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time arrives, it is the practice to take the sow from the lot rather than 

 to change the quarters of the pigs. This leaves the pigs in familiar sur- 

 roundings and prevents them from getting as restless as they otherwise 

 would. The sow is turned back into the lot for a short time every half 

 day for a day or two, so her udder can be milked out by the pigs and 

 prevent its spoiling. The length of time between milkings is gradually 

 increased until the sow is dry. This, in most cases, requires but a few 

 days. Some farmers, however, prefer to remove the pigs to a different 

 lot rather than change the sow. At first only the strongest pigs are re- 

 moved, thus leaving the weaker ones to do the milking and have the bene- 

 fits therefrom for a few days longer. The weaning under all circum- 

 stances should be thorough. 



The feed during weaning, and a short time afterward, should be the 

 same as before weaning, and consist as largely as possible of soft feed, as 

 the removal of the milk supply is taking away a very soft and palatable 

 food. We find that twenty-eight out of sixty-four correspondents feed 

 the same feeds after weaning as before, only with an increased amount. 

 As they get older the amount of corn fed is increased. The replies, other 

 than those that feed the same as before weaning, are as follows : 



"Same, and then change to shorts and coi'n once per day." 



"Give plenty of good pasture, shorts and bran slop or a little dry corn." 



"Feed corn and bran or mill-feed and let them run on clover pasture. Soak the 

 corn until soft, and make fresh swill of the bran or mill-feed." 



"Feed all the middlings they will eat soaked in corn milk." 



"Feed oats, corn and mill-feed. 



"Feed milk, shorts and corn and oats chop cooked." 



"Feed the same with cane and good pasture. The cane is fed immediately after 

 cutting." 



"Feed the same and add salt and charcoal, fed separately, so they can eat it as 

 they want it." 



"Feed corn and green feed." 



"Run on clover, bluegrass and white clover pasture, and give some corn and slop." 



"Feed corn and shipstuff on grass." 



"Feed corn and tankage on bluegrass and white clover pasture." 



"Feed all the com they will eat and a slop made of shorts and kitchen waste." 



"Feed corn and slop." 



"Feed corn and milk on grass." 



"Feed corn on clover and bluegrass pasture." 



"Feed corn and oilmeal soaked twelve hours." 



"Feed corn and kitchen slop on alfalfa pasture." 



"Feed corn on good pasture." 



"Feed all they will eat of either slop or whole grain." 



"Feed com and grass." 



"Feed soaked corn and grass." 



"If they are not doing well, I feed in a creep on corn and a slop of milk and 

 scraps." 



"Feed corn, shipstuff and bran on pasture." 



"Feed corn and sweet slop." 



"Feed corn and ground wheat." 



"Feed a little ground corn as slop on a good clover pasture." 



■'Feed slop from house on good bluegrass and clover pasture." 



"Slop them at least once daily, and give enough corn to keep them in fair fle.sh 



