1912. 
THR KUKAb NEW-YORKER 
373 
SWINE RAISING AS A BUSINESS. 
Part IV. 
The Sow at Farrowing Time. 
As the date for farrowing approaches, 
the sow should take a lot of exercise, 
even if you must drive he»* around 
her lot. Never strike a sow on her 
side. As has been said previously 
(but will bear repeating), do not feed 
tankage after the sow has been bred 
six weeks. For the last eight weeks 
the ration recommended in Part III, 
cornmeal, 200 pounds; white middlings, 
130 pounds; bran, 50 pounds, and oil 
meal, 20 pounds, will be found to be 
satisfactory. If you have milk it is 
valuable for the sow. Give a pinch of 
salt occasionally unless you keep salt 
and hard wood ashes before your hogs 
at all times. See that constipation never 
exists for any length of time. It has 
been said, and it is true, “The lazy man 
who sits on The fence and watches his 
hogs eat, is not the loser after all..” 
Get the habit of noticing the droppings 
of all stock. But you- can not be too 
careful to keep the sow’s bowels 
reasonably loose as she nears the date 
due to farrow. If during the last week 
a laxative becomes necessary, let it be 
in the form of roots or a bran mash. It 
is a good plan to feed a little bran at 
each feed during the last week. A 
sow whose bowels are moderately loose, 
will have no fever, and if she is not 
overly fat will have little if any trouble 
during parturition. Make yourself 
generally familiar with the sow, go into 
her house, rub her, brush her, and 
make her think she is the queen of the 
herd. Make a visit to her house at 
night and fuss with her a while, get 
her tame and gentle. The latter can¬ 
not be acomplished during the last week, 
but during weeks. These night visits 
will cause her to become accustomed 
to the lantern light, and in case she 
farrows at night, this means a great 
deal. 
Do not do any unnecessary pulling 
at the teats, but when they fill up, try 
one occasionally. When there is milk 
there it will flow easily from the first 
teat that you try. When the milk 
flows readily and abundantly, generally 
the litter can be expected during the 
next 24 hours. Only practice will make 
one proficient in judging when to ex¬ 
pect the litter. Be on hand whether the 
pigs arrive during the day or night. 
Do not leave it to the hired man if 
kinds. By keeping the pens clean much 
of the ulcerating sore mouths of the 
young and ulcerating sore teats of the 
mother will be avoided. While the sore 
mouth does not always result from 
filthy quarters, it is very likely to do so. 
A word here concerning “corn fed 
brood sows” wbuld not be out of place. 
I cannot quite understand why so 
much corn is fed exclusively to brood 
sows. Since there has been so much 
written and said concerning corn, one 
naturally looks for a change from old 
time principles. Corn alone belongs 
to the porkers and cannot and should 
not be fed to sows which are expected 
to farrow large litters of strong pigs. 
Sows fed on corn alone cannot and 
will not do it. They need a feed with 
more protein as they must grow the 
litter. When a feed lacking in protein 
is fed, one should not expect a large 
litter, nor should he expect strong, 
vigorous, thrifty pigs. The feed recom¬ 
mended in Part III for the bred sow 
is giving us satisfactory results. 
After farrowing, keep the sow as 
quiet as possible for 24 hours or longer. 
If you can, darken her pen. Should 
she get up offer her a drink of water 
with the chill off, or better yet make a 
bran tea. This will have a cooling 
effect on her fevered condition. If 
possible the second day clean out the 
bedding and replace it with clean cut 
straw. Usually the sow will need noth¬ 
ing till the' second day. Give only a 
small amount of feed, perhaps a quart 
twice a day till the third or fourth 
day. This will give the pigs’ stomachs 
time to become accustomed to the sow’s 
milk. From the fourth day gradually 
increase the feed, taking until the tenth 
to fifteenth day to bring her on full 
feed. Better to under-feed at this time 
than to over-feed. From over-feeding 
comes most of the trouble of scouring 
pigs. Add a pinch of salt and some hard 
wood ashes to the feed occasionally, 
but it is much better to have these 
where the hogs can have access to them 
at all times. 
