. Brood sows and their litters; a practical book on how to handle the brood sow and her litter. What to feed, when to feed and how to feed. Also how to care for the litter. Swine; Swine. 80 BEOOD SOWS AND THEIE LITTERS condition. An occasional feed of slop, and a feed of oats now and then is good for them. When breeding time comes the sow should be turned to the boar, and not the boar out to the sows, to get an even litter of pigs. A good boar, if he is fed and kept right, can serve two sows a day. The sows during winter months, or when they are heavy, should have plenty of exercise and plenty
. Brood sows and their litters; a practical book on how to handle the brood sow and her litter. What to feed, when to feed and how to feed. Also how to care for the litter. Swine; Swine. 80 BEOOD SOWS AND THEIE LITTERS condition. An occasional feed of slop, and a feed of oats now and then is good for them. When breeding time comes the sow should be turned to the boar, and not the boar out to the sows, to get an even litter of pigs. A good boar, if he is fed and kept right, can serve two sows a day. The sows during winter months, or when they are heavy, should have plenty of exercise and plenty of room to lie down in. They should not be crowded. (14)—The time of breeding is important. See to it that you have no pigs come early enough to be in danger of freezing at birth, unless you are thoroughly equipped for the business. I have made it a practice the last few years to have the pigs born about the 10th of May, or later, and I have been successful in saving full litters. I was told by a successful hog raiser to give my sows plenty of oats at breeding time, if I wished to have large litters of pigs. I did so and the experiment proved true. The brood sow must have plenty of exercise the last two months of pregnancy in order to be in good condition to give birth to her offspring. Watch her closely and let her run as long as you dare to before confinement. Do not chase her around the yards for an hour to shut her up in a place she does not care to go. One more precaution: do not turn a large, heavy-boned stock hog in the yard with small and runty sows. I have better luck with the sows a little larger of the two. This refers to well-bred hogs. I have given my experience in presenting this article, and while this is not the entire care and management, it is the first step in order to be Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations
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