Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1913-05-29
Es.sino Pic. Thru the Sow.

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| All experienced with animals know
that mothers milk is the natural and
best feed for young animals. The baby
animal of any kind that can secure q
| large amount Of milk direct from its
mothers udder for long period dur
ing it's early life Will grow thrifty
| from the first and secure good, strong
start in life. The proverbial runt among
animals is the baby that has been
| forced to draw nourishment from the
| smallest and weakest teat. To suck
| the last teat' means to be at the tail
| end Of the race in life. There Is an
| old saying that the beginning Is half
| the battle This is strictly true with
all young animals, as poor nourishment
in many cases means giving up OF
| life before the battle is really begun.
The good brood SOW with her second
| litter should have from eight to twelve
pigs. BY a good brood sow is meant
an animal, not only large and well
| marked for her breed. but one in good
round flesh and of excellent constitu-
! tional vigor The last is perhaps the
most important factor in determining
| the value of brood SOW. She must be
physically strong in bone, muscle and
vital ORGANS. sSue iiluSl ne iieoiluS am
active These important points in her
physical character are determined
largely thru feeding at all times. and in
| providing her with large lot or pas
ture for daily exercise. The SOW that
does not walk and roam over large
pasture at all seasons of the year can
not be expected to be active and strong
of body thruout. The brood SOW con-
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weak thru and thru, altho round in
flesh. She is not capable of giving
large and strong filters of healthy pigs,
and if she should by chance give birth
to large litter she would not have
the strength to mother them well. She
can not be good mixer.
The good sow, like the good dairy
COW. must be good mixer. The hog
raiser must learn to know hogs and to
determine accurately the milking pro-
pensity of every COW he owns. The
SOW that can not be made to give a
large flow of milk for her filters is not
worth keeping as brood SOW. The
ordinary SOW. however, that has been
grown properly will give a good flow
of milk If she is given abundance Of
foods of which milk can be made.
Feeding the pigs thru the SOW must
begin before the pigs are born. Thru
the CESSATION period the SOW must be
kept winter and summer, in pasture
where she can exercise and be fed n
variety of bone and flesh forming foods.
She should be in heavy flesh, but not
lard fat. when the pigs are born. Her
surplus flesh will be a reserve force to
draw from during the sucking pc
riod.
For the first day after the pigs are
born she must have nothing but water.
| The second day she may have water
and thin slop of a laxative nature.
The third day she may have little
Later she should be we'll fed. 1t is
better to have a fever number of
filters of strong pigs than more filters
of stunted and weak animals. Allow
ing them to run with a SOW that is fed
hea Why and giving ? strong flow OF
milk will give them better start in
life than any other method that can be
followed.
When pigs show signs OF eating. pro-
vide a low trough SO they can eat
Scatter some wheat on the ground
when they begin to eat corn. Wheat
is better for them than corn. Provide
long low trough for feeding them
milk and other good Stops They viii
eat grain and drink milk anG Stops
several weeks before they are weaned
But do not wean them as soon as they