For the sow sucking pigs we have 
found nothing better than a ration made 
up as follows: 100 pounds cornmeal, 
100 pounds white middlings, 20 pounds 
bran, and 15 pounds oil meal. This 
feed has a nutritive ratio of 1:5.2. That 
is to say, for every pound of protein 
there are 5.2 pounds of hydrocarbons. 
The hydrocarbons are fat-producing 
compounds. Protein is a compound 
of nitrogen which is ait element 
that stimulates growth, making mus¬ 
cle and the phosphorus and calcium 
compounds furnish the material for 
bone building, but in compounding a ra¬ 
tion we generally consider only the 
protein and hydrocarbons, as the bone 
building material is generally sufficient 
in feeds containing a reasonable amount 
of protein. r. l. faux. 
the sow is familiar with you. It is a 
poor rule for one man to feed and Creamery Sharks in North Carolina. 
tame a sow and another be with her 
when she farrows. She may not need 
assistance, but it is good to be on hand. 
If you are not needed for anything else, 
it is to dry off the pigs with a warm 
woolen cloth and place them to the teats 
at once. Should it be cold weather, 
a lantern hung in an A-shaped house 
will raise the temperature noticeably. 
Put a blanket over the sow and put the 
pigs under this as soon as wiped off. 
By being on har * case of difficult 
birth necessary assistance can be given 
at once. Early help often saves the 
pigs and often the sow. Delay is fatal 
to the mother and often to the litter as 
well. In some instances the services 
of a veterinarian may be had, but the 
man at the head of things should be 
prepared to deal with these cases him¬ 
self. By judicious assistance the writer 
was able February 9, to save a litter 
of pigs under the most difficult condi¬ 
tions. Four days later these same pigs, 
not a runt in the bunch, were out of 
doors, on a pile of cut straw having 
friendly fights. They were all saved 
and doing well. The prevailing ten¬ 
dency to wait and see whether the sow 
will not finally farrow without assis¬ 
From a talk heard on the train a few 
days ago, I find that the creamery fakers 
have found a new country in Western North 
Carolina. Please send me any data you 
can that will enable me to make a good 
fight here to stop or nip it in the bud. 
North Carolina. J. s. B. 
Our little book “Hind-Sights” would 
give your people just what they need. 
This describes the creamery shark game 
and hundreds of others. These cream¬ 
ery sharks go into a neighborhood where 
there is no creamery and no farm or¬ 
ganization. By playing various well- 
known tricks they get the farmers to 
buy stock in a creamery much too large 
for the available milk supply. They 
charge 30 to 40 per cent more than the 
same output would cost if supplied by 
other well-known houses. With the 
heavy capitalization, lack of experience, 
and short supply of milk, the farmers 
are usually doomed to ruin before they 
start. It is hard to convince them for 
these creamery sharks are about the 
most plausible talkers that ever milked 
the public. 
Silo for Two Cows. 
Is it practicable to construct a reinforced 
concrete silo for one or two cows? What 
are the best form and dimensions for the 
above? What is the best small machinery 
for cutting corn silage and filling silo? 
i. F. 
We doubt if a silo will pay for less than 
five cows. If anyone has used one of 
smalle- capacity we want to know about it. 
Perhaps the underground outfit described 
on page 250 is as good as any. 
tance yearly results in the loss of many 
sows which a little early attention would 
save. Following farrowing the quarters 
> should be kept free from filth of all 
SHETLAND PONIES 
Au unceasing source of pleasure and robust heal 
to children. Safe and ideal playmates. Inexpensl 
to keep. Highest type. Complete outfits. Satlsfa 
tion guaranteed. Illustrated Catalogue. it nu.r 
MKADIS FARM, Box 20, Maukuam, Va. 
