and give them
Stop of milk or buttermilk, shorts. or
fine ground oil cake meal but never
much corn to growing pigs. However,
when it is desirable to feed more corn
we put some pea-size oil meal in the
troughs with the corn until the fatten-
ing process is well under way. In