The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1911-12-13
LATE FALL PIGS.
Measures That May Save Valuable Lives
The Animals Must Be Comfortable.

line Animals MUST be OomIOitaDle.
During these times of high prices for
pork meats it is worth while TO take
all the precautionary measures possible
to know how to save the little pigs, says
n. A. Clapp, Worthwhile, Mich, in an ar
ticlc contributed TO the New York
Tribune Farmer. II very often occurs
that at the time valuable sow is to
farrow we get some severely cold wealth
err, and as young pigs are easily chilled
and lost, it is a wise plan TO prepare
for them and see that they are made
com Portable and are saved.
The SOW should be put in the place
where we want her to be when she far
rows, at least a week or ten days, and
fed some laxative feeds, before the pigs
are expected to arrive. She should have
time to get used to the place and get
the nest well packed, as little pigs are
likely to get tangled in long straw and
either get stepped on or laid on and
Killed. The sides of the pen should be
made tight to prevent any cold draft
OF air. The pen should be so banked
that no cold air can get under the floor
to make the bed cold / have had good
success when have packed on the floor
some warm horse or sheep manure that
was fennenting and then covered it with
straw. The fermenting manure under
meath makes a warm bed for the little
pigs, which is important when they first
arrive
Some prefer the large narrowing pen,
and then take washtub and set in
the pen. Put into the center of the
tub two-gsIlon jug filed with hot
water and sprinkle around it some fine
straw. Then, as fast as the pigs come
during cold night, take them and put
tnem inside the tub beside the warm jug
and cover with blanket. Such a plan
works well. but it requires the presence
OF some one to handle the pigs as fast
as they arrive, and then they must be
nut to the SOW to suck and then re-
turned to the tub to keep warm for at
least II hours.
As some sows object to the presence
of an attendant, and to be with them
most. If not all the night, deprives a
man working hard during the day of
needed sleep, ! prefer the small pens,
made comfortable by the use of false
partitions placed close to the nest and
false covering only about three and
one-half feet above the nest. to keep
the cold air from coming down on the
pigs from above. The heat of the sow's
body will keep it warm in there, and
the pigs viii be as lively and comfort
able as need be. II the previous ar
rangement of the pen is complete as de-
scribed one can 90 to bed and sleep.
and the results in nine cases ont of ten
will be more satisfactory than when
one has been up all night and has used
oil stoves, lanterns and water jugs that
are recommended by some breeders who
contend that their sows must have a
midwife to attend to them on such oc-
casions. OF course, it is well to look into
the pens occasionally to see that all is
going we'll but in the great majority of
cases, if the SOW has had laxative feeds
and the bowels are not constipated, they
get along better than when constantly
After the pigs arrive, the SOW should
After the pigs arrive, the sowe should
not have any solid feed for the first "a
hours; but it is a good plan to give a
moderate amount of lukewarm drink,
such as skim milk and dish water mixed,
as often as the sow is in the habit of
being fed. Feed small quantity of
the grain feeds the second day and in
crease the amount gradually until she