(15)
1 m
II; t; to feci tho Su elding ST7. ;
j , Field Ko. 3. Esy tzzr. Hiaf
. Greater part of which, Eay -Eeyen
acres, would ; ho drilld In Hay or
early? June, In the late Southern. xa
rlety. also called Mammoth; to al
! ford "food for the hogs whenerer
needed from September to December.
-!plant," cultlrate and'.. fertilize much
"'ft vnn trftrilA mvt A. email tt
UE rrcCt to to cltilci frcn da
1- crc? of eonlrs; tMj cartas
n
u
I
will depend ncci ca how tba rxotlxer
la fed TrLIIft Ebe la cticills tfc.8 litter.
.To furnish, all the food needed by a
litter of ssTea or eight pigs, a month
to ft! wcsla old, la a. great tax on
d ) I r
wlwpw 'tof this field might be;planted.about
thould not only be fed liberally but vMay 1 wly vJriety ofv807
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r a i nt
w- - 1 r Y am w
: , , o ot which la not usually, equal to that
to raisins : better piss are moat Uke- ;made b the Mammoth.
to make the mistake of 1 feeding-, mM Ko.-4. Hunnlng peannteto
UiO bUW WV XUUCJA UlUliiiJ-AUO .MiM : V- l.J , VMn.. JS-
a a. a i a a
7-ffe weather- during, late . fall: or early
b1x weeks old the young, pigs will.be 'Winter.': ' ":" v - r-
count, co we may assume that they . "
.will require most from their mother r ; ' - . ' -
when from two to -fire weeks old. , ChecpCT: RiLtlOIlS IOT Brood SOW.
The aim in feeding the brood bow, a T THE American Berkshire ion
then, should be' to . have her reach tlv gress, at Memphis, Tenn. ,.ProL
her maximum or largest flow of milk CP. Curtis, of the Iowa Agricultural
when the pigs are about four weeks i College; related the results of an ex
old.; To do this will require careful itoeriment ta test different methods of
and liberal , feeding.' If the sow is
fed too 1 much when the" pigs are
young; and more milk is produced
than they need, diarrhea In the pigs
feeding brood sowsv The aim was to
? find the cheapest feeds that, would
produce the best litters. Cora alone,
corn and high-priced mill by-prod-
is almost always certain to follow, t ucts, such as wheat shorts, and corn
It almost ; always c checks .the growth
of the litter if they suffer from diar-
' rhea v even for a short time, : and in
many cases only rery great care will
prevent .permanent Injury. "
- The brood sow should be fed prac-
and tankage were among the rations
used. The cheapest, and -the best
ration; as shown by the litters, came
from the, use of corn and a small
amount of tankage. . : There is some
prejudice against the use of tankage
"'Mftflllv Tftt"h!nfi jfnr - 24 -! hnnra ftftftf :t
farrowini?. Then the feed should be r nia nniv nroinia ' rf nnr
' . i i - w m. iuiw - U VJ luv4 V ft rfW4Mvry.
'ugui; tuxu uivnwtieu uunuuwy , um t u is very mgn. in content or protein
gradually that she will not receive a and for this reason too large quanti-
. full ration before -the pigs . are at ties should: not be fed; but at the
least two or three weeks old. This same time this, high, content of pro-
, ration should contain some green ? teln, of actually the same kind as.ex
fern A it nrteai'ht Kni nn env dhmrlrl .lafa tn ;Tiy T4lvn tm u. m..i
i be compelled to raise a . litter of pigs v recommendation. It ; is high-priced
without liberal grain feeding. - Corn per ton, but per pound of protein, it
and tankage, wheat shorts, or contains, It Is not only the cheapest
rice polish , . and ; ; tankage ; t are
good;: Dut - good 'clover pas
ture, corn , and skimmed milk, are
available, no high priced feeds need
be purchased.
J concentrate we can buy to balance
' the corn but probably also the best.
