The RURAL NEW-YORKER 
Hand-Raised Pigs 
My little boys and I have undertaken 
to raise two little pigs. We have cow's 
milk and a nursing bottle. They are 
two days old and smart; wo have them 
in the kitchen' now, but have a nice, 
sunny brooder bouse for them. MRS. B. B. 
New York. 
Pigs are usually weaned at about four 
weeks of age and then taught to drink 
milk from a trough ; feeding from a bot¬ 
tle before they have reached this age is 
something that I have had no personal 
experience with, but I believe that you 
will have no trouble in raising these pigs 
to a drinking age if you are careful about 
regularity of feeding and cleanliness of 
utensils used. Cow’s milk should be fed 
warm and in small quantities at a time, 
probably not less than live times daily 
until the pigs have reached an age of 
four weeks or even- six. As in feeding 
all young animals, the rule should be 
little and often. If the little pigs show 
any signs of indigestion, by diarrhoea or 
evidences of discomfort, I should dilute 
the milk with skim-milk or water. Rich 
milk should not be fed anyway, even 
though sow’s milk is naturally richer in 
fat than that of Holstein cows. 
At or before four weeks of age, the 
little pigs may be taught to drink by 
placing their milk in low troughs or other 
dishes into which they can easily reach. 
They will put their fore feet into the 
trough also, but that is perfectly proper 
behavior for pigs. Skim-milk may con¬ 
stitute the greater part or even the 
whole of the ration until nearly fattening 
time but greater gains will be made if 
wheat middlings are added in small quan¬ 
tity to the skim-milk after four to six 
weeks, and if skim-milk in sufficient 
quantity is not available, a slop made 
from corn meal, wheat middlings and 
ground oats, with a little oil meal added, 
will replace the milk. 
Little pigs should be kept warm and 
dry and a brooder house will make a 
fine place for them. If pasture can be 
afforded, the cost of raising the pigs will 
be materially reduced and there is al¬ 
ways more or less green stuff about the 
garden and premises that can be fed to 
penned pigs. Contrary to common he- 
lief. pigs are very cleanly in tbeir habits, 
if given an opportunity to be. Though 
they like to root in the ground and get 
their noses dirty, and will wallow in 
mud when occasion offers, they will re¬ 
serve a clean place in their pens for 
sleeping purposes and will show them¬ 
selves better housekeepers than other do¬ 
mestic animals. As the pigs grow, daily 
feedings may be reduced to three and two 
times daily and a mixture of wood ashes 
and charcoal and salt should be kept 
where it will be accessible to them. 
M. B. IX 
Stunted Pigs; Egg-eating Hens 
1. I have four pigs, four months old: 
through lack of proper feeding they are 
badly stunted, and are no larger than or¬ 
dinary four-weeks-old shotes. Can I 
bring these pigs to good size with proper 
feeding? What would you suggest for 
them? 2. I also have a small flock of 
hens that eat their eggs as fast as they 
are laid. Can you rive me a remedy 
which will cure them o ' this habit? 
New York. f. it. 
1. Yes; you or , overcome much ot the 
handicap these gs have been subjected 
to by generor feeding for the next few 
months, though they will never be what 
they might have been put on the road to 
be by proper earc earlier. If you have 
skim-milk to feed, there is nothing better, 
and this may be made into a sloo with 
flour wheat middlings or red dog dour 
and fed three times daily in such quanti¬ 
ties as the nigs will readily eat at a feed¬ 
ing. A good growing ration for young 
pigs recommended by the Tsconsin Ex¬ 
periment Station is composed of 32 lbs. 
each of cornmeal. wheat middlings and 
ground oats, to which 4 lbs. of oilmeal has 
been added. This to be fed as a slop 
made with skim-milk or water. Don’t 
overfeed at the start, but bring the pigs 
up to a full ration gradually. Give any 
green stuff available in addition to the 
slop mixtures and provide charcoal or a 
mixture of salt and wood ashes to which 
the pigs may have free access. 
2. These liens should have crushed oys¬ 
ter shells and a ration which includes 
meat scrap as well as bran and other 
mineral containing ingredients. Here is 
a good formula for a mash to be fed with 
corn and other grains: Equal parts by 
weight of cornmeal. wheat bran, mid¬ 
dlings. ground oats, gluten feed and beef 
scrap. Turn the hens loose if they are 
closely confined, and then, with proper 
feeding, they will forget their egg-eating 
habit. m. B. D. 
