The Cordele dispatch. (Cordele, Ga.) 19??-1971, 1919-04-25
ON RAISING PIGS
of the future

ON RAISING PIGS
ID. G. Sullins, animal husbandman
at the Georgia Experiment Station Of
fers hog raisers the following sug-
gestions on pig management before
weaving:
Pigs should learn to eat by the
time they are one month old At that
age it is well to provide a pen in
which they may be fed away from
the SOW and other hogs. Young pigs
soon learn to eat such feeds as the
sow receives but these may not be
best in all cases. Skim milk with a
small amount of middlings makes a
satisfactory feed for pigs learning to
eat. Soaked corn or almost any other
grain, scattered in the pen, will prove
beneficial in getting pigs to take exer-
else. This is of great Importance in
preventing thumps and in developing
strong and healthy animals.
Scours and other troubles in di-
gestion may be prevented by proper
feeding and sanitation. Changing
from sweet skim milk to sour skim
milk often causes indigestion The
same is true of too much protein
feeds, such as tankage or linseed oil
meal, when the animal is not used to
them. If the SOW is fed too heavily
and the milk flow is increased greatly
very young pigs will get more than
they can utilize, thus causing them
to scour. This trouble may be
brought about also by allowing sows
to run through fifth and then be
sucked. To avoid such trouble with
pigs, only gradual changes should be
made in the feeds they are receiving,
and it should be made in the feeds
they are receiving, and it should be
placed before them in the most sani-
tary manner. Skim milk, when fed,
should be sweet at all times or sour
at all times, to avoid sudden changes
in feed. Animals having scours
should be given a good physic. A tea
spoonful Of castor oil or EPSON salts
makes dose for a pig. When both
cred with this trouble special atten-
ton should be given to sanitation
Pens should be cleaned and disinfect-
cd.
Sleeping quarters for pigs, and
other hogs as we'll, should be we'll
ventilated and not allowed to be-
come dusty. Pigs sleeping in dust
are apt to get lung passages stopped
and be troubled with thumps or penu-
monia. In the bedding used care
should be taken to avoid pigs piling
together and becoming too warm
during nights and then cooling off
suddenly as they leave their beds.
Boar pigs not intended for breeding
purpose should be castrGtcd before
weaving. This is a simply operation
but It is we'll to do it with care. SAM
tation should be practiced in the
operation and disinfectant used upon
the wound. A mixture of five parts of
crude carbolic acid to 100 parts of
water makes a good disinfectant.
Some of the patent disinfectants such
as ChlononapthoIeum or Zenoleum
give good results.
For the greatest profit in general
hog raising, it is necessary to wean
pigs early enough to permit the
raising Of two filters a year.
WEAVING pigs at seven or eight weeks
of age gives ample time for them to
learn to eat and be thriving on their
feed. If show animals are desired it
may be necessary to lalow them to
remain with the SOW for longer
time, which OF course would prevent
the raising of two filters year.
When pigs sre first weaned. it is well
to feed four times a day Only small
quantities of feed should be placed
before them at time, care being
taken to remove filth and clean
I, ue)S. WAea we'll started, they may
be fed only three feeds day,