Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1919-12-12
AGRICULTURAL EDUCATION
BY DR.. ANDREW NJ SOULE

more uniform filters may be obtain
ed and raised, and the pigs induced
to grow off and develop more rapidly.
1t is not so difficult to carry out a
practice of this character as might
at first seem likely.
Dispose Of Shy Breeders
Occasionally a sow will be found
which is a shy breeder, or an ir-
regular breeder. In any event such
animals should be disposed of. This
replacement in the herd is a matter
of the utmost Importance and the, Sc
lection made, to this end should be
considered very carefully. One should
be governed by many considerations
in this matter which are often over
looked For instance, where one is
handling pure bred animals a fine
pedigree is the first thing likely to
be considered. This is valuable and
important, but it does not and can
not take precedence over selecting
breeding animals decended from q
line of prolific male and female an
cestors. If more attention were Civ
en- to this matter there would be
fewer so-called unsatisfactory breed
ers among our high grade animals.
Feeding the Brood Sow
In the matter of feeding the brood
SOW the greatest care and considera-
ton must be exercised. She needs a
ration which will not only keep her
in excellent physical condition, but
provide plenty of bone, muscle and
nerve-building material for the
young which she is carrying and de-
veloping. To this end the ration
must be we'll supplied not only with
ash material but with protein as well.
To feed corn alone to an animal of
this character is a very great mis-
take. She will naturally limit her
reproductive powers sto the character
of the ration accorded her. The pigs
from a dam fed on corn alone
if confined to a close pen would not
be so large or vigorous at farroW-
ing time as those from one given a
wide area to range over and a more
varied ration. If the SOW enjoys
her liberty she will gather a con-
siderable amount of mineral food, but
not all of her requirements can be
supplied in this way. In addition she
should have a box containing the fol-
lowing mixture, where she can have
free access to it at all times: Two
pounds pulverized copperas, 1 BUSH
ed charcoal, 1 bushel wood ashes,
pounds sulphur, pounds common
salt, pounds air-s1aked lime. These
materials should be mixed together
and kept in a shallow box and in a
dry place. Then provide the SOW
with all the skim milk possible. On
many of our farms there would be a
very limited supply. More would be
available, however, if we develop the
dairy industry on a basis which our
needs would justify. In the absence
of skim milk to supply vitamines
mineral matter and protein sub
stances other materials must be re-
lied upon. >!Of the concentrates avail
able wheat shorts provide the best
substitute. If fed after being mixed
with water. SO as to- reduce it to q
relatively thin slop it will answer
fairly we'll, but even then we are
asking tbs SOW to do more than hel
part by not supplying her with q
more abundant and varied ration. We
can improve this ration some by add
ing, say to each 80 to IS pounds OF
shorts 5 to- 10 pounds of digestel
tankage. Corn may be mixed with
equal parts of peanut meal. Some
velvet bean meal could also be, in
cIuded for the brood sow. In case
the three substances are available
we would mix them together in equal
parts. Corn fed with digester tank.
age at the rate of, say IS pounds OF
corn to Is pounds of digester tank
age will provide a fairly satisfactory
concentrated ration for the brood
, SOW.
Another matter to consider in this
connection is the wisdom of judici'
Gus feeding, for very often fine
breeders are injured because they
are fed too much food of a fatten
I ing nature and not enough calculated
| to produce bone and muscle ant
keep the nervous system in tn
| best condition.
! In providing quarters for hogs il
! the winter they need not necessar
| lily be expensive, but they should
| have the virtue of being warm an(
dry. The V-shaped hog house may
answer very we'll for this purpose
where sows are to be kept separate
or where only a few pigs are tt
be cared for. A larger hog house
| with a shed-1ike roof and mounted
on sllids is probably a better typ
of structure for many farmers tt
| have Large permanent barns fo1
| hogs are more or less desirable, es
| pecially There one is .devoting tn
energies of the plantation to thu
| production Of pigs. An elaborat
and costly barn, however, is no
needed, as many seem to think.
Build a Hog House.
One can build a very good ho
! house at a comparatively small cos
by putting in concrete floors an
permanent drains, and then building
the partition walls of concrete plas
tered on metal laths. A structur
Of this character will last for man.
years. 1t is very easy to Keep in
sanitary condition, and if runway
are built out adjacent to each of tn
| pens ideal conditions for the main
tenance of herd in a healthy con
dition are provided. Even in vie7
Of the high prices prevailing at thi
time a house capable of taking car
of from 20 to 60 animals may b