Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1913-06-14
DAILY HINTS ON
FARM TOPICS
By K. A. Kirkpatrick
HOG PASTURES.

up. Not much was said at tina
time regarding the use Of rape 70,
hog feeding. Experiments at soms
Of the State Experiment station
have shown that rape IL one of tn,
best and most economical forag'
crops that can be grown for hogs
It should be sown at different inter
walls during the spring and early
summer, in order to furnish contin
ual supply of pasture for the sum
mer and fall months. The frs,
sowing should be done at the tim,
oats seeding in the spring. Anothe,
plot may be sown about the first Of
June. This late sowing will fur
nish pasturage after the blue gras,
and clover has been cut Some far,
mers get splendid results by SOWING
about 6 pounds Of rape seed in the
oats when they SOW oats in the
spring. When the oats are taken OF
this rape comes on and makes splen.
did fall pasture. The Gro
best on rich land. It 10 q splendid
crop to grow on q COW or feed yard
In which the grass has been tramped
out during the winter. In some da.
Ia worked out, by one OF the Canad.
dian Experiment stations, 1t was
found that an acre of rape would
produce 1918 pounds Of pork. The
Wisconsin station reports a gain OF
cos pounds from one acre of rape
Another test from the same station
shows gain Of 512 pounds of pork
to an acre of rape. In all these
tests corn and shorts were fed liber-
ally with the rape. but the amount
OF pork given above represents the
amount produced from rape alone
It is not too late yet to SOW rape for
fall pasture. Those who contem.
plate shortage OF good clover pas
ture will de we'll to plow up one OF
the lots or perhaps place a fence
through the lot and SOW part Of II
TO rape.
Feeds For Young Pigs.
When visiting farm yesterday,
I found q farmer who had large
aumber OF young pigs with no skim
milk to feed them. In one case the
low had died when the litter of piss
was shout three weeks old. Thu
farmer was depending upon the II
pigs robbing their food sueply from
5 or 8 Filters which had the run -.
he pasture. 1t Is needless to say
hat the pigs were not doing very
we'll. At three weeks of age a
young pig can get along very nicely
Z he has skim milk and soaked corn
With some protein feed for a ration.
IA case skinned milk can not be had
bome Of the following rations have
been found good by the Iowa Expert.
! ment station might be adopted:
! Wheat chops4-5, homony hearth
lSb. mixed with water. 5I-I-
2 Ground corn Q parts, shorts 3
parts, mixed with water.
8 Ground corn and oats and mid
dlings In the proportions i l.. Add
percent Of oil meal and mix with
water.
4 Barley and peas ground togethe,
and shorts In proportions Ill, mix.
I'd with water.
3 Corn barley and shorts equal
parts with 5 per cent oil meal, mixed
with water. ...
8 Corn, oats and oil meal in the
proportions OF 5-2-1. mixed with
water. '->
In case Of very young pigs such
wess Mentioned above it would be
sest to use warm water in mixing
my of these feeds. AS an addition
al feed little soaked corn could be
given to the very young pigs. In
case one has skinned milk, the
following are some good feeds foI
brood sows, or young pigs.
Ground corn one part. SKINNED
milk parts. SAG
2 Corn and shorts equal parts,
mixed with lbs. of skim milk to
each pound Of grain mixture.
3 Barley. oats and shorts equal
parts. mixed with three pounds OF
skinned milk per pound of grain
mixture. ... .r
4 Corn, low grade -four and bran
In equal proportions. Bran is used
| to tighten up the mixture as low
grade -four 10 liable to become pasty
Use one 'bushel of the grain mixture
per barrel of skinned milk.
8 Middlings, corn and SKINNED
milk in the proportion Of 2-1-9 by
weight.
After the pigs become older, both
sows and pigs may be fed mixture
of corn parts, tankage one part.
! II there are only two or three
sows In the lot 1t is probably a good
plan to allow the pigs to eat with the
sows. Use a fiat bottom trough SO
that the pigs may get into the trough
and learn to eat by immitating their
mothers. If there are many sows
in the lot, 1t will be better to have
temporary pens arranged SO that the
pigs can be fed separately. This
should be SO managed that the pigs
may be kept out of the pen until
feed is all placed. Then hole In
the fence could be opened just high
enough to allow the pigs to come in
A very good method Of doing this IL
to have the lower board in the fence
30 hinged that 1t can be lifted up
It is not best to have the doorway sc
arranged that the pigs must come in
one at time. In this case. the
drst few pigs in, get more than thei,
share Of the food. The pfk should
have slop feeds until they are rs &c
100 pounds in weight. After thai
age Is. reached they will probably
make more economical gains on
shelled corn, tankage, and good pas.
turo ....s
MRS. ELLEN DUNNING
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