260 BOARD OF AGKICULTtTRE. 



the right kind, ho will have done you a vast amount of good in the 

 way of persuading men to come to the sale. We followed the above 

 and had a very satisfactory sale. 



Q. Why do you quit slopping thirty days before your sale? 



A. I want to get that bloated belly off the pigs. 



Graver: There is another reason why j^ou should stop slopping thirty 

 daj's before the sale, that is the way they will be fed after leaving your 

 hands, for nine times out of ten they are not slopped after leaving your 

 hands and that means that the pigs will go down. 



Nidlinger: Do you feed oil meal? 



Cannon: I feed different stock foods and some oil meal. 



Nidlinger: Do you think it profitable to feed any stock foods? 



Johnson: I think it pays to feed stock foods; it keeps your hogs 

 in condition so they are in good shape to resist disease. 



Nidhnger: In the past twenty years I have tried the different stock 

 foods, and they are not profitable with me. I find Old Process oil meal 

 and ashes better than any stock food I ever fed. 



Hudson: Stock foods are mostly composed of oil meal. 



Cannon: I depend a great deal on charcoal and ashes. 



Johnson: I think the stock foods keep them in good condition. 



Baurer: We are foolish to help these stock food men to get rich. Yes, 

 to make millionaires, when we can raise all the foods we need right on 

 the farm. 



Nidlinger: I find the Canadian field peas one of the most profitable 

 feeds for breeders to feed their hogs. I raise several acres every year. 



FEEDING AND CARING FOR HOGS FROM BIRTH TO 200 POUNDS. 



[Read by C. E. Smith, Lincoln, Ind., before the Indiana Duroc-Jersey 

 Swine Breeders' Association, January 7th, 1904, at Indianapolis, Ind.l 



First, I would have the dam in as good, healthy condition as possible, 

 free from lice; give her a good comfortable place to farrow, and would 

 recommend letting the sow farrow on the ground; never let a sow lie on 

 board floor before farrowing and at all times let them have plenty of 

 exercise. 



After the pigs are farrowed see that they and the dam are kept 

 quiet as possible for at least twenty-four hours, then give just a little 