For mature brood sows, one part
of tankage and nine of corn is a
: good-ration.: Of course,- if they can
J When no milk is available, wheat have a grazing crop in addition, that
shorts or rice nplish eight' parts and . is so much the better and in any case
tankage one part, fed in a thick slop, they should be comnelled to take
and ear corn on the side, make a plenty of' exercise- For growing
' good ration for. a brood .sow running ; young stock; one part ot tankage to
on pasture, when skimmed milk, is i six to eight parts of corn should be
available, wheat ; shorts and milk
with ear corn on the side are good.
When sufficient milk is at hand, the
sow should be ; given about three
pounds to every one pound of grain
glvenl
For the pigs, whole, soaked corn
used.
t Mr. N. H. Gentry, the world-fam
ous Berkshire ; breeder, advises the
f liberal use of.com for all kinds of
hogs. Including the brood sows.- Of
course. - he ' Inslstn on ttntn nthinff tn
is good,' while they.are sucking their balance ; the ration, 1 but this is in
. mother, ana tnis snouia do given dIrect contrast with the advice so
when they get to be a: month old., frequently given by agricultural wri
If the sow is not a good suckler, a : ters For.instance, we read the fol-
; little warm,' sweet, skimmed milk, . lowin in .k leading farm monthly:
along witn tne soaKea corn, wm neip Ag farrowlne timeJ draws near, do
out wonderfully. If sour milk-or
butter milk must be used, it should;
be ted sparingly and with care to
pigs under three' months old, until
- they become "accustomed to it.
not feed any corn to the brood sows..'
The chances are a hundred to one
that , the writer of that paragraph
could not give" any sort of reasonable
foundation in fact for the advice giv-
v T. en in that paragraph. Corn Is a good
r ;A Rotation for Four Hog. Lots, -feed for an kinds of hogs at aii times
' TN ItEPLY to a request for sugges- hen they need. feed, but it does not
X tions on crops to De grown m lour ;uypijr au tuej neea. rjKiance, toe
ten-acre lots- bo as to furnish , con-s
tlnuous support for hogs, I offer the-
' following as one of : several schemes ,
which should accomplish the end in
; view, but which can be improved pn
in another year If a . start De maae
r in the fall: , ' "
Field "No. .1. Intended for early
i.; pasturage j five acres of Dwarf Essex
a-Ma Vrtf ' Mwh 1 With
same preparation, fertilization and
5 cultivation that you would give to
corn properly and
the brood sows.
it will not hurt
At the Kansas Agricultural Experl
. ment Station the results of treating
animals with kindness were recently
"demonstrated to be of the most prac
tical character. Three cows were se
1 lected; and at first i treated with
the utmost care and 'gentleness, with
- the result that they produced 36
nounds of milk containing 4.3 ner
spring-sown turnips. Cowpeas may cent of butter-fat. The same cows
wr.li fniinw: thA r&ne in. June, tm
the other five acres of this field, , you
might sow oats with or without one
V bushel of lespedera .seed per. acre,
the ' lespedeza being intended for
late summer grazing and for reseed-
' ing the land. . 7
Field No. 2. A succession, of
plantings of Spanish peanuts at , In
terval of shout tnreo
April 25 to July 1.:
wexa.
1 1
from..
. were then frightened by their at
tendants howling at them, letting
dogs bark at them, etc., with the re
sult that they produced 23 pounds of
milk, containing only 3.4 per cent ot
. butter-fat. , The farmer, therefore,
who Bays "So,' Milly, sot !' instead of
, "IIlBt, ye brute t". is Justified by econ
omics as well as ethics. Outlook.
Aire C'Odss ; W TnzrzzSiVQD
Thej cost but a little more than the cheapest while they eavo
twice as much and last five times aa
) ' ' long as other separators.- 1
- They; save their cost every six
' V -; r and every year over other separators.
pt f while they may be bought for cash or,
, on sucn uoerai terms tnat tney win
actually pay for themselves.
Every assertion thus briefly made
subject to' demonstrative proof to
your own satisfaction: by the nearest
DE LAVAL local agent, or "by your
-
writing to the Company direct.
Why. then, in the name of simple
common-sense, , should anyone who
has.nse for a Cream Separator go
without one buy other than a DE LAVAL, or continue the use of
an inferior separator? . ,
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