The Glasgow courier. [volume] (Glasgow, Mont.) 1913-current, 1915-04-30
CARE OF BROOD SOW

sistent attention to detail, coupled
with a fondness for the work, are
indispensable to maximum success
in any line of human endeavor, and
hog raising is no exception.
4 very eminent man was asked at
what age the education Of a child
should begin and his reply was, "Be-
fore it's mother is born"
You will readily make the appiica-
ton. The profitable brood sow musr
bring two litters a year, in the neigh
borhood of a dozen robust, healthy
pigs, and to do this she must be up
TO the maximum in strength and con-
stitutional vigor. It being impossible
to produce such an animal in M
generation, these requirements must
obtain in her ancestry. Starting,
then, with the carefully selected pigs
that you intend to feed and condi-
ton for brood sows, your success is
contingent of the measure of your
intelligence, diligence and prepared
ness.
Comfortable quarters must be pro-
vided. An abundance of shade and
pure water are an absolute necessity
during the summer months, while
warm sheds or portable A-shaped
houses that will furnish ample pro-
lection from cold rains and sudden
blizzards in the winter are also indis-
pensable.
Kindness and effection in handling
any kind of livestock pays Zig and
nowhere more so that with hogs.
To be able to transfer your SOW
and pigs or your bunch of shoats to
OF from any pen or pasture on the
farm just by the call of your Voice
and a bucket of feed in your hand is
a valuable asset.
Sows bred from the middle of May
to the middle of July will farrow in
September and October and the pigs
will get a good start before the cold
weather. The SOW should be in med
ium flesh when bred, but when safe
ly in pig she should have good,
strong ration to build her up and
produce a good strong litter of pigs.
Alfalfa, oats, wheat or Bermuda
grass pasture and slop of shorts ard
rice bran with a little feat meal OF
tankage would be very near ideal.
Go slow with corn to the brood
SOW or young pigs. Never be afraid
of giving hogs too much ROOM. Us
ually the trouble is to give them en-
ough. Never permit the SOW or pigs
to become lousy. Crude oil is a
cheap and effective remedy for des'
troying lice.
Before the sows are to farrow sep
arate them to avoid any danger at
the critical time. Be sure The food
is laxative enough to keep them in
good health, as constipation may lie
fatal to the SOW when her pigs are
born.
For twelve hours after borrowing,
sometimes longer, the sow should be
given only water. If all goes we'll
feed a laxative, nourishing food,
gradually increasing the ration to
meet the demands of the pigs.
When the pigs r a few days old
make them follow their dam ou5 III
the sunshine and take exercise, for
if they are getting all the milk they
can consume and lie in their bed in
the house all the time they may de-
velop thumps.
AS soon as the pigs are old enough
or have acquired the eating habit suf-
hciently strong, that you can wean
them, without checking their growth,
which will be at from seven to eight
weeks of age, take them away from
tire mother gradually. A very good
plan is to take two or three today and
the same tomorrow and the next day,
taking the STRONGEST first. Breed the