St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1918-12-07
HOW TO MAKE FINE HOGS.
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composed principally of corn would
be. Wheat shorts or bran in slop is
to get this, cottonseed meal fed to
pigs or grown hogs in accordance
with the following, is good:
l. Cottonseed meal cannot be
surpassed for giving the firmness Of
flesh and lard demanded by the
packers.
2. Cottonseed meal should not
constitute more than one-fourth or
one-fifth of the ration of hogs.
3. Cottonseed meal should not be
fed more than four or five weeks at
any one period; but after rest OF
three to five weeks the cottonseed
meal can again be fed for another
period Of four or five weeks.
4. BY all means get good grade
of cottonseed meal, for inferior meal
may have a poisonous effect.
5. When fed to hogs on grazing
crops, cottOnseed meal may be fed in
larger quantities and for longer
periods than when on dry feed only.
6. Cottonseed meal supplies pro-
tein cheaply and is available at all
times and at all places.
z. Cottonseed meal, forming one
fourth or one-fifth of a ration, is a
most excellent feed for hogs for the
last four weeks before slaughtering.
This is especially true of hogs graz
ed or fed on peanuts, soy beans or
other soft pork-producing feeds.
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supplement to corn and rice polish.
8. II cottonseed meal is fed judi
ciously, its efficiency as a feeding
value will become more and more
apparent.
The hogs and especially growing
pigs are not likely to get enough
mineral matter to develop sufficient
bone The following mixture will
supply this needed mineral and be
general tonic. 1t is easily made and
should be on every hog lot:
Charcoal Mixture.
Charcoal, l bushel; hardwood ash
as, bushel; salt, s pounds; air-slak-
ed lime, pounds; sulphur, 4
pounds; pulverized copperas, two
pounds.
thoroughly and then mix with the
charcoal and ashes. Dissolve the
copperas in / quart of hot water and
sprinkle the solution over the whole
mass, mixing thoroughly. Keep
some of this mixture in box before
the hogs at all times, or place in
self-feeder.
The above mixture will help pre-
vent intestional worms, but it is not
best to rely on it alone. The worms
will prevent development of the pigs
or fattening of the hogs. Swine is
often infected with these internal
parasites. If your herd is not thriv-
ing as it should you may suspect
worms Give the following treat
ment and then change lot or pasture
as the old lot is infected:
Withhold all feed and water for "a
hours, then give each pig from l to
ounces of castor oil to which has been
added oil of American wormseed as
follows: Pigs weighing less than so
pounds, one-half teaspoonful; pigs
weighing so to 100 pounds, one tea
spoonful; large hogs, 2 teaspoonfuls.
Each pig should be dosed separately
if the best results are to be obtained.
Castor oil should always be given
with oil of American wormseed.
Other laxatives are not satisfactory.
Drenching hogs is dangerous, as
they are liable to get the remedy into
the lungs With sufficient assistance
pigs may be held, the mouth kept
open by means of a couple of loops
of wire or rope, or leather straps,
and the medicine given in a table
spoon or a large kitchen spoon. By
this method, though it is trouble
some, one may be certain that each
pigs gets his proper dose. After dos
ing with the above mixture pigs may
be fed and watered. Repeat the
treatment in 10 days.
One other very serious and often
underestimated enemy of the swine
is lice. A disinfectant should be
sprayed on hogs, such as Pinexo, or
some creosote preparation. Examine
your hogs and see if they are infect
ed. Disinfect premises as we'll as
swine, and burn bedding.
KARL TREEN,
Boys Club Agent.