The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1909-11-02
HOG RAISING I'M THE
QUIT
ReidSviUe Reyiew.1

n vetch, in rape and clover, and
in alfalfa should receive 500 pounds
per acre Of raw bone, or 500 pounds
Of hihg-grade acid phosphate, or 10
broadcast ten days before planting.
The wheat should be rust proof and
beardless.
The fields for sorghum, chufas, soy
beans, cowpeas, and peanuts should
be soWn to oats (where ats are hardy
in winter. and where not to wheat
for winter grazing) and ploWed under
in the spring, before planting the
main crops. The foregoing directions
are for the first planting of the fields.
After this the farmer can rotate ac-
cording to maturity Of crops.
Break, plant, and cultivate the
cornfields according to the best meth
DDS. tSend to the Special Agent in
charge Of Farmers Cooperative DEM
o~nstration Work, Washington, D. c.,
for circulars,) Plant cowpeas in corn
at the time Of the last cultivation.
Sow broadcast thickly and cultivate
in. Use Black, Unknown, or Clay
peas, / bushel of seed per acre.
In the field where are
planted alone use New Era or Whip
poorwill as the main object is to get
an early crop.
Soak the peanuts in cold water
thirty hours before planting. Plant
in drills 2h feet apart and drop seed
II inches apart in drill. Cultivate
three or four times.
Use 6 to 9 pounds Of rape per acre,
Management of the Herd.
In the central lot should be a build
in for storing grain, and near to it
an abundant supply Of water.
For narrowing there should be a
separate house and yard for each SOW.
A house 6 feet by s feet made Of
boards, covered and 1oored, will an
sWer; roo Z feet high at front end
n 4 feet at rea The floor founda-
ton may be made of 2-inch pine or
oak, fioored with 1-inch boards. Two
by -four studding will answer for sides.
The roof may be made Of boards bat
tened. The from should nave ii
board / DOT wide for the roof to
rest upon: then q door 2 feet wide
should be hung to this top board
front end and be propped open ex-
cept in very stormy weather. In shell
tered places the door is generally
omitted and the door space left open.
Within this house on one side and
the rear a bench should be fastened
10 inches bov the floor and 8 inches
wide. This is to prevent the SOW from
accidentally KILN the youno pigs by
~Squeezln" them against the side. Two
2 bv s inch should be placed
under h pen, upon which to draw it
when change of location is desired.
A yard, using wire or board, l6 feet
by 33 feet, will answer for exercise.
The males should be kept in a sepa-
rate lot with pasture. During the
winter the SOW should Craze upon
the wheat and vetch and the APE and
clover fields. or on alfalfa. They
should also have access to the chufaS
The sows should be bred to farrow
some time between February 20 and
March Is. About one week prior to
narrowing the SOW should be sepa-
rated from the herd and penned at
nights in the yard and house she is
to coup SO as to become ccu
toned to the place.
The SOW should not nave a heavy
feed just before narrowing, and after
the pigs are dropped only water
should be given for from six to eight
hours, and only a small ration, a pint
of wheat bran or less of scalded corn
meal, should be fed for tW~enty-four
hours. More injury is lone at this
time by overlooking han by some
neglect.
Until the pigs are weaned, the SOW
should be fed twice a day a thin slop
of corn meal and wheat shorts or rice
polish. When the pigs are two weeks
old the SOW is to be turned out to
pasture for a few hours, and soon the
pigs may follow. Some hog raiserS
| feed the SOW oniy soaked corn after
she is fully accustomed to gTazing;
generally, however, it is better to con-
tinue the Stops till the pigs are wean-
ed about eight or ten weeks. The
pigs should be fed a slop Of equal
parts corn meal and shorts twice a
dav till they are twelve or fourteen
weeks old, so as to give them a Wig
orous start, and they should receive
all the soaked corr they will eat up
fiji they are turned into the early
cowpea pasture in July. This may
be done when about half the pods
begin to turn (from July Is to August
H.. Prior to this time the pigs are
pastured On rape and clover.
About August 20 turn the pigs into
the corn. and after September 20 give