Vol. LXXIX 
Published Weekly by The Rural Publishing Co.. 
333 W. 30th St., New York. Price One Dollar a Year. 
NEW YORK. MAY 7, 1!>21 
Entered as Second-Class Matter. June 2G, 1S70. at the Post , po , 
Office at New York. N. Y.. under the Act of March 3, 1879. No. 40o7 
The Penless 
I jOOli METHODS. —I once knew a farmer who 
a always bragged about a certain pig. He called 
him “Ink," evidently because lie kept him in a pen. 
I tear that this name might be appropriately applied 
to other pigs that are confined to restricted areas. 
I bis is indeed unfortunate. I hold that it is impos¬ 
sible to produce pork profitably and confine the pigs 
in small, dirty, filthy pens, even though they might 
Pig,; Give Him a Chance 
tin' crop. Youngsters grown and developed under 
ibis system of feeding and foraging are hardier and 
more resistant to disease, make more economical 
gains, and hence are more profitable to their owner. 
It is not a pleasant job to care for pigs that are 
closely confined. The atmosphere prompts the care¬ 
taker to half do his job, and as a result the pigs are 
irregularly fed, their gains are expensive and dis- 
consisting of 5 lbs. of rape and 12 lbs. of Sweet 
clover is sufficient for an acre. It should be seeded 
early in the Spring, as soon as the ground can be 
plowed and an attractive seed bed prepared. When 
the plants are 6 or 7 in. high the pigs can be turned 
into the area, and it will prove a real haven of 
growth and happiness for them. If it is desired to 
restrict the forage to rape alone this can be done. 
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The Young Stock Raiser and JUs Berlcshires. Fig. 2(>6 
be fed in the most scientific and up-to-date manner. 
There might be exceptions in case the youngsters 
are fed almost exclusively on kitchen refuse and 
garbage that lias no value and very little usefulness, 
but surely the farmer who makes any pretense at all 
toward producing market pork has no •excuse for 
naming his pigs ‘‘Ink." Forage crops are quite as 
essential lor profitable pork production as is silage 
for economical milk production. They can be grown 
at very little cost and labor, and the pigs will gather 
appointing, and the final results In the Fall or Win¬ 
ter are discouraging. 
FORAGE NEEDED.—l,et us launch a campaign 
for the penless pig. Why not insist that the brood 
sow and her babies have access to some luxuriant 
pasture grass or forage that will enable her to pro¬ 
duce an abundance of milk and thus make it possible 
for her youngsters to grow rapidly and consistently? 
In the absence of permanent pasture use mixtures 
of Dwarf Essex rape and Sweet clover. A mixture 
From 4 to 0 lbs. of Dwarf Essex rape will plant an 
acre, provided the seed is drilled in rows 24 or 20 in, 
apart. If seeded in this manner, the area should be 
cultivated. When the pigs are turned into the lot 
they will march down the rows like soldiers, nipping 
off a bit here and there. Fewer plants will be de¬ 
stroyed under this system of planting than obtains 
where the seed is broadcast. 
SEEDING COMBINATIONS. — Another mixture 
that lias given excellent results consists of 02 lbs. 