Rope Halter for Cattle 
„ From.the remarks of “Dairyman,” page 
i IN. T judge he does not know bow to 
improvise a head halter from any rope 
of the right size. Tell him to make a 
loop in the end of the rope of the right 
? 1ZP to ht the nose of the creature to be 
led: sup this on the nose with the knots 
on the right-hand side, pass the rope over 
tie top of the head, and through the loop 
r n , the left side, fastening the loop with 
•i halt lutch. By varying the size of loop 
his gives a halter that will fit any crea- 
iro down to the smallest calf, and the 
ope is left entire for any other use. 
Massachusetts. o 
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Herd, cholera immune. Registered. 
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Come look us over or write before you buy 
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Anedjo Berkshires 
A very select lot of Boar Pigs 
sired by Major Champion 4th. 
Price attractive. Also service 
boars and bred gilts by the pound 
Anedjo Farm Webster, Mass. 
Large Berkshires 
at Highwood: 
Our farrowing average in 1918 was 9.2 and in 1919, 
9.3 pigs per litter, all sows and gilts included. Tills 
record is not exceeded by purebred sows of any 
breed. Sows and boars for sale from litters of 
ten to sixteen. 
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BERKSHIRES 
of approved typo bred for size and prolificacy, 
embodying the bloodlines of such animals as 
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delivery. Full particulars on request to 
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^Choice Berkshires ^ 
We have some extraCnice young 
boars, sows and gilts of Masterpiece 
and Double Champion 33rd breed¬ 
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Webb Farms, Box R, Clinton Corners, N.Y. 
REGISTERED BERKSHIRES 
THE BIG KIND 
8-weeks-old pigs, either sex. $15, or three for $40. 
December Pigs. 90 to 100 lbs., $40. Let me know 
your wants and I’ll satisfy them. Pigs, all by 
700-lb. boar, Duke of Fernwood. 
L. R. Hourdequin, Avondale, Pa. 
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COMBINING THK BEST 
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Selected Fall gilts and boars, Big, Typey and 
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MONARCH. Priced right. Send for Booklet 
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Duroc-Jerseys Are Prolific 
f and 
Profitable 
They raise biz families. Hardy, 
easy-feeding, quick maturing. 
That is why Duroc-Jerseys today 
outnumber any other breed in 
the United States. Out of all the 
hogs marketed in 1918,51 percent 
were Durco-Jerseys. 
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published and mailed free by the largest swine record association in the world (over 10,000 members) for the 
benefit of hog raisers everywhere. 
THE NATIONAL 
DUROC-JERSEY RECORD 
Dept. J 40 -PEORIA, ILLINOIS 
ASSOCIATION 
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1 CriAa Tnn Tina 9 Tl - *- 3-qt. milker with pair 
I UlaUc lOg. DOC kids sired by pure Nubian buck. 
All three 165.00. This doe is mother of 16 kids. 
1 Grade Nubian Doe UgJS IffSSS SflS 
bian buck, $50.00, or with the buck and doe kid $76.00. 
1 Young Grade Tog. Doe, 1 Grade Saanan 
both hornless. Neither bred, $30 or $20 ea. Place your 
order for buck kids early. The supply is very short. 
MINARD G. SMITH MARTINSVILLE, N. J. 
For Sale-%-% Toggenburg-Kids 
from 4-5-qt. dams. Also pure buck kid. 
Dr. Gordon - Cranbury, N. j 
F OR SaI.E—MILCH GOATS. Also Hornless Kids. 
F. M. .merrell, R. D. 1, Robesoxia, Pa. 
DOGS 
COLLIE PUPPIES 
from choice registered stock, the 
handsome and intelligent kind, at 
farmer’s prices. Males, spayed 
females and open females for 
breeding. Circular free. 
Clovernook Farm,Chambersburg,Pa. 
Airedales, Collies, and Old English Shepherd Dogs 
Trained male dogs and brood matrons; pups all ages. 
FLEMISH GIANT. NEW ZEALAND AND RUFUS RED BELGIAN 
RABBITS. Semi 6c. for large instructive list of what 
you want. W. K. WATSON, Box 1745, Oakland. Iowa 
F OUSAI.E—Thoroughbred Beagle Hounds, five wks. 
old. Address H. W. shook, R. R. No. 1, Hudson, N.Y. 
