Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1918-07-05

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clean quarters, clean water, plenty OF
food at regular feeding periods, you
should be rewarded by having il develop
into fne animal. However, If you
keep il in small, dirty quarters, give it
dirty dish-water to drink, and feed II
corn alone or feed of any kind at irreg-
ular intervals. you will have a scrub.
In other words, just the pedigree alone
will not keep a hog from being a scrub
but plenty of feed. clean quarters and
regular attention are the things when
count fully as much as the pedigree.
A great mistake is often made in not
starting the real feeding of hogs early
in their lives II is not necessary TO
wait until the pigs are large enough
TO run all over the place before feeding
them. As a matter of fact. the critical
period Of a pigs life is just after ii has
been weaned and before it has become
accustomed to eating heavy feed. FOR
that reason. IL should be brought to the
heavy feeds gradually. 1t is good prac-
tfce TO have a clean, tight trough JUS
outside the pen. Make place so the
pigs can get out to it, and two or three
times day pour in something they llhe M.
SKINNED milk is the best feed to start
Nth and as they begin TO take TO II
add inst a little shorts. When they are
EIGHT or nine weeks old they should De
eating fairly well. A ttle~peanut heal
could he added Feed only enough 10
have them lick it all clean in a rev
moments. Don't overfeed
After the pigs are ten to tweiNe
weeks old. eating well and thrifty give
them a pouring slop of one-lourth DIaii .
one-fourth shorts and one-halt ped"uI
meal. Velvet bean meal could De useu
in place of bran if soaked say een n
hours. Sprinkle a little sait IN I'iee
times a week. and mix to pouring STOP
Ter r,,iIt If Won have il. ANY kind OF
milk will do. Feed twice DAY "iiat
they will ceIan up. while running on
nasture See that they have plenty VI
clear water Half of pig is water.
II hogs are given plent of clean leeu
and water and If they are given pieh'S
81 exercise. the chances are that tney
In moi become sick The best thlng
10 do is to watch your hog closely ana
see that he is eating his food win
relish and growing of well
one of the best things to use 10 Aeep
hogs in a good growing conolIloh anu
~ s7,ard against scours and worms IS
~. Charcoal mixture. suggested by the
United states department. of agriculture
,,biob is made of the following:
charcoal. one bushel: hardwood asnes,
one bushel. salt, one pound; air-slahec
.1g
lime. six pounds; sulphur, four pouH1S'
nulverized copperas, two POUNDS.
To nrepare. mix thoroughly the Hine'
al, and sulphur and then put In the
,.t,arco,I and ashes. Then dissolve the
,,oDDeras in hot water and sprinkle over
the mass Mix this mass thoroushLS
and then place some OF II IN shaliO"
box where the hogs can get TO IL easily
Where the hogs already nave scouh g q
copneras in her slop every night ana
S,.sr,- morning until she becomes better.
A change of feed is also beneficial. Lit
=. -,;e,s may be given five to ten grains
- s,,britrate of bismuth wnere securing
is bad. . .,,-Den-
yyornv hogs should be given turpeh-
80 IN their slop every morning lot
-, 20 four mornings. II is generally
estimated that one teaspoonlui
enough for hog Weighing eiShe'
Dounds. Do not fail to keep the c hdl
coal before them, however. at all liileS.
Though many OF the cali cruz 49,
have selected their caves anu 49,.
,.,;1,- obtain their calves through ther
W., 49, cent some are yet to face the
r-ob1o,,, Of selecting their calves
-, rbo has learned how to select
80 taad calf has made good progress
=, his way to becoming a successful
n,r.g
1;,-a stock man. Just because one mas
80 bad tn rely on his own Juug heh'
,nis' spring in selecting his car ne
sho,hd not fail to take advantage o.
-, onrortuuity TO learn what 10 lOON
g. =, iudging a good calf and the reta
tive value of a good one as com GU
with scrub. 10. beep
EVERY breed of live stock mas U yTi
hired mn for a particular purpose ~
4n
saw that the best type of machine 10!
n-o5,,cino milk would not be the pest
For producing beef. A dairy COW Is Dulil
for placins her product, milk, IN the
u5dar and the beef COW is built TOT
placine her product. beef, on her oacK'
while the scrub is built for doing MOTH
iuf. especially well.
Now. boys, in order to produce tne
bighsst class product you must have
Re nat &c built for doing the work.
Get a calf that has as little DAIRY OF
eorub stock about il as possible can
~ Hereford. Shorthorn or Angus breed
:aE is what you want
Won want a calf that is broad and
hos a deep body, short legs, big bones, a
soft pliable skin with a bright. healthy
coat of hair, and one that carries some
flesh over the back, loins and ribs. III
,-o,, start with a young calf, never let
- lose its calf fat through irregular and
careless feeding. If you purchase calf
that has been weaned, don't get one
that was stunted through lack of feed
and care the last winter.
Mary Jarman. of Covington, Ca, won
the grand championship prize in At
Iauta last year at the Southeastern fair
and her story OF how she fed and cared
for her calf follows:
NY Calls name is Charlie Chaplin.
mother is a white-faced cow. His build
and color show his Shorthorn blood.
Until I began feeding him he had only
his mothers milk and a little ground
corn. He weighed 275 pounds when l
started feeding him. May !, his ration
being corn-and-cob meal and ran two to
one. He gained 100 pounds the first
month. His rations during June and
July were corn and cob meal and cotton
seed meal. four to one Until July ] ne
had two nurse cows. afterwards one.
During June he gained IS pounds. during
July 90 pounds.
HE had pasturage and one COW dur
ing August His other feed was about
the same as for June and July. I lin
tied his feed as much possible to
; homegrown products using ground corn
for the bulk ration. The first month I
used little hiram with il, the last three
months cotfonseed meal. J fed Charlie
three times a dav regularly. He has
never been hungry as far as ! know,