Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1918-09-09
YOUR DEBT To- tn rs
Feed the Pig Well and In the End lie
Will Treat You just
Right.

Every man who has animals on his
farm should mako ii his rule that no
animal old or young, can remain upon
the farm anu not receive his full quota
OF good. 1aolcsomc food. We cannot
EXPECT horses or mules to work for us
and then not feed them fully. We can
not expect the COW to put milk i'm the
pail without being amply fed. We
expect hogs to feed "s. and We GER
tainly must feed them. we cannot OK
pect animals 10 render us good service
unless we are willing to treat them
fairly
Many who will read this article will
who will pay their debts to their Tel fel.
lowmen. who have good principles
among men: but who Will rob their
hoGs with impunity. When they do
this they arc robbng themselves. tholr
families and their country.
Ihcrc arc many men who will allow
their hogs to shift for themselves who
are otherwise good men. and yet thcy
unblushinely, allow their hogs TO roam
iani and skinny in the woods and
nave them to die or pull through as
they may.
=, These arc the men who complain OF
hard times. who wonder why their
moss hoss die no. Of disease, before the mast"
comes. These are tho men who have
hard story 10 tcll-who bore their more
thrit;y ncishbors in the telling. These
are are the men who should learn that
luck stories. that il they hope 10 hang
the hams in the smokchousc and 10
put the sausage in the Harder: if they
expect to make a real profit on their
hogs they must feed hem. They must
make the hogs Il real factor in their
business.
No animal responds more readily To
proper feeding than the hog. None is
more susceptible to the adverse condI-
tions OF bad feeding, bad housing and
unSanitary quarters.
The first eight months in the life OF
hog Is the important period. If he
cannot he made to pay IN that time. ne
had better he disposed OF and the losses
placed on the proper side OF the lcugr
1t is business 10 make the hes, OF
these eight months. and 10 do SO the
the day he Is farrowcd In fact he
must receive it from the time the SOW
is bred. An improperly nourishcd SOW
cannot transmit size aud strength and
Vitality TO her offspring. Therefore,
feed tho SOW. Give her good food aud
plenty OF IL 10 keep up her own pody
ana strcnSth to furnish those qualities
TO her PIGS. After narrowing time feed
her moro. She cannot furnish IA sur
ucicnt now OF milk TO supply litter
of from half dozen a dozen pigs
unless she receives an abundance of
wholesome food. Balance the ration:
watch tho sow watch tho pigs; study
mittcd 10 he stuntcd; push in the feed:
increase as the piss grow: keep them
ErowinE. II REQUIRES more feed TO
than To make the same weight in eight
months.
Hogs that arc undcrfcd must be low
In vitality such hogs have not the
power 10 resist tho germs OF disease
that the strong. wcll-fcd. vigorous hog
has. II is known that cpidcmics OF
cholera and other diseases that wipe
out the hogs in communities from time
10 time start in herds or places where
the hogs are undcrfcd. Poorly fed
min scrawny hogs arc menace To
any communitN. They communicates
diseases TO other hocS-thosc that are
cared tor-and cause losses aud dis
a>tcr to those mon who do feed and
who dotc upon their hogs.
The man who will not feed his hogs
should not have them. lie is not
worthy of them.
Feed the hog and he'll feed YOU.