South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1917-06-23
SOWS AND PICS IN
NEED OF EXERCISE
Must be Well Fed But Must
Have Room to Move
About to Do Well.

| should be we'll fed in order TO give a
maximum milk flow Gains in live
weight made by the pigs at this
time are usually the cheapest ores
during their whole lives. and any
factor which will increase the sov's
milk yield or cheaper the cost Of
her feed during these weeks will in
crease and cheaper the gains made
! by the sucking litter.
After the SOW has narrowed il is
| best for her TO be in the oDen air.
say specialists. OF course. if the
pigs are narrowed during the winter
months, care Will be needed, and j.
| may be necessary to let the pigs
I reach the age of two weeks before
turning them out They can, how
ever, get considerable exercise in
the piggery or in the lot with the
SOW, and there is often a lot adj
joining the barn that is sunny and
sheltered from cold winds. where
the SOW and pigs may be turned
| for exercise. Care should be taken,
| however. not 70 allow the very
young pigs to run out during a cold
rain on the other hand, if they dc
not exercise they will get fat and
| lazy, and the usual result is the
humps" If the mother does not
have plenty of exercise she is apt 10
become consupated, and in Conse-
quence fall of in her yield of milk.
Whenever available, green forage
meets many of the requirements o.
brood SOW and her litter. 1t can
be had at any time during the
growing season in some form. from
early spring pasture, such as, fall
sown rye and wheat, to late fall or
winter pasture composed of cereals
sown a month before grazing.
pasture gives the SOW ample oppOr-
tunity to exercise In the open air.
II also furnishes an abundance OF
succulent feed. which is conducive
! to a GOOD state of health and conse-
quently a large milk flow. If for
no other reasons than these, it
would be an economical practice 20
supply green forage to the SOW "a
this time, but there is also an added
advantage in that il saves grain
and consequently reduces the cost
of feeding
Some grain should always be fed
even on the richest Of pastures. AS
rule 2.5 pounds of grain for each
hundred pounds the SOW weighs will
be sufficient when there is an
abundance of pasture; without
pasture from three 10 four pounds
of grain per hundred pounds live
weight will be required. OF course,
1 oh in
either case her feed should be in
creased, or If she shows a tendency
to put on fat decreased. No set
formula can be given, for sows vary
to a great extent in their milking
tendencies, but the aim should be
TO keep her at a constant weight
and in health. From six TO eight
sows and their filters can be carried
/ on an acre of pasture for six weeks
and the saNins in grain is a very
material one, ranging from $40 70
/ $50 per acre at the present prices
for feed.
Pasture Crops.
| The soil and the season have
very great influence on the growth
of the pastures, but there is such a
| large margin of profit in favor OF
their use that even under very poor
conditions il pays TO have them. For
the spring pigs, wheat or rye, fa!l
sown. and grazed when about eight
| inches. furnishes the earliest pas
ture. oats combined with rape or
| Canadian field peas, spring soWn'
will be available during the latter
part of May in the latitude o
Washington. and will carry a few
| more sows per acre than the crops
previously mentioned. Permanent
| pastures. such as bluegrass or
alfalfa. NAV be used. but care must
be exercised TO prevent too close
| grazing early in the season. When
supplementary pasture crops are
used. they may be pastured TO the
ground, but such a practice would
seriously damage permanent pas
lures so early in the year.
| The problem of pastures for the
fall pigs is easier. for there is
large variety of crops available at
this time, such as clover, alfalfa,
bluegrass. rape. soy beans, cowpeas,
and many more, depending upon
after severe frosts have killed most
vegetation. il is necessary 10 de-
/ mend upon those crops which were
used early in the spring, namely
wheat and rye. They may be seed
ed I'm August and furnish abundant
forage until freezing weather, and
if the sows are removed as soon as
the growth has been checked, the
spring growth will be as vigorous
las if the crop had not been pastured
1.-THE previous fall.
Hence. to give the little pigs the
very best and cheapest start IN lie,
run the old SOW on pasture; the piss
Will gain as well as or better than
IL she were fed an exclusive grain
ration. all OF them will be In the
best state Of health, and the SAVING
in grain will be very noticeable
especially with corn and mill feeds
at their present prices.
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