Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1915-01-25
\ SPLENDID GUERNSEY,
COMMON SENSE IN HOG LOT

There is a great difference in opin-
ion among farmers--and good farmers
At that-as 10 the age Il; which sows
should be bred. Some men breed gifts
at ten or eleven months, while others
DO not breed until they are two wears
Old We have before us a letter from
man in North Dakota who says that
q SOW i've or six years old makes the
best mother Some farmers claim thar
a SOW should not be bred after she is
four years old. as she Is then apt TO
}sill her pigs by lying on them. This
trouble is generally duo 70 the SOW
heinE 700 fat rather than her age
Never select a brood SOW with a long
lean. narrow head and wicked little
eyes. She Is apt to be nervous and
cross ana DiE-eater. II is a good
plan to feed a little grain 20 the grow
ing pigs, even though they are run
nIng on good pasture, although a let
ter from friend in Canada saws he
turns his pigs into The clover field as
soon as they are weaned and feeds
them nothing All summer often TAX
ing them TO market direct from the
field
In tho South many hog raisers turn
th"il young hogs out into tho swarnps
along The rivers and creeks and pay
no attention 10 them during the en-
tire summer. rounding them UP in the
fall only u feed them two or three
weeks before shipping them 70 mar
ke,. some Surprisingly good results
are obtained in this way, TOO.
Sows with young litter should be
watched carefully, for there are many
s"ws who 10 not give enough milk to
start the pigs of we'll. In such cases
the youngsters should be fed :. littla
whole COWS milk at first and later
skim milk with handful Of shorts
in Il.
The man who raises pigs for mar
k"t ana pushes them along with some
grain. shorts and oats, even while
they are running in rich pasture Will
bring them 20 perfection much quicker
than Il tns? ar" allowed TO run on
grass alone until fall.
X takes more Iced 10 make a pound
Of grain on q scrub pig than on a we'll
bred animal This being the case. why
should he continue TO waste feed on
scrubs:
E-cea,ly : farmer friend who raises
from twelve % afty pigs every year
was as-:ec II n used a purc-brcd boar.
80, ae replied, our neighbor has a
pretty good boar and we us. his be
cause his ser.ic. only costs US :, days
work orcaslcnzlly." He admitted that
ne might get better results with pure
bred animal but said II was too much
trouble 70 take his sous Two miles for
t"'f-E'. -sLiL t'-"i" you are
Keep Z box tvll q charcoal, salt and
sulphur vince INC pigs can get a. il
al The time il may surprise you
70 rIid out nov much they will cat,
but j, VIII pay - provide this FOOD
70; them.
The toa, saoyld always he confined
and never - allowed 10 run with this
nero II an times Keep him the
proUid but provide :. warm and dry
place il which 20 sleep Ills bedding
shouId pe changed every day or two
and KEEP, perfectly dry ana clean.
sour and h!thy s~il! Of all kinds
does not make good pork. Pigs do
-, it. % course, IL thcy have to- but
they wi!l % much b"ttcr on clean
water and clean slops and grain.
Pigs FED on skim milk must also
have plenty Of water. for milk will
not taKc the place Of water 1t turns
into solid food almost immediately
after entering the stomach and If fed
on skim milk long enough lie Will
suffer greatly from thirst.
When pigs al" old enough 10 eat
they should b" f.d in separate pen
from that in which their mother IL
confined \ door just large enough TO
admit the pigs ana keep out the mother
should be placed in tho partition so
th.y can come and go at viii