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PAGES 



Sanitation 36 



Water 37 



Exercise 37-38 



Feeding pregnant sows and gilts .... 39-63 



Demands 39-40 



Corn alone as a feed for pregnant sows . . 40-43 



Other grains for pregnant sows .... 43-44 



Value of legume hays for pregnant sows . . 44-46 



Methods of feeding alfalfa hay .... 46-50 



Methods of balancing corn for pregnant gilts . 50-52 



Other protein supplements 52-53 



The value of succulence ..... 53-54 



Conclusions ....... 54-58 



Amount to feed 58-62 



Preparation of feeds and methods of feeding . 62-63 



Feeding the mature boar ...... 64 



Feeding the open gilts and young boars . . . 64-65 



The feed cost of wintering pregnant sows . . . 65-68 



CHAPTER IV 



CARE AND FEEDING OF THE Sow AND LITTER . . 69-95 



Care during the farrowing season .... 69-80 



Preliminary care and feeding .... 71-72 



Care at farrowing time ..... 72-73 



Needle teeth . . . . . . . 74 



Feeding just after farrowing .... 74-75 



Pig-eaters 75-76 



Sanitation and exercise 76 



Marking the litters 76-80 



Feeding and care to weaning time .... 80-89 



Feeding 81-83 



The pig-creep 83-84 



Scours 84-85 



Weaning 85-86 



Gains made by pigs from birth to weaning . 86-88 



Castration 88-89 



Culling out the unproductive sows .... 89-90 



Herd records 90-91 