Pretty Female Collie Pup 
sale Scotch Shepherd Pupi 2 F n W 
RABBITS 
F lemish giants, r. r. Belgians, 
AMERICAN BLUES, DUTCH AND ENG¬ 
LISH. HO* shown and winners during 1919 
were off-springs of my foundation stock. 
J. BLANK, Dept. A, 428 Highland Ave., Mt. Vernon, N.Y. 
Official Judge and President N. B . <£- F. Assn, of America, Inc. 
R oistered and Imported Rufus Red Belgian HAKES. 
All Ages. Satisfaction (Juaranreed or Money Refund¬ 
ed. • L. VAN DEUSEN, Cobleskill, New York 
j | :: HOLSTEINS :: 
Choice Grade Holstein HeiferCalves 
1 3 weeks old, $ 25 . Roger II. Mullery, Owego, N. Y» 
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Brambletye Farm Chester Whites 
Fall Boars specially priced. Tried Sows. Spring 
pigs, either sex, with 1,000-lb. grandsires. 
BRAMBLETYE FARM Setauket, New York 
For Sale-FIFTY PIGS 2SS$$£!i 
Twenty Cent, per pig. Additional for crating which 
will be refunded for crates, liou.e Bros. , Duohore, Hu. 
BERKSHIRES 
1Ui» i?<ii*irioi» Wh y don ’ t y ou 9 cts,arted 
nil .rdl Illul in pure bred Berkshires? 
Come to DELCASTLE FARMS and buy a real 
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fill orders for spring pigs, fall gilts and boars. Also 
bred sows at fanners 1 prices. Apply to 
C. H. Cullen, Marshallton, Delaware 
Stone’s Berkshires 
Write for descriptive catalogue and price list of 
bred sows and young Berkshires. 
Richard H. Stone, Trumansburg - , N. Y. 
SHADOW LANE Berkshires 
Spring pigs, daughters of Highwood Majestic 10th 260968. 
Ready to ship. S wk». old. Shadow Lin: Firm, tumker City, Pa. 
Cat Rock Farm Berkshires Seders i 
with size and conformation. Bred sows and gilts 
due to farrow in April and May. Orders taken for 
boar and sow pigs. CAT ROCK FARM. Westwood, Moss. 
Reg. 0.1. C. and Berkshire Pigs ,&**£,* 
$15 eacn. A thorobred spayed Airedale Female’ 
T-mos.-oId. $35. Also 6 to 8-wks. Airedale puppies. Si 6 
each. TKHPKSiDiG 4 Y ELVER' TON, Ferris Lane, Poughkeepsie, N.Y 
SIX BERKSHIRE PIGS 
6 weeks. *10 Registered and transferred. Also three 
Hilts, 7 months old, 140 lbs., open. Best Breeding. 
11 ■ T. SHERMAN - Moravia, New York 
O/>/« Ton weeks old. Sows 6 mos. 
Ot 1 IVMIll old. Pairs and trios not 
akiu. Will ship C. O. D. SHADY SIDE HERD, Nubbardsvillc. N.Y. 
Pure Bred BERKSHIRE PIGS 
live weeks old. $7. II. I>. AIIAMS, Titusville, Penn. 
BERKSHIRES— For breeders. $10 ea., either sex 
$15 if registered. CLOVERDALE FARM, Charlotte, N.Y 
SWINE 
BERRYTON 
Can give yon everything |-v ¥ T D Z"' 1 
you ever wanted in a mJ U* A \— 
Size with quality Is our specialty. Home of Berryton’s 
Orion Cherry King, Grand Champion Boar, Atlanta. 
BERRYTON DUROC FARM 
Berryton, Georgia 
John M. Berry, Pres. A. E. Wright, Gen. Mgr. 
DUROC-JERSEYS 
Taxpayer, Col., Breeding. Booking orders for 8 
weeks old pigs, gil 5 each. Also l boar, 2-year old. 
Sire Great King Orion out of Top Col Dam, 8150. 
SPY ROCK FARM, Mt. Kisco, N. Y. 
DUROC JERSEYS ^tVle pig^’. 
Orion, Pathfinder, Defender. Top Col. breeding. 
Vigorous stock, range raised. Special sale grade 
sows, one two-years old out of and bred to registered 
boars, from selected dams. Glen Moore, N. J. 
