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Feeding tests in almost every experi
ment station have proved that rapidly
growing pigs put on the cheapest gains.
Creep feeding of young pigs is the best
“way of getting them off to the fastest
start possible.
Because many fall pigs are farrowed
on pasture, there is a tendency to let the
routine management jobs slip by. Needle
tooth clipping, vaccination and similar
jobs musf be kept on a strict schedule.
Fall farrowed pigs come along just in
time to utilize the new crop of com. With
grain in good supply and protein a pur
chased item, balancing of hog rations is
too often neglected. Grain prices are due
to be higher, even at harvest this year, so
properly balanced feeding will pay off
even better than in the past.
Sows confined to the farmstead area tend
to suffer from heat more than their sisters
in the field. This simple hose arrangement
serves two pens with "the spray that re
freshes." Where concrete floors for this
kind of spray are not available, top hog
producers use steel wallow troughs.
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These "A" shelters are collapsible for easy storage
between seasons. A supply of them can be kept
on a farm wagon and set up whenever a sow
starts to make her nest. If the nest is against a
fence, one-half of the shelter leaning on the top
wire is quite sufficient. Small pans of water and
feed set out for sows with young litters will elimi
nate the need for them to go to the feeding area.
Routine management jobs with small pigs tend to be neg
lected in the rush of harvest-time work. These pigs going
into the winter season need all of the protection they can get
from disease. Vaccination from hog cholera and swine ery
sipelas should be standard practices. Ear notching or other
identification is essential if selection of potential breeding
stock is to be made later.
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