The RURAL. NEW-YORKER 
321 
Swine Husbandry 
By Prof. F. C. Minkler 
Breeding Fees for Boar 
T own registered boar Epochal Berk¬ 
shire 270932. He will be one year old 
in February. I wish to know what fee 
to charge for service. Should I receive 
fees at time of service, or shall I wait 
until sow farrows? J. n. c. 
New Jersey. 
The practice of offering a breeding boar 
for stud service is very apt to add to 
rather than solve your problem. Instances 
are frequently related where hog cholera 
has been introduced into one's herd as a 
result of a neighbor sending or bringing 
to another farm a brood sow for mating 
purposes. Furthermore, unless the boar 
in question had established rather an en¬ 
viable reputation for producing Berk- 
shires of exceptional quality it is doubt¬ 
ful whether the stud fees would be other 
than nominal. For purebred sows it 
would be appropriate to charge $5 at the 
time of service, giving the owner the 
privilege of returning his sow in case of 
failure to breed. For grade sows a charge 
of $1 would be appropriate, which amount 
would be payable, likewise, at the time 
of service, with the return privilege. The 
offering of the boar for stud purposes 
will never get you into the pig business 
right, and you will find that it costs more 
to accommodate your neighbors and take 
your own chances from disease than the 
stud fees will amount to. Of course if 
this boar should happen to be exhibited 
at some of the leading shows and be 
awarded first prize, and in case his get 
should likewise show evidences of un¬ 
usual development, then you could in¬ 
crease the fees to $50 or $100. as the case 
might be. The amount charged would de¬ 
pend entirely upon the show ring and the 
breeding reputation of this particular 
boar. There are very few boars earning 
stud fees, for usually anyone who would 
have good sows worthy of mating to a 
high-priced boar would no doubt own a 
herd boar of his own. 
Slow-growing Boar 
I have a very well-bred Duroc boar, 
sired by the 1.000-lb. champion Impera- 
tor’s Orion. He has good shape and bone, 
but his growing qualities seem to be poor 
—less than a pound per day. He is just 
10 months old and weighs only 250 lbs. 
This boar has always had access to a self- 
feeder containing ground oats, middlings, 
tankage and some corn, besides skim-milk 
every other day. Would you consider 
such a boar suitable to head a he d of 
purebred sows? P. II. S. 
The Duroc Jersey boar that does not 
inherit or evidence feeding qualities is 
scarcely a suitable animal to place at the 
head of your purebred herd. Oftentimes 
young boars fail to eat and grow as we 
would like to have them, yet all at once 
they come to their own and make rapid 
strides in their development. Sometimes 
they get to ranting when very young, and 
this hinders their growth. Again, many 
of them have been inbred so ineestuously 
that there is actually a halt in their 
growth and development. Inbreeding is 
very apt to decrease size and alter the 
feeding qualities one way or another, and 
it is barely possible that this pig may be 
involved in such conditions. If he has 
had access to a self-feeder and has had 
before him at all time the grain that you 
have identified, it is evident that he has 
failed to inherit the feeding qualities 
that would justify you in expecting him 
to develop into anything extraordinary. I 
am inclined to suggest, however, that you 
keep him on until he is 12 or 15 months 
old. carry him through the Winter, and 
let him have access to succulent feed dur¬ 
ing the Spring, and the chances are that 
he may come to his own. Many of our 
Duroc Jersey breeders have got away 
from that short, chubby, early maturing 
type, and have established the longer- 
legged. higher-backed, sturdier, growthier 
type of animal that is commonly known 
among all our breeds as the “big type.” 
It is possible to overdo early maturing 
qualities in our breeding animals, yet we 
must not divorce any animal from inher¬ 
ited feeding qualities. I remember hear¬ 
ing Mr. Gentry of Sedalia, Mo., who has 
perhaps done more constructive work in 
developing the Berkshires than any other 
single breeder, relate that his famous boar 
known latter as “Longfellow,” never grew 
satisfactorily as a pig, and that more than 
once lie was tempted to take him from the 
breeding pen into the feeding lot. All at 
once he gained his vigor and developed 
into one of the really sensational sires of 
the breed. 
