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unless they are put up at the farm. Every difficulty is in this way removed and 
every fault corrected. It is well known that an expert—Mr. Faber—as 
resides in this country and devotes his time to the promotion of the interest 
the Danish butter trade, which indeed he does right well. If we add to the 
above remarks the statement that the Danish margarine law has been a m0 
satisfactory safeguard against the fraudulent sale of Danish butter, we § a 
complete a fairly clear and practical list of the means by which the Dan 
farmer maintains his position in the British market. 
LONDON DAIRY SHOW. 
A spEcrAL correspondent of the Glasgow Herald, writing of the London Davy 
Show, says:—To west of Scotland farmers perhaps the most satisfactory feat 
of the dairy show held in the Agricultural Hall, London, last October, was the 
success of the Ayrshire breed in milking trials. The Ayrshire is noted 1 
milk-producing qualities, and no breed is better suited for cheese-makine 
purposes. But even with the reputation they have it is no mean feat for® | 
member of the breed to give an average daily yield of 64:4 1b. of milk qu 
the two days which the trials were spread over. This is nearly six and a 
gallons, and was the largest-of the show. On points, however, this was healt 
by an Ayrshire shorthorn cross, which, though giving rather more than a pou? 
less per day, gave milk of better quality, and so gained the champions 
prize with 135:7 points to the pure-bred’s 129:8, which, however, was second beg 
This may be some solace to northren exhibitors for their want of success int 
cheese classes.— Ayr Advertiser. 
PIGS AND THEIR MANAGEMENT.—No. 4. 
WEIGHT OF SOWS AND PIGS AT BIRTH. 
Some interesting competitions have lately been made with the object of putting 
on record data concerning the weights of sows before and after farrow!!9 | 
weight of the afterbirth, and weight of each pig at birth. The sows on ME 
observations were made were ten in number, and were pure-bred Poland-Ch! 
and Berkshires, crosses of these breeds, or cross-bred Poland-China-Ches 
Whites. They ranged in age from 1 to 4 years, and in weight from 240 af 
_ to 577 1b. The average weight before farrowing was 382°1 Ib.; after fart? " 
ing, 859 Ib. The average weight of the afterbirth was 4:01 Ib. The litte 
averaged 16°7 lb. each. The individual pigs ranged in weight from 1°3 Me 
3:1 lb., the average being 22 Ib. There were from five to twelve pigs in alt i 
and in general the individual pigs in large litters were somewhat smaller 
those in small litters. Bi | 
In a litter of pigs there is often one much weaker than the others. rae 
often called the runt, or teatman. It is frequently spoken of as the last P 
farrowed, this occurrence being supposed to cause inferiority. This idea). 
not borne out by the facts observed. The first pig born in one of the 1 
weighed 2:1 Ib., and the last 2°6 Ib. In other cases the pig farrowed ity 
weighed less than the one farrowed first. In this matter, however, no re ver 
was observed, and it is stated that no weakness or other inferiority was obs! 
in the last pig farrowed. 
WEANING PIGS. ; 
RINGING AND ROOTING, as 
A common practice has been to allow the pigs to suckle until they a 40 
weeks old. Then they are suddenly weaned, and one or two pigs are lef t 
keep the sow’s udder from inflammation. ‘That course has a tendency 10 * nit | 
the pigs which are taken away, and when a pig is once stunted in its gro ho? 
hardly ever recovers what it lost. A pig should be left to suck not less 