JOHN H.and KENNETH HANKINS0N 
KINDERHOOK DUROCS 
You can’t beat the blood that produced the ” Sensa¬ 
tion ” family—it’s purple Ditto‘’Critics.” If you 
don’t like the sound of these, try Orion C. K. We 
have them. Will book orders for June 1st delivery. 
S25 and more. Roy McVaugh, Mor.. Kinderhook, N Y. 
Now booking orders for 
Choice Purebred Duroc Pigs 
of either sex, from spring farrow. Prices reason¬ 
able. Write your wants to 
R. D. WHITE - Locke, New York 
For Sale-Thoroughbred Duroc Pigs 
Either sex. Eligible for registry. Extra good one*. 
G. 11. COMSTOCK, - Brockport, New York 
Berkshire and Duroc-Jersey “ 
*Snnd up, according to size. JAMES H. SEAMAN, Glens Falls, N.r! 
Duroc and P.C. Pigs s .oK IffiSS&ou. 
Reg. Duroc-Jersey PIGS 
bred gilts. Write for prices. C. M. PaLMEB, Talaiie, .V. Y. 
For Sale— J 0 Extra Nice Gilts T* 
open, 2 bred. Service boars and pigs all look alike. The 
kind you like. SHENANGO RIVER FARMS, Fredonia, Pa. 
Registered Chester Whites 
BOAR AND SOW PIGS out of the very best 
strains for May and June delivery. Also bred gilts, 
June farrow, three-quarters purebred, @ S50 each. 
Young boars, grade stock, <» S20. 
BRANDRETH LAKE FARM. Brandreth. New York 
For Sale-O. I. O. Pigs 
farrowed March :il)th from Crandall's breeding. 
Two tine boars, 175 lbs. each. 8-mos, Pereheron colt 
from coach mare. Special low prices. 
Hubert C. Beardsley, Montour Falls, N.Y. 
ForSale-Chester White Reg. Swine 
Youn^ Boars and Gilts. Finest types. Apply to Charles 
11. Dunenliower, Mgr., Penllyn, Pa. 11. E. Drayton. Prop. 
Reg. CHESTER WHITE PIGS 
Ready for shipment after April 20. Service boar and fall 
sows. Pair and trio not akin. A. A. SCHOFELL. Heuvclion, N r. 
Registered Cheater White and O. I. 1’. Pie*. Write 
n me. - Eugene P. Rogers, Wayvili.k, New Yokb 
f’hocfpr'IA/hlfpc Dnjah, PHnce Big Bone, and 
Vsllvolvl if lllttvO Schoolmaster breeding, 8-10 
wks. Pigs for sale. Spring Valley Farm, Memphis. N.Y. 
f* If ecu lore The right white hog for 
If et E. ^ Mm M M% M- & the Eastern farm. The on. 
for the home table and the home market. Customers lik. 
our type. MORNINGSIDE FARM. Sylvania, Pa 
DELKENDO HERD 
BIG TYPE POLAND CHINAS 
Families represented are: Orange Boy. Big Bob, 
Clansman, Disiier’s Giant and Gustdale Jones. 
Spring pigs out of 800 and 900-lb. dams at maturity. 
My sows and gilts average 10 pigs per litter this 
spring. Write for circular. Everything cholera im¬ 
mune and guaranteed. J. E.WAY Prop., Dover. Delaware 
TAMWORffauaHAMPSHfRE SWINE 
write or visit REYN0I.DS-LYBR00K FARMS COMPANY 
Successor to Weatvlew Stock Farm 
It. 1 \Vinaton-Salom, X. C« 
TomworHio l *‘ e Bacon Breed. The American Tam. 
IdlllnUIUla worth Swine Record Association. Ask for 
information. E. N. Bull, See-, Humburg. Michigan 
Hampshires of Qutlitj*a«a 
M. D. PHILLIPS - North East, Pa. 
Mu Poland P.tiinoo Leave tLl. others iu the Discard. 
IYiy roiana-umnas Noted Blood Ones, with Quality. 
Dr. Knox - Danbury, Conn. 
Rametprnri (l 1 (l April Pigs, $11. Papers free. 
neglbTerea U. I. If. LOUIS M. IVlbLS, Youngstown, H. Y. 
YORKSHIRE PIGS 
Breeding Stock for Farmers. Prolific strain of good 
feeders from well known herd of recognized merit, 
H. C. Barton - So. Amherst, Mass. 