The Orion Cherry King family, of 
which your boar is a member, is not noted 
particularly for its early maturing qual¬ 
ities, nevertheless, representatives of this 
family are very generally conceded to 
reach unusual size at maturity, and to 
evidence prepotency and prolificacy in the 
highest degree. It is discouraging, as you 
suggest, to see a common-bred pig walk 
right away from the fancy-bred one. yet 
we are all agreed that it is easier to raise 
market hogs than it is to develop breeding 
boars, and before condemning this young¬ 
ster absolutely I would let him have a 
chance to show his blood and breeding 
after having access to green succulent 
feeds. I would take him away from the 
self-feeder, put one or two hungry bar- 
rows in the same pen with him, and feed 
them a variety of feeding stuffs such as 
might tempt their appetities, and he 
might get the spirit evidenced by the hun¬ 
gry barrows and exhibit desirable feeding 
qualities. I would not condemn the Du¬ 
roc Jersey breed because a single speci¬ 
men might fail to evidence the feeding 
qualities desired. This breed of hog is 
clearly the most popular type produced in 
the corn belt, as evidenced by the fact that 
there are more red hogs marketed at the 
various stock yards than prevail with any 
other breed of tyi e of animal. 
Ration for Sow and Pigs 
Could you give me a good grain ration 
for pigs four to 10 weeks old to be fed 
with buttermilk? I have all the butter¬ 
milk I want. Also a ration for the sow 
at the same time? h. a. p. 
New York. 
Pigs ranging in age from four to 10 
weeks old can be fed generously of the 
buttermilk, but it is possible to supply 
them with so much of this palatable ma¬ 
terial that they will not eat a sufficient 
amount of grain unless incorporated in 
the slop. Generally speaking, not more 
than 5 lbs. of buttermilk should be fed as 
a supplement to 1 lb. of grain to young 
animals, and I would suggest that you 
utilize a grain ration consisting of equal 
parts of wheat middlings or red dog flour, 
ground oats and cornmeal. mixing 1 lb. of 
this grain mixture with 5 lbs. of butter¬ 
milk. Do not dilute the buttermilk with 
water, but rather feed the material in the 
form of a thick mash. The pigs should 
eat it rather than drink it. For the brood 
sow I would eliminate the wheat mid¬ 
dlings, utilizing five parts of corn and 
two parts of oats as a grain ration and 
feeding her 0 lbs. of buttermilk with each 
pound of grain. It would be well to give 
the pigs some water to drink in addition 
to this thick slop mixture, although they 
will not drink very much water during 
cold weather. 
Broom Corn Seed for Hogs 
I am a broom manufacturer, therefore 
receive lots of broom corn seed, and feed 
same to chickens, but have more than I 
need for them. Would it be good for hogs 
or other animals if ground very fine? 
Lebannon, Pa. E. F. H. 
Broom corn seed, if finely ground, could 
be fed in a ration for growing or fattening 
pigs, and it does not differ materially in 
analysis from barley or oats, as will be 
shown from the following analysis: 
Water. 
Broom 
Corn 
.. 11 20 
Bariev 
9.3 
Oats 
0 2 
Ash . 
2.9 
2.7 
3.5 
Protein . 
.. 10.2 
11.5 
12.4 
Carbohydrates .. 
.... G3.5 
69.8 
59.6 
Fiber . 
.. S.2 
4.6 
10.9 
It should be 
fed in combination 
with 
other materials. Equal parts of broom 
corn, oats and barley, to which 5 per cent 
of digester tankage was added, would 
make a useful combination. 
300 CandlePower 
Most Perfect Reading Lamp Known 
Sale — Durable — Clean 
TTSED by thousands and without 
question the'finest lamp for homo use ever 
invented. Makes and burns its own pas from 
common motor prasoline and la gilts with or¬ 
dinary matches. No alcohol torch needed. 
v/,e ( oleman 
O uick-Lite 
Gives a brilliant white 
light of S00 candle power 
—20oil lamps are not so 
powerful. No wick. No 
chimney. No daily or weekly 
cleaning necessary. Handsome 
design. Made of brass, heavily 
nickeled. Will last a lifetime. 
15,000 Dealers eel) Coleman 
Lamps, Lanterns and Light¬ 
ing Plants. If yours can’t 
supply you write nearest 
bouse. 
The Coleman Lamp Co. 
Wichita, St. PauU 
Toledo, Dallas, 
Los Angoles, 
Chicago. 
GARDENING FOR WOMEN 
Twrlvrl!Weeks’ Coune (April 6th—June 26th. in 
FLORICULTI 'RE. VEGETABLE G AR¬ 
DENING. FRUIT GROWING. POULTRY. 
BEES and allied subjects. 
SUMMER COURSE, AUG. 2nd—Aug. 28th 
WRITE FOR CIRCULAR 
SCHOOL OF HORTICULTURE, AMBLER, PA. 
