656 IOWA DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE. 



hogs grow you just keep lots of water in them so they won't get too hot 

 when you feed them lots of heating corn." 



A physician friend of the writer's avers that is is true that civilized 

 man will not drink enough water to properly dilute the digestive fluids. 

 He adds that for the general ills of flesh the best and most effective cure 

 is a few weeks at some watering place with instructions to drink all the 

 water possible; that the system is bettered for years by the thorough 

 flushing out and washing away of waste material it receives on such an 

 occasion. 



It has been commented on by many experimenters that animals fed 

 heavily on corn will drink but little water. My old German acquaintance 

 may have been a bit off about corn-fed hogs getting too hot, but neverthe- 

 less he taught me a short cut to results. The rusty, scaly, scabby appear- 

 ance of stock watered once daily is more than a hint of what is wrong. 

 The need is for more water and more soft feed, the result of which is 

 eap and bloom, also better health, redder blood, more thrift and growth. 



FEED FOR SOWS AFTER FARROWING. 



BREEDEES' GAZETTE. 



A. L. N., Earlham, la., writes: "Some sows are soon due to farrow. 

 How shall I feed to keep them in good condition after they begin 

 to suckle the pigs? Heretofore some of our sows after farrowing havd 

 lost their appetite. The sows are in good condition now and have each 

 been fed six to eight ears of corn daily with not much slop. They were 

 thin when bred but have gained well the past month." 



Your inquirer is not feeding his sows as he should. Six to eight ears 

 of corn daily with nothing else to sows carrying pigs is not a proper feed. 

 If he wishes good results he should have fed from the time the sows 

 were bred till farrowing and also afterwards a feed that would grow 

 bone and frame for the unborn litter. We find there are several good 

 feeds for this purpose. Either of the following would be good: Ground 

 corn and oats, half each in measure, with 10 per cent of tankage added 

 would bring strong litters; or this ration with wheat middlings added, 

 and then with about 10 per cent of tankage he would have a good feed 

 Either of these would be still better if with it could be fed some well 

 cured clover or alfalfa to give bulk to the ration. 



We have the past winter fed the first feed mentioned and the alfalfa 

 chaffed by running through a power cutter, and mixing it with ground 

 feed and all steamed a little, and our litters are coming large, strong 

 and very active. The same feed should be given the sows after farrowing 

 that the pigs may be free from scouring, as sudden change of feed just 

 after farrowing is quite sure to cause this dreaded trouble. 



