Polk County itemizer., May 28, 1914, Page 6, Image 14

HOME AND FARM MAGAZINE SECTION
Raising Pure Bred Swine Demands Apprenticeship
G. R. Samson Gives Some Pithy Advice to Would-Be Breeder on All Phases of the Industry.
an equal distance from the floor. This
will prevent the sows from lying down
clo80 to the wall and thus crushing the
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should bo provided. Where there is too
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much bedding the pigs are apt to get
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tangled in it and crushed by the sow.
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This is especially true of long, fresh
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straw. It is often recommended to cut
the straw, but this is unnecessary if it
BY G. R. SAMSON,
is put in a few days prior to farrowing
Animal Husbandry Department, Oregon
so that tho sow will have time to wear
Agricultural College.
it down a little.
IT IS questionable whether any one
Dangers Are Told.
| should engage in producing pure­
If the sow has been fed a proper ra­
bred, swine who has not served a
tion and is in comfortable quarters lit­
successful apprenticeship with grades.
tle or no trouble may be expected; if
There are so many practical details with
she has been fed on an unbalanced ra­
which to familiarie one’s self that can
tion, or is excessively poor or exces­
be learned so much more economically
sively fat, or if she is unduly exposed
with grades, that the foregoing state­
to tho cold and wet, various troubles
ment seems reasonable and conserva­
may bo expected.
tive. The purpose of the breeder of
Among these may be mentioned: diffi­
pure bred swine is primarily to produce
culty in farrowing; weak or dead pigs;
boars which bjf legitimate advertising
pigs chilled to death; refusing to own
and lots of eloquence he may sell to
pigs; eating pigs, or crushing pigs by
pork producers at a price which will
lying on them.
permit him to continue his existence
If the simple rules above outlined are
upon the earth and liis business of pro­
Yorkshiro Sows at Oregon Agricultural Coileso ßt)ck Farm. % \ ? t
followed these troubles will be largely
ducing boars.
obviated. However, if in addition
Some sows will, like the girl babies edge of inheritance), infinite capacity that the poor and mediocre are great­ record of the date of farrowing be kept
in India, enter the cots in which pray­ for details with the courage to send to ly in the majority as compared with and the attendant will be on hand when
ers have ascended for tho advent of the feed lot good animals which are the best representatives of the several the pigs are born, a large number of
male children only; but most of these not quite good enough to use as breed­ sorts; but this is no more than could pigs may be saved.
female swine could be permitted to con ers, liberality in feeding so as to de­ be said of all kinds of snimals, includ­
When it is quite cold and there is dan­
tinue their tax upon the forebearancc velop all the possibilities innate in his ing men.
ger of the first pigs farrowed chilling
Judgment must be exercised in select­ to death before the others are delivered,
of their owners until they are old young stock— these are some of tho
qualities which help to ward off fail­ ing a foundation of whatever breed is the first may bo put in a tub or keg
enough to become food for men.
The time is not yet, but it very soon ure for the breeder of pure bred swine. decided upon, and good individuals with containing a jug filled with hot water,
good ancestry for several generations
will be when plenty of breeders in Ore­
and with a blanket over it. This will
Way to Success Told.
back are to be preferred. Good indi­ keep them warm, and when all have
gon shall raise pure bred swine. Then
Success
and
failure
as
here
use(T*refer
viduality
is
of
more
importance
than
those who should have stayed out of
come they may be put back and allowed
the business will most likely suffer to the achievement of the breeder as a the ancestry or than ary one individual to suck.
breeder,
net
as
a
fiaancir.
A
man
may
in
the
ancestry.
For
pedigreed
scrubs
more or less financial loss. Those who
Sometimes it is necessary to place
are not producing boars which are good be successful either as a breeder or exist and occur in all breeds, and while them in the tub a few times before
financier
and
not
as
tho
ether
or
both,
these
often
breed
better
than
them­
enough to improve good grade herds,
meals. In ordinary cases such precau­
selves, they should not be chosen; for tions are not necessary. Quite often
and even those who are not good ad­ or he may succeed as both.
