Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1910-05-06

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IS not necessary for her to pile the
bedding in order to have a soft place
to lie down. She is therefore not so
likely to lie on the pigs as though
she had only enough to make a nest
when it was all pulled up. If one
levels the bedding just before the
SOW starts to pig she will seldom pile
it again if there is sufficient amount
to make her soft bed without doing
so.
AS to the boar, it is a common
saying that the boar is half the herd.
l believe that good boar is half the
herd and poor one is almost the
whole herd, for a poor boar can ce-
tainly ruin a herd in mighty short
time. So one should be very careful
in the selection of a boar, for he will
have a part in the entire herd and if
ne is not good individual and pro-
Queer the breeder will soon come to
grief.
Again l say, get well into your
head what the hog that you are try.
ing to produce should look like. Why
DO you give to a child learning to
write copy? Why so that it will
know how a perfect letter will look.
Certainly, and all the time that the
child is trying to write that perfect
letter is stamped upon his mind. So
tits with the successful breeder. The
image of his ideal hog should be
clear and we'll defined. No guess
work but weights and measurements.
| have given a description of what
consider the best pair Of hogs that
have ever seen.
After selecting the sow and the
boar then much depends upon the
the care and the feed of the SOW while
she is pregnant, as we'll as the care
OF the pigs after they are farrowed.
| prefer to breed the SOW in the even
ing of the second day in heat then
shut her away to herself until the
same time the following day, when
as a rule she will have gone out oil
heat. She should be kept to herself
after breeding until she goes on. Of
heat. By so doing she is more likely
to conceive then if permitted to re.
main in the herd where she will fret
One service is sufficient. Gradually
increase her feed until narrowing
time, give plenty of range for ex
erclse. Feed either alfalfa hay or
pasture of same kind. A couple Of
ears of corn night and morning, with
shorts slop at noon. In cold
weather the water with which the
sloP is made should be warmed. l d.
not believe in cooking the food bu
like the water from which the sloI
is made warm in extreme cold wealth
er as otherwise they will not drink ;
sufficient amount. 1 think thai
quite quantity of liquid is essentia
to bog's welfare and health.
Awhile before narrowing time lie
up on the corn, and tighten up or
other feed, shutting off everything
but warm water for 36hourS at far
rowing time. Then begin very lightly
with little shorts in the water. In.
crease gradually, taking about three
weeks to bring her back to full feed.
Up to this time one must be gov
erned quite a bit by the way the pig.
are doing. 1t is better to under.feec
than to over-feed for the first three o.
four weeks. See that the pigs TAXI
plenty Of exercise, and have a dry
place to sleep. At four weeks the
pigs will begin to eat, at which time
they should be provided with a Greer
and a trough so they can be fec
away from the SOW. By the time tina
they are 10 weeks old the SOW can bs
taken away from them and they will
scarcely miss her. In weaving pig.
the sow should always be taken ava,
from The pigs, leaving them in theiI
accustomed quarters. Feed the SOW
nothing but little dry corn anc
water for couple of dave hefora onr