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FABMEKS^ BULLETIN 874. 



weaiiing should bo brouglit about directly and in all cases be com- 

 plete and decisive. The pigs should bo placed apart from the sows in 

 quarters secure enough to prevent commimication. If the sow is still 

 milkhig considerably, it is best to milk her dry by hand rather than 

 to returi\ the pigs to her. The pigs will be no better off and the sow 

 inlinit(^ly worse than if weaning is brought about decisively. 



THE WEANING RATION. 



Skim milk and com or skim milk and shorts, fed in the proportion 

 of 3 to 1, make an excellent ration for weanlings. If skim milk is 

 not available, a mixture of 5 parts corn mealj 4 parts middlings, and 

 1 part tankage fed as thin slop is very good. Good, succulent pas- 

 ture is always in order. It wiU aid wonderfully in putting growth 

 on the yomig pigs, and the grain expense will be lessened. After the 

 pigs have been weaned and are eating well the most difficult- part of 

 their care is over. The feeding and management from then on will 

 depend much upon whether they are to be kept for breeding or fat- 

 tened for the market. 



SELECTING PIGS FOR BREEDING STOCK. 



Soon after weaning it is best to separate those animals which are 

 to be kept for breeding purposes from the fattening stock. Only 



Fig, 10.— Good, succutent pasture is excellent for pigs after weaning. 



