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the sow has been bred. Her treatment and feed prior to this should 

 have been such that she will be in a thrifty condition, but not fat. 

 After she has been bred, she should have a quiet place to herself for 

 two or three days, after which she should be allowed plenty of range. 

 If in summer, she should be turned on good pasture (clover preferred). 

 If she has this and has access to plenty of fresh, pure water and shade, 

 she will need but little else until farrowing time, when she should be 

 provided with a comfortable house in which to farrow. After this her 

 treatment does not come under my subject. If she has been bred in 

 the fall when she cannot have the benefit of fresh pasture, this should, 

 as far as possible, be supplemented with succulent foods, such as sugar 

 beets, mangels, oats and mill feed. As in summer, she should have 

 plenty of range with comfortable quarters in which to sleep, with not 

 more than four or five to bed together. 



One of Mr. Anderson's Herd Boars. 



A good plan and one that I have found to be profitable to take the 

 place of clover and other summer pasture, is to sow a field to rye or 

 wheat on which sows can run during the winter and early spring. The 

 propriety of feeding rye to sows that were in farrow has always been 

 a debatable question, some claiming that its use would cause abortion, 

 but I have been feeding it more or less to my brood sows for a year 

 or two, and no bad effects have followed. I would like for the dis- 

 cussion that shall follow to be as elaborate as possible on this subject. 

 If anyone has observed any bad effects following the feeding of rye 

 to brood sows, I would like to know of what nature and under what 

 conditions and circumstances. 



•My manner of feeding it is to grind and mix it with skim milk 

 and such other kitchen slops a^.. T may have, and it iliere arc not enough 

 of these, I make up the dedcieucy v\-it]i pure water and soak twelve 

 hours, or from one feed to the next. I find this, where I have raised 



