Swine husbandry in Canada . eeding, from which he raises three litters per your. The scfcs when milk-ing are fed chiefly shorts along with whey when available. Litters are weaned at 7weeks old, and get, in addition to the shorts and whey, a few pulped mangels or othersjreen food. In cold weather the roots are boiled, mixed with chop and fed hogs are housed continuously, and as finishing approaches the grain ration con-sists of barley chpp and low-grade flour. They are usually sold at Sj- months old,weighing about 220 pounds. Farmer No. 5 feeds the whey from twenty-five cows kept on 15
Swine husbandry in Canada . eeding, from which he raises three litters per your. The scfcs when milk-ing are fed chiefly shorts along with whey when available. Litters are weaned at 7weeks old, and get, in addition to the shorts and whey, a few pulped mangels or othersjreen food. In cold weather the roots are boiled, mixed with chop and fed hogs are housed continuously, and as finishing approaches the grain ration con-sists of barley chpp and low-grade flour. They are usually sold at Sj- months old,weighing about 220 pounds. Farmer No. 5 feeds the whey from twenty-five cows kept on 150 acres. Heusually keeps from six to eight sows, from which he raises two litters a year. Springlitters are turned out of doors when 10 days old, and receive, with their mothers, slopmade of shorts and whey. Mtangels are preferred for hogs of all ages when not onpasture. The mangels are pulped and mixed with the crashed grain some hours beforefeeding. During the winter months a considerable quantity of chaff from clover hay. Fig. 22.—Gathering Hog Feed in the Canadian Coin Belt. is given to the hogs. It is mixed with the slop and is much relished. In the summerthe growing and fattening pigs have a run of 2-J acres, and receive whey and the hogs approach finishing their grain ration amounts to about 5J pounds pernead along with the whey. This farmer frequently feeds more hogs than he can raise,tor which he is able to secure extra whey. The litters are never separated from theirmothers and usually suckle until 8 or 9 weeks old. Farmer No. 6 feeds the whey from eighteen cows. He keeps two sows whichusually farrow in February and August. Both sows and growing pigs are turned outin spring as early as practicable and fed on shorts, oat chop, along with skim milkuntil whey is available. The grain food is allowed to soak for some hours and is fedwarm in a fairly thick slop. Spring litters when weaned are allowed to run on thesrass pasture until a plot of rape is ready for the
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