When you write advertisers mention Thb 
R. N.-Y. and you'll get a quick reply and a 
“square deal.’’ See guarantee editorial page. 
j DAIRY CATTLE 
HOLSTEIN BULL CALVES KS& 
ter Boy. 02729, for sale cheap. OSWEGO KIVKlt 
STOCK FARMS, Phoenix, New York. 
_ SWI3XTE _ 
fHF^HIPP Ready now at $5.00 each, 
VllLOllllVL, i IvlO cra ted and delivered to 
Express Co. E. K. MORSE, Moravia, N. Y. 
FOR SALE 
—C h e s t e r W hito and 
Large Yorkshire Boars; 
both registered. 
LOUIS A. HOLT, - - North Andover, Man. 
O NTARIO LUNDE DeKOL —Large yearling registered 
Holstein Bull, by America DeKol Burke; dam, 
Lunde Cornucopia DeKol—official record at four 
years just completed—15,223 milk and 610 but¬ 
ter in 365 days. Price $200. and rare bargain. 
CLOVERDALK FARM.CHARLOTTE, N. Y. 
IAI ANTE R—One or more Holstein-Friesian 
If HU I tU Heifer Calves 5 to 30 days old 
from Dams high in Butter fat. “Registered”. 
M. Vandiver Reynolds, Perryman, Md. 
rat, HOLSTEINS 
are bred for large production, good size, strong 
constitution, and best individuality. The best 
sires are used in this herd that it is possible to se¬ 
cure. A nice lot of young bulls for sale; no females. 
A. A. OORTELYOU. Somerville N. J. 
Ca« CaIq REGISTERED HOLSTEIN FRIESIAN BUL.L8. 
• Vi W<1IC rratl.v for service; also calves from A.R.O.rowa. 
Prlce$50 up. The Cutes Homestead Farm, Chlttenango, N.Y. 
PHR Q A I P AYRSHIRE BULL—May- 
rUn OHLL flower’s Dairy King 12316 . 
Grandson of Imp. HOWIE’S DAIRY KING 9855, 
half-brother of BESSIE OF ROSEMONT 17904. 
For price and description, address 
J. A. DORI5MUS.GLADSTONE, N. J. 
G uernseys— Two Bulls, 3 to 4 weeks old, ls-ieth 
pure, sired by Brutus of Clover Hill (18817), beau¬ 
tifully marked and choice Individuals. $20.00 each, 
crated for shipment. Satisfaction guaranteed. Also 
two heifer calves. Edgeworth Farm, Whitewaler, Wis. 
Breed Up—Not DownTorc.“""eSS™ 
buy. Superior dairy dams. No better sires. R. F 
SHANNON, 907 Liberty Street, Pittsburg, Pa. 
$2,000 Will Buy a 
Great Herd of Jerseys 
FINANCIER, of Laurel Farm, No. 102490, at 
the head. This is a double grandson of 
FINANCIAL KING, and one of the richest 
bred Jersey Bulls in the United States. 
Twelve daughters of FERN’S JUBILEE, 
No. 73852, go with him. Fern’s Jubilee’s dam 
was Fern of Florence, with an official record 
of 25 lbs. 8 07,. butter in seven days, 93 lbs. in 
30 days, and 330 lbs. ill 120 days. 
There is no reason why you should pay 
$2,000 for one Jersey when you can get a great 
herd for the price. 
0. I. C. ’s of Superior Quality Nine High-Class Fall Baars 
— ■ - -Booking orders for 
SpringPigs. FredNickel, Monroe, Mich., It. No. 1. 
N OW READY—50 Ches¬ 
ter White Pigs.the 
finest I ever bred, 
ranging from 3 to 8 
mos. old, including 
sows bred and boars 
ready for service. 
Come see my stock__ 
and make your own selections. Send lor Circulars. 
EDWARD WALTER, West Chester, Pa. 
