The Wilmington morning star. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1909-1990, 1945-10-08
Nv F. H. JETER

noe will not catch chickens if
:. = feI balanced ration. That's
,se conclusion Jimmy Gibson of
.he Iedbetter Community of Rich.
u .n County has reached after
a;y;np the matter thorough trial.
f;,,r,9 INN is a All club boy and he
VT only owns fine purebred
Hampshire gilt, of which he is
nsrv proud, but he also owns
s1 very nice Hampshire chick.
.ns Some of the young pullets
s he is now raising have
S S associating with the Hamp-
y ssire gilt and, until recently, they
s.,nnsrently have been getting
a aIong well together. ALI of a sud.
s stu' however, the gilt developed
e esvaee tendencies and began to
J east 70 on Jimmy's prize pullets.
zoos and chicken meat being as
i .a 10 as they are caused Jimmy
IN take steps at once.
Al first, he decided to fatten the
o;lt for immediate slaughter then
ss reasoned that perhaps it was
not the pigs fault. She has been
4 fss+ened in a pen for some weeks
and perhaps she was not getting
j the balanced food that she needed.
Jimmy decided that the gilt would
not so suddenly take a liking for
chicken meat unless something
was lacking in her diet; so he
talked with Assistant Farm Agent
O E. Coward, about the mater
and as a result, Jimmy bought
some fish meal and is now giving
the gilt about one-half of pound
Of this high protein feed each
/ day. The gilt has lost her appe-
dte for chicken and the two diff
ferent kinds of Hampshires have
re.established friendly relations.
The chickens visit the gilt and
The gilt seems to be happy in
the companionship.
Jimmy says, therefore, if you
mus. keep hogs confined in a
pen. see to it that they are fed
/ some green stuff as well as a
supplementary protein ration. Corn
alone is not enough.
Jack Kelley, swine specialist,
adds to this hog story by urging
4 all farmers to raise an extra pig
I pig per litter this fall would re-
I only six pigs were saved per sow
in the spring of 1945, according
to figures which he secured from
4 Frank Parker of the Crop Report
4 ing Service. An increase of one
4 lib per litter this fall would re-
4 suit in about $4,000 additional
i pigs in North Carolina Or 17,000,.
600 pounds of pork worth $2,473,-
10000 when the pigs are finished
3 at 200 pounds each.
I Jack suggests a plan which is
being used by some of our most
successful hog growers and which
should help in increasing the num-
Der of pigs raised per litte--. This
is the plan: Hand feed the sow
during the CESSATION period and
keep her in good, medium condi.
{ ton. One bushel of corn, one
bushel oats, and five pounds of
fish meal or tankage, makes a
good feed mixture. Corn, hand
fed with 1-3 pound of fish meal
or tankage per day is satisfactory.
The sow should have plenty Of
green feed and mineral mixture
consisting of 10 parts limestone, 5
parts steamed bone meal, and 2
parts salt. All of this should be
kept before the brood animal at
all times.
4 Clean the house out thoroughly
q before narrowing and bed it with
clean, fresh straw. The house
& should be moved to clean ground
! that has grown crop since being
T used as a hog pasture. This
4 prevents wormy pigs. Be sure the
house has guard rail to prevent
6 pigs from being mashed by the
3 mother sow.
8 Pigs at birth often have eight
X sharp teeth which prevent them
Il from nursing. These teeth should
be cut with pair of small sharp
side cutting pliers, being care
full not to iniure the gums.
Give the SOW plenty of water
but no feed during the first "a
hours after narrowing. Start ne1
on feed by providing small
+ amount of slop mixture made
rom middlings. Increase the feed
& gradually and about the third or
fourth day she may have some
4 corn. When the pigs are about
ten days old, the sow should be
On full feed. Use a self feeder
and full-feed grain, protein sup
Il element and the mineral mixture.
A good. annual pasture will save
ABOUT 1-3 of the protein feed and
% to 20 per cent of the grain.
PASTURE also will help in prevent
ing parasites and diseases of pigs.
The best time to trim pigs is
When they are five weeks old.
when doing this, be sure they are
dry and clean.
When the pigs at eight weeks of
ege continue full feeding until they