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December 16, 1922 
Live Stock Matters 
By Prof. F. C. Minkler 
Small Litter of Pigs 
I have a Jersey Red sow. and she has 
just had her first litler of pigs. She had 
four pigs. I am being told to kill her 
this Winter, a.s she will not have more 
than four pigs at auy one time after this. 
T have had other sows that have had good 
litters, and have had good luck with 
them. This is the first time a pig has 
had such a small litter siuee I began 
raising pigs. I thought next time she 
might have more. C. J. P. 
Massachusetts. 
The number of pigs that a gilt farrows 
with her first litter is no criterion as to 
the number of young that may he pro¬ 
duced at the next mating. While pro¬ 
lificacy or the ability to produce large 
litters is an inherited quality, instances 
are common where a sow will have rela¬ 
tively few pigs with her initial litter and 
produce a large number when more ma¬ 
ture. Quite as much depends upon the 
prepotency of the male as upon the fe¬ 
male, and your neighbors are in error in 
advising you that the sow in question 
will never produce more than four pigs 
since this is the extent of her first litter. 
If she has the conformation of a de¬ 
sirable brood sow, viz.: good length, 
average depth and general openness of 
frame, the chances are that she will do 
better next time. However, if she is in¬ 
clined to be undersized, has a tendency 
to be short-bodied and relatively fleshy, 
it might be well to dispose of her and 
make another selection for breeding pur¬ 
poses. The best brood sows are those 
that come from large litters and from a 
strain of blood lines noted for tbeir fe¬ 
cundity and prolificacy. The mere fact 
that your sow produced only four pigs 
will not mean that she may not produce 
more the next time; and if she was a 
good mother and raised these pigs well 
you would be entirely justified in carry¬ 
ing her on another mating period. 
Do as thousands of others have 
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My cows are now being milked with the 
DeLaval Milker, operated by my son and 
daughter, better than they used to be by 
good hand milkers.— F. O. Ganshert ; 
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Mr. F. O. Ganshert of Gratiot, milkers. In the past 
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De Laval Milker users who have I have never had a bai 
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makes their business more pleasant Mr. Ganshert deliver; 
and profitable. During the season a c heese factory, and t 
when he is busy with field work, recently said • *’TheGf 
his son and daughter, thirteen and ig the cleHnes \ and best 
ten years old, with the help of a into mv £actorv .- 
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used to be milked by good hand terms. 
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Thriftless Calf 
I have a calf about three months old 
which does not grow well. She has had 
separator milk and linseed meal, clover 
hay and corn fodder. Her hair is rough. 
I have been feeding her a worm medi¬ 
cine, hut if does not help. Could you 
suggest something? Also, what is a good 
ration to_ feed calves that do not have 
milk? What is a good ration for milk 
cows, using buckwheat? The cows have 
dry corn fodder and clover hay for 
roughage. n. j. b. 
Pennsylvania. 
A calf three mouths old ought to get 
along very well on skim-milk, provided 
it is properly supplemented with a suit¬ 
able grain mixture. The mere addition 
of linseed meal to skim-milk, even though 
it was fed with clover and corn fodder, 
would be unsatisfactory. Use a combina¬ 
tion consisting of equal parts of corn- 
meal. ground oats, wheat bran and lin¬ 
seed meal. Feed from 12 to 4 lbs. of this 
grain per day. and allow the calf about 
eight quarts of skim-milk supplied in two 
feedings—morning and night. The chances 
are that (his calf nas been fed an ex¬ 
travagant amount of skirn-milk, which is 
responsible for the emaciated condition 
and the coarse hair complained of. Al¬ 
low all of the clover hay ihnt the calf 
will consume. 
If it is desired to raise young calves 
without the use of either whole milk or 
skim-milk, then I would suggest some 
one of the common brands of prepared 
calf meal. While relatively expensive, 
calf meal is well suited for use in grow¬ 
ing calves. 
As a ration for milk cows where corn 
fodder and clover hay are available and 
some buckwheat is at hand I should sug¬ 
gest 200 lbs. corn meal, 200 lbs. ground 
buckwheat, 200 lbs. gluten, 100 lbs. cot¬ 
tonseed meal. 100 lbs, olhneal, 100 lbs. 
grouud oais. Feed 1 lb. of this grain 
ration for each 2% lbs. of milk produced 
per day per cow, and allow all of the 
clover hay and corn fodder that the cows 
will clean up with relish. You are un¬ 
fortunate in not having silage or some 
form of succulence, and much would be 
gained from the use of moistened beet 
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