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a pasture and allowed to run there until the next far- 

 rowing time, being fed sparingly or not at all. It is 

 preferable, however, to give her a little wheat mid- 

 dlings, unless she has access to clover, peas or other 

 nitrogenous food. 



VIGILANTS. 



A good pig may be of any color. 



Avoid feeding corn in hot weather. 



Two litters a year is good practice. 



Save the best sow pigs for breeders. 



Do not breed young, immature sows. 



Do not kill good breeding stock too early. 



Keep a record of the performance of each sow. 



If the sow eats the after-birth no harm will ensue. 



The spaying of sows does not seem to be profitable. 



Breed any month in the year, if it suits your market. 



Breed coarse, well-formed dams to finer and smaller sires. 



If lice are suspected on sows use grease before the juniors 

 arrive. 



Fatten the rattle-headed sow that lies on her pigs. Try 

 another. 



It is all right to turn corn into pork, but not into mere 

 pork oil. 



Separate young sows from older ones during period of 

 pregnancy. 



There is no more profitable animal on the farm than a 

 prolific sow. 



When pork is low in price is the time to increase the 

 number of breeders. 



It was a prolific sow that presented her owner with seventy- 

 seven little pigs in five litters. 



A breeding sow can be kept on about the same amount of 

 food that it costs to winter a shote. 



An old sow is apt to be sluggish, and the risks of her 

 killing her pigs are twice as great as with a young one. 



