The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1916-09-08

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paratively low, but every practical
man knows how to feed hogs in a less
expensive way than to use corn as
freely as it is sometimes supplied.
Dairy byproducts are useful in
swine feeding, due to the protein that
they contain. Skimmilk is palatable,
easily digested and otherwise adapted
for the nourishment Of growing ami.
mails. Especially is milk useful for
young pigs, for its use enables the
farmer to wean them more easily, and
this product assists in growing q frame
Of substantial form.
Tankage or oilmeal supplies protein
In a desirable form for swine feeding.
especially If they are used as a supple
ment to ground oats, feed and corn. In
the absence of an abundance of milk
the following ration would give good
results for young pigs: A hundred
pounds red dog flour, fifty pounds
ground oats. ten pounds tankage, two
pounds bonemeal. This should be
mixed and fed in the form of a thin
slop about like buttermilk. The pigs
should be given just what they will
clean up with avidity at each meal.
AS they increase in size q small amount
Of soaked corn could be added. The
corn is not to be soaked more than
twelve hours. Do not fail to use forage
crops for brood sows nursing a litter of
pigs. Alfalfa, rape, soy beans, red clio.
yer, oats and Canada field peas or com
.binations of these crops supply excel
lent feed. In addition to the forage
crops, n may use to advantage the
following grain mixture: A hundred
pounds ear corn, fifty pounds red dog
flour, twenty pounds wheat bran, twen-
ty pounds tankage, two pounds bone
meal, n pound salt, ten pounds OIL
meal. The corn may be fed in the
form Of meal, but there is no great ad-
vantage in grinding or preparing corn
for swine. The other products named
should be mixed and fed in the form Of
a thick slop.
1t is well to arrange trough room SO
that the pigs as soon as they r old
enough can partake of the same feed
mixture as their mother. When they
are six weeks of age a creep should be
provided where the pigs can run to a
trough inaccessible to the mother,
where the same feed, reduced by the
addition of water, is available. Neither
the brood sows o the young pigs
should be given more than they will
clean up with relish. Indigestion,
scours, thumps and other disorders
result from overlooking and inactivity.
An acre OF two of clover, alfalfa or
rape are fine for the health and growth
Of pigs. and a few carrots and arti-
chokes will save corn and help to pro-
duce a good quality of pork. After
pigs have reached fifty pounds their
ration should be made up about as fol-
lows: One hundred pounds red dog
-four, 100 pounds ground oats, fifty
pounds cornmeal or shelled corn. fifty
pounds wheat bran, twenty pounds
tankage, twenty pounds oilmeal, five
pounds bonemeal. When they reach
125 pounds they should have rather
more grain. using either corn, barley
or peas.
Hog raisers never have occasion for
encouragement while their animals
are in good health, but it is necessary
to provide pasturage, clean water and
shade. It also should be kept in mind
that sucking pigs are not to be let out
N wet or chilly days. All the recognized
breeds have their good points, and a
farmers success in pork production de-
Ponds rather on careful management
than on the breed selected. There are
two distinct types of swine-the fat
hog type and the bacon type. The
former is represented by the Duroc-
Jersey. Berkshire, Poland China and
Chester White, while the latter is rep
cesented most commonly by the large
Yorkshire and Tamworth.