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

stall. That gives her time to work
it over thoroughly several times be-
fore narrowing aud fixing it sd that it
is not necessary for her to pile the
bedding in order to have soft place
to lie down. She is therefore not so
likely to lie on the pigs as though
she had only enough to make 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 a good boar is half the
herd and poor one is almost the
whole herd, for poor boar can ce'
tainly ruin herd in mighty short
time. So one should be very careful
in the selection of a boar, for he will
have part in the entire herd and if
he is not a good individual and pro-
Queer the breeder will soon come to
grief.
Again l say, get we'll 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 a copy! Why so that it will
D know how 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
u work but weights and measurements.
| have given description Of what
d consider the best pair Of hogs that
e have ever seen.
. After selecting the sow and tn,
$ boar then much depends upon tbr
the care and the feed of the SOW Will
she is pregnant, as we'll as the care
:, - OF the pigs after they are farTowed
- | prefer to breed the SOW in the even
, ing of the second day in heat ther
- shut her away to herself until tn
- same time the following day, wher
- as rule she will have gone out Q
ne n,
heat. She should be kept to hersel
- after breeding until she goes GU: q
- heat. By so doing she is more likel
to conceive then if permitted to re
" main in the herd where she will fire.
y One service is sufficient. Gradual
increase her feed until farrowin
rs time, give plenty of range for e,
an ercise. Feed either alfalfa hay q
We pasture of same kind. A couple {
Ill ears of corn night and morning, wit
!" a shorts Slop at noon. In col
l'o weather the water with which tn
co slop is made should be warmed.
D" not believe in cooking the food b.
eli like the water from which the Slo
nc is made warm in extreme cold weatt
lc- er as otherwise they will not drink
IN sufficient amount. think tht
quite quantity of liquid is essenti
al to hogs welfare and health.
Awhile before narrowing time
u up on the corn, and tighten up {
as other feed, shutting off everytbin
Will but warm water for 96hours at fal
ie' rowing time. Then begin very light
Oe with little shorts in the water. L
'll crease gradually, taking about thr,
w. weeks to bring her back to full feed
-, Up to this time one must be 90
IN erned quite bit by the way the pi
are doing. 1t is better to under.fet
than to over-feed for the first three
-. four weeks. See that the pigs tai
plenty Of exercise, and have a d
.. place to sleep. At four weeks Il
III pigs will begin to eat, at which tin
they should be provided with a ere,