110 MONEY MAKING FROM PORK 



insect powders can be bought, but they are hardly neces- 

 sary if the other remedies are used. 



Hogs require attention regardless of conditions, age 

 or sex, but the brood sows require particular attention, 

 and to the feeder's skill in feeding and managing his 

 brood sows, provided they have been properly selected, 

 will be due in large measure his success. 



Pasture and forage crops should be provided for the 

 pregnant sows, because of the cheapness of this method 

 of feeding and the desirability of keeping the sows in 

 good form by exercise, fresh air and sunshine. Along 

 with the pasture and forage crops some grain should be 

 fed especially as pregnancy advances, for best results, 

 since the pasture and forage crops provide only about a 

 maintenance ration. The forage crops that are especially 

 suited to pregnant brood sows are the clovers, alfalfa, 

 peas, beans, vetches, rape, etc. The ordinary pasture 

 grasses also provide a suitable pasture for brood sows. 



Keep the sow in fair condition but not excessively fat. 

 She should receive a nutritious ration at all times, but 

 care should be taken not to feed a too concentrated 

 ration close to farrowing time, as the sow is likely to 

 become constipated. This is a disorder that should be 

 carefully avoided during pregnancy and especially at the 

 time of farrowing. To overcome this disorder the greater 

 part of the grain ration should be given in the form of 

 a slop all during pregnancy, and toward the close of the 

 gestation period some laxative feed such as bran, oil meal, 

 roots, or a small amount of flaxseed meal should be intro- 

 duced into the ration. It should be remembered that the 

 digestive tract of the hog is small and that a very bulky 

 ration cannot be used to best advantage. 



It is well to remember that the main demands upon 

 the brood sow are those for building up new tissue, and 

 that the kind of feed is important. To build up new 

 tissue the sow must have protein in her ration. This 