A FEW MORE 
REGISTERED CHESTER WHITE 
and LARGE YORKSHIRE BOARS 
READY FOR SERVICE 
Weight about 250 lbs. each. Everyone a perfect 
individual. 
Price of Chester Whites.S25.00 each 
Price of Laroe Yorkshires_ 30.00 each 
Order at once as these boars are selling very rapidly 
HEART’S DELIGHT FARM 
C. E. HAMILTON, Mgr. CHAZY, NEW YORK 
HOGS and POULTRY^TSSMS 
ner Duck Eggs, White and Brown Leghorn Eggs 
of best strains, Bred Berkshire Sows and Pigs. 
CHERRY HILL FRUIT FARM, Toboso, Licking County, Ohio. 
Reg. P. Chinas, Berkshires, C. Whites. 
Fine, large strains; all ages, mated 
not akin. Brod sows service Boars. 
Jersey and Holstein Calves. Collio 
Pups, Beagles and Ponltry. Writefor 
prices & circulars. Hamilton & Co., Ercildoun Pa. 
OHELD0N FARM registered Durocs. Pigs of both sex 
O Bred Sows. Service Boars. Best of breeding 
C. B. BARNES. Oxford, N. Y. 
UINE DUROC GILTS, Cholera Immuned. 
bred to first prize boar at Ohio State Fair. 
Dr. V. E. Michael, Yellow Spring, Box 38, R. 1, Ohio. 
Hanover Berkshires ga“ ta T5£!- gSr 
faction guaranteed. Sired by a $2,000 boar, “Pre¬ 
mier Charmer.” Undefeated on State Fair Cir¬ 
cuit. Boars of serviceable age. 
HANOVER STOCK FARM 
R. L. FAUX, Mgr. Wapwatlopen, Pa. 
Rarlzchiroe Cholce breeding stock for sale. 
DCl IVollll CO Also White Wyandotte Eggs, $1.00 
per fifteen. M. H. TAYLOR, West Alexander, Pa. 
J. GRANT MORSE 
Laurel*Farm, HAMILTON, N. Y. 
CflR QAI C— lERSEY BULL, “LETTY’S KING 
I Ull OHLL RIOTER,” 75483, five years old, in 
tine condition and tuberculin tested. Any one wish¬ 
ing a high-bred St. Lambert Bull will do well to get 
this animal, as he is quick and gentle and will im¬ 
prove any herd he is placed with. This is a farmer’s 
chance, as he wilt he sold at a farmer’s price, and 
the first reasonable bid will get him, as owing to 
barn fire we require to make room for further stock. 
He is solid color, black switch and tongue. Copy 
of pedigree sent on application to WELLESLEY 
FARM, Alexandria Bay, n. y. 
Milk Prndllf.prv! ^ or New York City market 
riuuuceri desiring information how to 
torm branches of the Dairymen’s League, write to 
the Secretary, Albert Manning Otisville, N. Y, 
Horses and Mules 
WELL-BRED HACKNEY MARE 
“GLORIA”—FOR SALE 
Sire "Glorious Whirling Cloud,” blue ribboner, 
bred by Thos. W. Lawson. Dam, "Glorious 
Piue.” Weight 950; ago 5; color brown; laddlo 
and driving broke. Price $450. 
MOHEGAN FARM . - Peekskill, N. Y. 
— P. S. A. 70493- 
f| I V| mi ucntntuA —ri 
A I Ol Ull S. H. P. 72400 
’BRILLIANT” (755-1271) blood. 2,300 lbs. Black. 
Imported. Fee $25, without certificate—$40 with. 
MOHEGAN FARM.PEEKSKILL, N. Y. 
SPRINGBANK BERKSHIRES.-fed 
in Connecticut. Sows bred for April litters all sold. 
Have 4 sows bred to farrow in July; late, to ser¬ 
vice of Watson's Masterpiece. Will book orders 
for March and April pigs now. Send for new 
Booklet. J. E. WATSON. Pionrietor, Marblcdale, Com. 
