TIIE RURAL NEW-YORKER 
i9o 
March 2, 
UNTHRIFTY HOGS. 
Will you advise as to the reason why our 
sows are doing so poorly? There are seven 
of l hem and they have good quartern and a 
good-sized yard to run In together. They 
are two years old and have all been with 
pigs, only one of the sows raised her live 
pigs; all the other sows’ pigs died or were 
horn dead, all the rest having four or live; 
Ihls was a couple of months ago. The hair 
on thetr hacks is near all railing out and 
they look very poorly and weakly, yet their 
appetites arc good all ihc lime, and they are 
fed on bran and middlings all together, as we 
have not: much corn on hand. They get six 
water buckets full of the bran and middlings 
twice a day and I thought that to he sufll- 
clent. a. B.' 
Maryland. 
There is something amiss in the man¬ 
agement of these sows. The inquirer 
does not tell enough in history for me to 
he sure about it. I am about sure that 
he is a novice at the business of swine 
growing. Experience counts for much 
in a matter of this kind. There is one 
thing sure, they get water enough each 
day, but 1 am uncertain about the more 
solid filling. The condition of their ap¬ 
petites shows one of two things, they arc 
underfed, or else have been overfed.My 
impression is that the slop is too thin. 
And possibly the proportion of bran too 
great, or ihc middlings may he of poor 
quality. If the middlings and bran are 
both of first quality, I would use one sack 
of bran to two of middlings. If thin slop 
lias been fed 1 would feed it thick with 
just sufficient water to thoroughly dampen 
the solid food. If in good condition they 
will eat per day each near a three gallon 
bucket full. Hut they want to he worked 
up to it slowly, to get them accustomed to 
the more liberal feeding. If there is any 
clover hay on the farm give these hogs a 
share of it. If they have been overfed, 
which I think is not probable, it is ab¬ 
solutely necessary that they have a change 
in feed, to cause a tendency to thrift. 
In feeding lings slop it is the quality, and 
not the quantity, that counts. Thousands 
of farmers in this country have scrupu¬ 
lous care taken of the kitchen slops for 
their hogs, when entirely too often they 
are not worth the carrying to the hog 
pen. Then I have seen middlings mixed 
ill water, hardly enough being used to pay 
for the mixing, and the hogs must drink 
themselves poor to get what little solid 
matter there is in the slop. Feed it thick, 
and have a water trough with good water 
handy for the hogs when they want to 
drink. My observation taught me long 
ago that when hogs lose their hair they 
have to nest out in the open, or else their 
bedding is wet and filthy coupled with 
insufficient feed. This man may think 
his hogs have excellent shelter, on which 
point from lack of experience and obser 
vat ion lie may be mistaken. 1 know that 
what one man regards as shelter that will 
answer for his hogs another feels is of 
no practical value. I can see every day 
these two classes of shelter, houses where 
hogs can always keep dry, except when 
out feeding, and shelter made in a fence 
corner, with about one foot of straw for a 
roof, that a heavy rain is sure to wet 
through. The owner of the first is sat¬ 
isfied because lie knows his hogs can be 
confortablc. The latter from habit or 
education thinks the straw roofed shelter 
as good as any. The inquirer will note 
by this comparison what good shelter is, 
viz., dry, warm and clean. 
JOHN M. JAMISON. 
MAINE FARMERS AND DOGS. 
'I he hearing before the Agricultural 
Committee of the Maine House of Repre¬ 
sentatives on the new dog law was 
largely attended. While the bill follows 
the old law in some particulars, the tax 
is increased to $3 on males and $10 for 
females, and realizing that one great 
cause for the non-enforcement of the 
present law is the indifference and neg¬ 
lect of the dog constables, their compen¬ 
sation is increased from $1 to $2 for each 
dog killed, and they arc subject to a fine 
of from $10 to $50 for neglect of duty. 
(The ground was fully covered before 
the committee, and among others the fact 
was elicited that a muzzled dog could kill 
a sheep by chasing and worrying. In 
Massachusetts the past year seven human 
lives were lost from rabies owing to dog 
bites, and 1,158 animals bitten by dogs 
have immediately been killed. A number 
of farmers gave their experience in losses 
of sheep from dogs, the worst case being 
that of Edward Bailey of Rcadficld, 153 
killed out of a (lock of 240. It was some¬ 
what significant that only one person ob¬ 
jected to the new law and Ir.s objection 
only related to certain portions of the 
lull. Those who have kept account of 
debit and credit, state that under the 
present conditions, if the dog menace 
were removed the profits from sheep 
could he figured at $5 each. 1 his means 
a handsome profit to the farmer; it also 
means that with that profit, he will buy 
more tools, more furniture, more dry 
goods, etc., thus sharing his pros¬ 
perity with others. Maine’s Summer 
hotel business is increasing enormously. 
Thousands of visitors come here annually 
and the next year bring their friends. 
That means the purchase of thousands of 
dollars worth of meat, and under this 
proposed law, it is believed Maine 
farmers would in a few years supply the 
demand for lamb and mutton, saving the 
State the tribute to western packers and 
railroads. Then we should have I lie pure 
unadulterated product and not embalmed 
with a poisonous preservative. 
_F. c. CURTIS. 
Mich and Tukich.—O n page f>H Mr. Ditch¬ 
ings recommends wire netting around lives 
as a protection against mice. Our mice must 
he dlderent from ihese, as they burrow under 
the Surface and dig out holes around the 
roots of trees. I am trying cinders from (lie 
railroad; have cleaned away a space around 
the trees and put there a mound of the 
cinders. Mr. Vergon advises this, and 1 hope 
it may work. I hope to put out poison also. 
Ross Co., Ohio. m. i,. P. 
Ruff Okimnoton l'oinvmv.—Seeing an In¬ 
quiry some time ago about Huff Orpingtons, 
I will send you my short experience. In De¬ 
cember, 1005, we received from Canada live 
pullets and one cockerel. These were from 
birds Imported from Cook In England. They 
were guaranteed to l><* from a 210-egg strain. 
My chicks were in the shipping box live days, 
and Just two weeks after I received them 
I gathered the first egg. These liens laid In 
.Iannary l.’tn eggs; February. 120; March, 
12."; total, 875 In three months. They were 
willing to sll in March, Imt I broke them up 
wlilioul great trouble. In a week after he 
coming broody they would lay again. I raised 
loo of I hose chickens, and they were hoallby, 
strong youngsters, made a quick growth. The 
pullets are Idling Ihc egg baskets now. They 
arc a beautiful Hock In their rich golden buff 
color, so warm and brlglil lo look at. They 
lay a brown egg. larger and darker than the 
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It requires more feed to produce loo pounds gain on a fattening steer the second six months 
than it does tile first, ami more each month thereafter than the month previous. The advantage 
of early marketing is evident, but early marketing requires skillful feeding, livery function of 
the digestive apparatus must be kept in perfect condition. The matter of growtli is a matter of 
digestion. Crowding is always dangerous unless certain precaution is taken to assist nature in 
Hi initialing or expelling from the system, waste aud poisonous residue that is sure to tie 
deposited under heavy feed. 
D E HESS STOCK FC5D 
the prescription of I)r. Hess (M. D., D. V. S.) contains bitter tonics which act upon the digestive 
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100 lbs. $5.00 
25 lb. pail $1.60 
Smaller quantifier, at a Mltfjht advance 
Except In Canada 
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Where Dr. Hess Stock Pood differs in particular is in the close—it’s small and fed but twice a day, which proves it has the most 
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