. Agriculture; a text for the school and the farm . rge permanent housefor farrowing purposes, and the small individual cot forthe sows and their litters as soon as the latter are old enoughto be put out-of-doors. The individual cots may be scatteredabout the lot or pasture, and moved as often as necessaryto keep the quarters clean. For winter service the cotscan be collected side by side in a sheltered place, bankedand used for sleeping quarters. The feeding floor.—The use of a sanitary feedingfloor should be much more common than it is. It is agreat waste of grain to scatter it in the mud or
. Agriculture; a text for the school and the farm . rge permanent housefor farrowing purposes, and the small individual cot forthe sows and their litters as soon as the latter are old enoughto be put out-of-doors. The individual cots may be scatteredabout the lot or pasture, and moved as often as necessaryto keep the quarters clean. For winter service the cotscan be collected side by side in a sheltered place, bankedand used for sleeping quarters. The feeding floor.—The use of a sanitary feedingfloor should be much more common than it is. It is agreat waste of grain to scatter it in the mud or dust of adirt yard. This mode of feeding is also injurious to thehealth of the pigs, for it compels them to breathe in a great SWINE 323 amount of dust and to eat impurities in order to get thegrain. The effect is seen in such diseases as thumps andwheezes, and in the greater Hability to colds, tuberculosisand other troubles. The best feeding floor is made of concrete, slightly raisedabove the level of the ground, if made outside the hog-house,. Individual hog cot, on runners, so that it can be drawn fromplace to place. and sloping slightly so that it can easily be washed a floor is not expensive, and will pay for itself manytimes over in the feeding of hogs. 4. Feeding Hogs Hogs are probably the best money makers on the farm,if properly handled. The same amount of feed will producea greater value of pork than any other meat. The returnsalso come in sooner than with most other farm animals. 324 AGRICULTURE Money invested in hogs can be turned rapidly, as pigs aremarketable when eight months old. The yearly sales froma herd of hogs should be from two to four times the orig-inal investment. Much of the profit depends on intelli-gent feeding. The feeding of pigs requires the consideration of threestages in their development, (1) from farrowing to wean-ing, (2) from weaning to fattening, and (3) fattening formarket. Feeding young pigs.—Little pigs do not need anyfood
Size: 1848px × 1352px
Photo credit: © Reading Room 2020 / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
Model Released: No
Keywords: ., bookcentury1900, bookdecade1920, booksubjectagriculture, bookyear