B ERKSHIRE and O. I. C. SWINE—All registered. Fine lot 
of young Pigs for breeders. At reasonable prices, 
where duality is tbe first consideration. See our Poultry 
ad. MAPLE GLEN POULTRY FARM, MILLERTON, N. Y. 
KALORAMA FARM 
is now offering a limited number of 
BERKSHIRE PIGS 
from eight to twelve weeks old, of 
tho highest quality and breeding, 
. . . AT REASONABLE PRICES . . . 
CALVIN J. HUSON, - PENNYAN. N.Y 
Fashionably Bred BERKSHIRES 
Winter offering of Sows, some bred. Also a few 
Boar Pigs. Prices reasonable, quality considered. 
Satisfaction guaranteed. Dr. J. R. Allen, Orwell, N.Y. 
Brookside Berkshires 
Three choice yearling Sows, also one Sow sired 
by "Premier Longfellow,” and out of a daugh¬ 
ter of “Lord Premier.” These sows are all 
bred; something nice. J. P. O'HARA, Moravia,N.Y. 
■ Ul bilWI Ull 
m* at farmers’ prices. A. W. GRE EN, Route 1, 
Middlefield, O. Railroad station, East Orwell, O . 
ou Penna. R.R., 30 miles north of Youngstown, 6! 
JACKS and PERCHEROHS 
colts. Some nice Fercheron stallions, mares, colts and Tam- 
worth swine. All stock registered or subject to registry. 
Write lor circular or visit The Cloverdale Farms. 
H. T. BROWN & CO., Lexington, Ky. 
Jacks & Saddle Stallions 
One hundred registered Kentucky Mammoth Jacks and 
Saddle Stallions. A big lot of Jennets, Saddle Mares and 
Geldings. A few good walking horses, pacing and trot¬ 
ting stallions. Also Big Black Pigs, Tamworth and 
Hampshire Swine. Cook pays tho freight on all Jacks. 
J. F. COOK & CO.Lexington. Ky. 
Dogs And Ferrets 
FFRRFT^ Here 1 am again, dealing in ruff on 
1 UUILU rats The Ferret. Enclose stamp 
for prices. CALVIN JEWELL, Spencer, Ohio. 
PHI I IF P| | DC -From imported stock. Females 
UULLIL I Ul O cheap. Nelson Bros. Grove City, Pa. 
LARGE BERKSHIRES at HIGHWOOD 
No Animal Good Enough Unless Large Enough 
When the U. S. Government required boars of 
immense size and feeding quality with which to 
improve the native stock of Panama, it pnrehased 
them from our herd. The selection for the Gov¬ 
ernment was made by a representative of one of 
the largest Chicago packing houses. Isn’t this tho 
type of Berkshire you need ? Mature animals 
weigh COO to 850 lbs. Service Boars and young 
stock for sale. Bred sows all sold. 
H. C. & H. B. HARPENDING, Dundee, N.Y. 
JERSEY XT.3DID 
Have many superior qualities: Small frames, but onlya 
flesh fast; long-bodied, good natured, easy keepers. Sows 
have huge litters ami do not kill pigs at furrowing. Pigs 
grow fast—produce 350 lbs. pork at 9 months. Nothing 
slow about this breed—quick money-makers. Have some 
extra fine offerings now at special prices. My reputation 
asasuccessful breeder back of every sale. Write me today. 
ARTHUR J. COLLINS, Box R, Moorestown, New Jersey 
Purebred Registered 
HOLSTEIN CATTLE 
Into every corner of this country our advertising 
in tho magazines carries the knowledge of the special 
value of Holstein Milk. Hundreds of mothers are 
finding it means life and health to their babies. 
In the medical journals, too, the physicians are being 
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Every owner of a purebred Holstein cow has the sup¬ 
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