The state-line herald. (North Lemmon, Adams County, N.D.) 1907-1912, 1910-01-21


abse. hDwever, this exns.nsn ~s. '
saF'eouH to tDaeh. TIE uaa ~ ~
so.s Will bring In "a prost ,,s. J
tsuch naore than pag the sss, =,
tsg ti1eua throughout shs ssm~.s
humber Of experiments ,a,. +.
been conducted aioAg this Jins .
been found that spws two Yeas III
ever al farTnwimg tine protuc. s'I
sD per ceas m>oee pigs ,Asa r.
sows The pigs fFon, ,be txos.a.
sews were considerably larger =, ),
and fsaaa@ % per cent ,a.,s. II
afterward. Old sowx are nno.
aab4e to sf@ahls ar farrox,r. y
and they give great deal Nor.
than young sows do.
Another general practice Is n II
srrea OF eight months Old ho,.
breeding purposes. This resrI,.
smaller tsssers aud smaller and !
vigorous pigs. The boar yborla II
eass year old at time Of sprv,s
BOAR that proves to be a ss,issa.,
sire should be- kept until his t,nr,.I !
reach breeding age. IL NOT longer
Ut warm farToWing quarter, 90.
provided. late March or early s,.lI
the best time for the ~ows "a .,r.J
The pigs nr~ thea In sos, sh,,.
make rapid gains On s-ass al :,
n'eF. Where the e!ima,. is eol5
good accommodations fur ~.
cannot te provided il is better to i,
tue pigs c"ne Il little i..:er.
III" boar should b.' Key, in a 10,
himself or with few bred SOW. !.
worries too much and III. s"w.
brought TO him To be- bred .,g..
Ice IL rs good as half "A DOZEN
SOW should be taken away - ~.,
served aud record ~ ~. .er
made. An aged. vi:n.n"~ ,,oa,
Oe allowed two s"ws u ,,ay y
handled tn this way. \ t-.-s
crate IL an advantage Unless III.
and SOW are about 'he >a:.,s
When the boar il allowed 20
with the sows all the tin,
strength Is wasted by Worrying
repeated services. and he is less
The dates Of breeding canno, !e
in this way, SO that when fa-yI
time comes there Is no means
knowing when to expect the
Sows sheuld not be fat al farros
time. but should be in COED ,hs
and should be kew
throughout the winter. Plenty Of
ercise is also essential il vigorous
are TO be produced.
When the pigs come early and
sows are used fall litters may CITES
raised at profit. This ts specially
plenty Of milk can he had The cad
feed is greater with fall li,ters bed
OF lack of grass. There are a 50 cod
cradle loss and tack of profitable 4
nNienS aass4aa ~asksssaAeF &ss.u tsa sasEs
Individual conditions. tocethef vi
few trials. wit. determine whe'ai
not fan pigs can be probably m
for marker. When raised for tr.,s
purposes fail pigs can always *
at good profit as yea.Iinss.
Central Versus Colony Sys:.-
There are two general s,aas u
ding hogs. the centralized system
the colony system. The cen''a
tenn consists OF one large h9g b
where a!i the hogs are kept torh
ter and summer. The co.oaE -
Of number OF snlall b'f
each with Its pasture Thes"
houses can lie moved u' ".n>e 70
other buildings for couveni-nea a
ter.
The central system Is al ;gG'a'
In winter. as warmer Iuar:c:s ca
pros ided. II IN also much i..ore
venIent TO feed and handle hrss
they are all together In this aa1
The advantage OF the co'"!: 81
Is that the houses can be E1:lt
place 20 place wherever they 1'e =
ed. There il less liability q t'*
when the hogs are kept ii
droves. and disease can lee 'no'e
ily handled IL II does break cr',
pigs can be sorted according 70
and with do better than II :n': Al
together. This system also has ~
Of heapness. Tic ran
ad:anta:e Is that |, Is :. -r'a'
more WORK to care fer .he h's
scattered lots.
On mos, farms a co-bi:ia'i'n
TWO systems Will be found Ge>'
Some individual! houses will n u
10 house the pigs when 'he, ~
hing rn the different fields md