Swine husbandry in Canada . e cheese factories open in spring to take a libera] feeding ofwhey. The spring litters are kept in the open yard during the summer, and are givenin addition to the barley and outs mixed with whey, such green foods as red clover, vetches and alfalfa. The hogs are fed inside during the finishing month. Farmer No. 9 keeps seventeen cows. lie keeps two brood sows which are retaineduntil 4 or 5 years old if they prove satisfactory mothers, raising eight to twelve at alitter twice a year. The litters are penned up the year round, and in summer havethe run of a small yard.
Swine husbandry in Canada . e cheese factories open in spring to take a libera] feeding ofwhey. The spring litters are kept in the open yard during the summer, and are givenin addition to the barley and outs mixed with whey, such green foods as red clover, vetches and alfalfa. The hogs are fed inside during the finishing month. Farmer No. 9 keeps seventeen cows. lie keeps two brood sows which are retaineduntil 4 or 5 years old if they prove satisfactory mothers, raising eight to twelve at alitter twice a year. The litters are penned up the year round, and in summer havethe run of a small yard. In addition to as much whey as they eare to use, theyreceive a mixture of barley and oat chop during the growing period, to which is addedlow-grade flour for finishing. The dry food is placed in the trough and the wheypoured over it. The litters are weaned at G weeks old, and are started on skim milk,which is gradually substituted by whey. The hogs are usually sold at from S to 6months old, weighing from ISO to 200 Vig. 23. —Scene on a hog farm in tlie Canadian corn belt. Farmer No. 10 on 100 acres keeps fifteen COWS, from which he receives the wheyduring the summer and skim milk during the winter. He keeps two sows whichfarrow in March or April and in September or October. The sows,when dry, live chieiKon roots in the winter and grass in the summer. Weaning takes place at about Sweeks old. In addition to barley and oats ground together, low-grade flour and ryeshorts are fed. For young Btock shorts with whey constitute the chief ration. It wasfed in a slop, freshly made. Ground grain is considered better to be soaked twelvehours in the whey before feeding. The orchard is used for the growing hogs duringthe summer. They usually run out until within two weeks of being finished. Springlitters are usually ready for market at from 6 to 8 months old, while fall littersrequire a little longer time. If one b is plenty of whey it is considered economical toallow hogs to take
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