(IS Miles From Philadelphia) 
ELIZABETH LEIGHTON LEE, Director 
A“365”Day Liniment 
Y OU ARE SAYING TO YOURSELF - 
“If I only knew of something to stop 
that Backache—help my Rheumatism—cure my 
Neuralgia, I would send and get it at once. 
Get it. Gombault’s Caustic Balsam will give you immediate Relief. 
A Marvelous Human Flesh Healer and a never failing remedy for every 
known pain that can be relieved or cured by external applications. 
Thousands testify to the wonderful healing and curing powers of this 
honest old Remedy—a Liniment that will soothe, heal and cure your 
every day pains, wounds and bruises. 
Gombault’s Caustic Balsam §§ 
The Great French Remedy ^ 
Will Do It 
It Helps Nature to Heal and Cure. Penetrates, acts quickly, yet is perfectly 
harmless. Kills all Germs and prevents Blood Poison. Nothing so good known as an 
application for Sores,Wounds, Felons, External Cancers, Burns,Carbuncles and Swellings 
Mrs. Robert B. Newton, Columbus, Miss., says: —“I think Caustic Balsam a 
Bpiendid remedy. We use it for cuts, buma, sores, swellings, sore throat and lame¬ 
ness and find it very beneficial.” 
F. MaxScheibe, Vet.,Dulce, N. Mex.—**I recommend Caustic Balsam for any 
kind of rusty nail or barb wire cut and also cured bad cases of blood poisoning. I am 
a veterinary and surgeon and X recommend to any man this Caustic Balsam as 
a cure of what X said.” 
A Safe, Reliable Remedy for Sore Throat,Chest Cold.Baekache, Neuralgia. Sprains, 
Rheumatism and Stiff Joints. CausticBalsam has no Equal. Ilskould be in every home. 
W. A. McCauley, Malone. Tex., writes: —“I have used Caustic Balsam for twenty 
years and use no other remedy and can say it has never failed to do all you recom¬ 
mend It to do. and while the price seems high to one that has never tried it. once a 
customer, always one." 
A liniment that not only heals and cures Human Flesh, but for years the accepted 
Standard veterinary remedy of the world. 
Price SI.75 per bottle at all Druggists or sent by Parcel Post. Write for Free Book¬ 
let. Special information free to any one writing us full particulars of case—either Vet¬ 
erinary or Human. 
The Lawrence-Williams Company 
1013 Oregon Avenue, Cleveland, Ohio 
plow deeper 
~nd better 
MOLINE 
TWO-WAY SULKY 
If you have hillside plowing to do or if your fields are irregular in shape, get 
the plow that was made to do the best work under just such «onditions. The 
Moline Two-Way Sulky is of lighter draft, has deeper plowing ability, and is 
more convenient and durable than any plow of this type. There are many 
reasons why: 
The Moline Line 
df Implements 
Plows f 
(fteel and chilled) 
Harrows 
Planters 
Cultivators 
Grain Drills 
Lime Sowers 
Mowers 
Hay Rakes 
Hay Loaders 
Hay Stackers 
Grain Binders 
Corn Binders 
Pitless Scales 
Spreaders 
Wagons 
Moline*Universal Tractors 
Stephens Salient Si* 
Automobiles 
1. Light in draft—weight is car¬ 
ried welt on extra wide wheelbase 
and landside friction is overcome. 
2. Extra high beam clearance 
enables it to plow deeper than 
other two-way plows. 
3. Unusually wide spread of the 
wheels prevents tipping. 
4. Hitch shifts automatically 
when turning. 
5 Pull of team raises bottoms— 
easy to operate. 
6. Seat can be quickly leveled on 
Steep hillsides. 
7. Beams adjustable for wide or 
narrow furrowsf 
8. A completeline of chilled base9 
or steel bottoms can be furnised, 
which wilt meet all requirements 
as to style, shape or size. Chilled 
bases furnished in 12, 14 or 16- 
inch sizes. 
9. Completely furnished with 
neckyoke, evener, jointer and one 
extra deep suction share for each 
plow base. 
10. Strong and durable in con¬ 
struction. - 
Learn the great possibilities of this plow at your Moline 
Dealer's, or write our nearest branch for full information. 
Moline Plow Company, Moline, III. 
Nearest Branches at Poughkeepsie and Baltimore 
SINCE 1865 " M OLI N E" ON A FARM 
IMPLEMENT HAS BEEN A MARK OF QUALITY 
[ When you write advertisers mention The R. N.-Y. and you’ll get a 
quick reply and a “square deal.” See guarantee editorial page. 
