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practice to run some kind of a sled around and through 

 the pastures, making a clearly defined path. We know 

 of one instance where a successful swine raiser runs the 

 King road drag around a ten-acre held. Instead of feed- 

 ing- the swine in one place he scatters dry shelled corn and 

 oats around this pathway, with the result that the sows 

 spend almost the entire day picking up this grain. It 

 requires a little more feed to answer the purpose when 

 so much exercise is taken, but the practice is one to be 

 highly commended." 



Experienced farmers testify that no other work in 

 winter will yield any better results than that which ought 

 to be given to furnishing the brood sows exercise, pure 

 air and proper feed and watering. \\'hile the sows are 

 away from the quarters conditions will be bettered if the 

 beds are stirred out and exposed to the fresh air. It is 

 probably unnecessary to say that the remarks here or 

 elsewhere in this volume about severe cold and snow are 

 without application to those vast sections of the country 

 where cold and snow are unknown. 



BARREN SOWS 



A sow is more liable to become barren because of over- 

 feeding and by reason of being too fat than from any 

 other cause ; this may bring about a sluggish or non- 

 acting' condition of the ovaries or a closing of some of 

 the passages by an excess of fat. In such a case the 

 proper remedy is to get her back to suitable condition. 

 For a sow that has failed to come to heat the Breeder's 

 Gazette suggests the following treatment : "Give a full 



