Atlanta tri-weekly journal. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1920-19??, 1920-09-21

NJ e+,(rins crops and Of getting carry
,,iaids from the standard sorts OF soy
heans. we would select IRON! 80
strains mentioned. We oele'e sia - -
| safe and desirable adVlce 70 Of the
the people of the state, IN view " we we
exnerience and observation we nave
had with this crop up to oa'e'
| Suitable Feeds for the BROOD
r. H. K. Dawson. Ga, W rtad
recently bought five reglStere"
hood sows. weighing approx
mateiy 200 pounds each and wish
I TO know the most economics
! Feed and the amount for each'
: 1 have, corn, velvet beans, pur;11
soon have rye and rape. Tank
| age is not vailable in town, but
| suppose l can order some
Tn feeding brood sows you should
sunplv ration that contains con
Siderable amount Of mineral matter
and some protein as Well. II Is ue
sirable that this be done not only
for the sake Of the s @bish tn fbey ars
presumed to be carrying.
Situated as you are we would MAKE
mixture of equal parts OF corn ano
valvet beans ground together. Inen
add to each 90 pounds of this say
digester tankage This material may
be fed in the form Of relatively
thin slop. If you can, reduce 1t IL, to
| the condition Indicated with skim
milk it will be a great advantage
Your sows might be allowed TO eat
and Of course they should be allowed
to run over the Bermuda sod to take
exercise whenever they will. Lei
them Craze on the rye and rape as
they come along. They will furnish
desirable constituents toward the
keep the bowels regulated and the
sows in good condition generally
They will not over-eat on these ma,
| terials, but Of course you understand
| they only represent constituents II
I maintenance ration. You shoulf
| feed the sowS about as much grain
as they will eat up clean. This will
run up to several pounds a day
! Overlooking is of course to bt
avoided. This is easily foretold il
the animals become too fat or heavy
or too sluggish. ~
siderable amount Of exercise. Thi:
will not only insure their being il
| better condition, but the young a:
well. Remember that the supplying
of mineral matter in a box which
| the sows can have access to at al
1
Handling and Management of tn,
Brood Sow
A.. c. c., Hawkinsville, Ga,
| writes: 1 would like some in
formation in regard to caring
| for brood sows, and raising the
! pigs. I have fifty Duroc sows
and two males, but know very
little about caring, for them.
| want to build modern pens and
houses for them. 1 have so
acres of land and wish to know
what crops to grow to maintain
them.
Brood sows need to be literally
fed and we'll cared for. The better
treatment accorded them the more
likely they are to farrow large lit
ters and raise two litters a year sue.
cessfully. In order to make the larg.
est profits from the handling ant
| management of hogs the sows
should be induced to farrow twice e
year whenever possible.
The most economical manner Of
maintaining hogs in Georgia is
These can be made available for the
greater part Of the year in your
section of the state. AS it will oft.
| en- be necessary to Craze hogs on the
land when the ground is wet it is
better to select sandy areas of sol
Almost any crop which can be grown
in Georgia can be utilized for graz.
Ing purposes at some season Of the
year. The idea is to plant these
crops so they will come on in sue.
cession. One should therefore start
in by establishing in the fall ar
area of alfalfa, rye, oats and wheat
In the spring rape should be sowr
in drills "a inches apart. This will
call for the use of about pounds
of seed per acre. Then spring oats
may be seeded, together with suit
able areas of millet, early maturing
corn and early maturing varieties OF
cowpeas and soy beans. Late ma.
turing varieties of cowpeas and soy
beans and peanuts should be useG
for the late fail grazing. Sweet DO.
tatoes can be used to some advant
age as we'll, and artichokes are es-
pecially valuable for the late-fal,
and early winter.
1t will be necessary to use some
supplemental grain along with most
| of tho grazing crops. Corn can be
used for this purpose to advantage
! or corn and peanut meal in equa1
parts will prove suitable. Shorts. OF
course, may be used TO replace corn
or. peanut meal If this proves econo-
| miral or desirable.
Single colony houses should be
provided for brood sows, though OF
course a barn in which a number OF
sows can be housed can be con.
structed quite economically. We are
erecting a cement house for our
selves similar to that in use in con-
nection with our serum plant. This
building his a hallway through the
middle. The pens may be made
about 10 feet square, although sx1C