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THE RURAT) NEJW-VOPIKrEFa 
March 29 < 
Live Stock and Dairy 
RAISING PIGS BY HAND. 
Very often the sow has a litter of 
pigs too large for her to raise, or many 
times there is a “runt” which, if left 
with the bunch, will be knocked about 
and possibly live but a few days. It is 
a very easy job to raise the “runts” by 
hand, and will prove very profitable to 
turn them over to the little boys and 
girls, and let them have them for their 
own if they can raise them. It not only 
proves profitable to yourself, but teaches 
the little ones to take an interest about 
the farm. Or if you have no little pigs 
to turn over to the little folks it is an 
easy matter to find the so-called “runts” 
about the farm of every hog raiser, who 
generally has more of them than he can 
afford to bother with. But after giving 
the “runts” to the little folks, and they 
have made a success with them and 
have them ready for market, don’t haul 
them to market and pocket the money, 
but bring it home and turn it over to 
the one who raised the pig. 
Persuade the little chaps to invest the 
money in a profitable way, or let them 
bank it in their own name, and you will 
be surprised to see how soon they are 
interested in the work about the farm. 
But, on the other hand, if you haul 
their pigs to market and retain the 
money for your own use, they will at 
once lose confidence in you, and when 
asked to raise another “runt” will take 
no interest. Give the children a chance. 
Many a man can distinctly remember his 
boyhood days and his first calf or pig, 
whichever the case might be, and what 
he did with the money, if he got it. 
What could give the father more pleas¬ 
ure than to watch the happy faces of a 
little boy and girl trudging about doing 
their evening’s work, possibly stopping 
for a moment by the pen where their 
own little pig was kept, and planning 
how they would swell their bank ac¬ 
count when it was hauled to market. 
Young pigs, like young chickens and 
calves, must be fed often and in very 
small amounts for the first few days or 
possibly a week, and they must have a 
warm place to sleep, even if the weather 
seems quite warm. Young pigs have 
very little hair, and a cold rain or a 
chilly wind will kill them. Of course, 
if the pigs have been with the sow for 
two or three weeks it will not be such 
a job to raise them by hand as if they 
were but a day or so old. Pigs may be 
taken from the sow and fed by hanc 
any time, but they do better if a day or 
so old; the attention given them while 
young will have all to do with their 
rapid growth. While they are quite 
young they should be fed whole milk 
warmed to about blood heat. Teach 
them to drink from the start. This 
may seem impossible, but it is easy. 
Put their milk in a flat dish (a saucer) 
and give them a taste by placing a little 
on their lips with a spoon, and it will 
be but a few feeds until the little pig 
will squeal for its feed. If the pig is 
very young a sprinkling of sugar added 
to the milk will improve it and make it 
more natural. Give the pig but a few 
drops the first feed, and do not feed 
more than a spoonful at any one feed 
until the pig is a few days old. If a 
number of pigs are together the little 
pan for feeding will have to be fast to 
prevent spilling it, for it is only a few 
days after they get to eating until they 
will fight over their feed regular hog 
fashion. 
Always bear in mind that any young 
animal has an appetite greater than the 
size of its digestive organs, and that it 
will eat more than is good for its health 
if allowed to do so. The little fellows, 
for the first two or three days, should 
be fed from six to eight times a day, 
and about a teaspoonful to the feed. 
If a greater quantity is fed they will 
have trouble with their digestive organs 
and you will likely lose them. After 
they are about three weeks old the whole 
milk may be taken away from them and 
skim-milk given, and aside from this 
they may be given a little green stuff 
and occasionally a few scraps from the 
table. 
After they are five or six weeks old 
they will begin to eat green feed quite 
a little, and at this time a little shorts 
mixed with water or skim-milk will be 
very good for them. Do not confine the 
little fellows in a cold, damp pen. Give 
them plenty of range in a green pasture 
if possible; if not, make, a pen in the 
shape of a box without a bottom, so it 
may be moved about from place to place, 
thus giving them a clean pen as they 
need it. Always give them clear water 
regardless of the amount of milk they 
have. W. H. UNDERWOOD. 
Illinois. 
WHY WE SHOULD BREED MORE HORSES 
There is always a time when condi¬ 
tions of the country change and business 
of all kinds must be adjusted to suit 
tbe different requirements and advanced 
ideas of the new conditions. I well re¬ 
member when all streets cars were 
hauled by horses; when the companies 
started to electrify them the cry sent up 
by the farmer was, “No use to raise 
horses; we could not sell them.” We 
are passing through the same conditions 
to-day, only worse. Everybody is talk¬ 
ing motor truck, and there never was a 
time that all classes of horses brought 
the price they do to-day. These facts 
should convince every farmer that these 
changes do not affect the horse, and all 
horse-driven vehicles to-day are the 
cheapest and the most reliable, hence the 
need of the best horses, and it is up to 
the farmer to produce them. 
We sometimes find fault with our law¬ 
makers, and rightly so, but we should 
give them credit for the good laws, and 
make use of them for our benefit. Al¬ 
most every farmer in this State knows 
of the horses purchased by the State of 
New Jersey to help the farmer to get 
better horses. I know these stallions are 
good and highly bred, service fee in 
reach of all, the only requirement is the 
breeding of sound mares. I am told 
these stallions are used so little that the 
service fee does not buy their feed. 
Why are the farmers satisfied to work 
a poor horse? Why not breed your own 
and have the best? I believe one-half 
the farm failures of to-day are due to 
trying to farm with a broken-down 
horse, and I don’t think there is any¬ 
thing that gives more pleasure than to 
work a good horse. The man who 
works him has a different thought of 
life. He takes pride in his work; it 
makes him feel his surroundings should 
be of the same class as the horse. It 
shows him that he has not been doing 
his best. He gets the improvement idea; 
his work is done better; crops are bet¬ 
ter, for his plowing and cultivating has 
been done right, and at the right time, 
and they bring results. It helps him to 
get away from poverty and shows him 
the road to success. It gives him a de¬ 
termination to have all his stock of the 
same class. w. B. r. 
New Jersey. 
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