If
none
but
those
who
have
already
what
they
contribute
directly
to
their
vertisers, will find that their wares are
the scum and mucus covering the pig at
familiarized themselves with some breed offspring drags downward rather than
a drug on the market.
birth will close up the nostrils and
through
grades
of
that
breed,
engaged
upward
from
the
average
of
the
breed.
Much Interest in Production.
smother the pig, but wiping the nose at
in
raising
purc-breds,
most
of
them
The
average
of
no
breed
is
good
Up to the present time conditions
once with a wisp of straw will prevent
would
probably
breed
the
kind
which
erKfugh
for
foundation
stock.
have been peculiarly favorable to pro
this.
The foundation purchased should be
ducers of pure bred swine. They have they know best. There is really little
Where the sow is extremely restless
better
than
the
average
of
the
breed,
not been too numerous and there has choice in the fat breeds other than that
and there is much danger that the pigs
been a tremendous interest in pork pro­ existing in tho minds of the breeders, and as much better than the pocketbook will be trampled or crushed, in spite of
duction. And most of these producers present and prospective. Good indi­ will afford. If it will not afford as the fenders, they may be removed one
and would b© producers of pork have viduals as well as poor ones are found good as the average, ^eep on raising at a time as fast as they come and put
heeded thtwtrospel of good sires. The re­ in all tho breeds. It might be added grades until it will afford it.
into a warmed tub, as previously de­
sult has been an active demand for
scribed.
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l>oars. Too often the demand has ex
Prevent From Eating Young.
ceeded the supply of good ones so that
Often by keeping them there for a
men have been induced to embark in
few hours, except when with the sow
the production of pure breds without a
for sucking, the sow will quiet down
proper conception of their work. Every
and there will be no further danger.
day letters come to the office asking
There are many remedies proposed for
where sows of various breeds can be
sows eating their pigs, but about the
had and frequently some remark is
only real remedies are preventives.
dropped which indicates that they must
Sows usually start ehting their pigs
bo had cheap.
because c f a feverish condition of the
I system. Sometimes this is due to hav­
Too frequently these letters show an
ing been fed on feeds that were exces­
absolute lack of knowledge of the most
sively heat-produeing, and lacking in
commonplace details of hog raising. In
mineral matter and protein; sometimes
answering these letters in a a conscien­
it is due to a lack of exercise; often it
tious a manner as possible, we often
is due to cold, wet and general discom-
wonder how long the money these men
j fort at farrowing time.
have will keep them going.
After a sow has once learned to eat
Occupation Ancient One.
her pigs she will very likely do the
¡same thing the next time, though the
Swine raising is an ancient occupa­
condition which caused her to begin
tion, even if not counted honorable by
the practice be no longer present. In
• c none less ancient Jews, and be-
On the Read to G'.ccera.
other cases the sow is apparently natnr-
«wu*« of the economy with which it can
ally vicious and restless.
After the
&e produced, pork will likely be a staple
habit is once formed the chances for its
grocery for a long time to come. But
cure are small. The ssw should be sent
the production of pure bred breeding
to the butcher and the pigs pet with
•tcck is an exigency or modern condi­
Some Idea* on the Best W ay to Breed and Produce the Fanners'
other sow 3 if possible. Feeding the
tions, to whicn those who have already
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sow raw meat, salt pork and various
made a success of raising market swine
other remedies have been suggested, but
are best fitted. The wealthy mar. who
era NorthT-est thic is oft»n inito dif they are not reliable.
has never raised grade swine and who
♦ f iit lt , bat ir the eastern part the ground
takes a fancy to some pure breed may #
Portable electrical machinery has
This is the third of a serios $> is more frequently frozen tied do-p mnd
win some prizes, but he is not likely ♦
men well in ♦ is less eommoa. In this caw feeding been invented for screening coal and
to leave a permanent imprint on the ♦ of artielea by two
formed upon whst the hog can e- at a distance from th.* steeping sheds loading it into wagons.
swine in which he chances to place e
ic quite an advantage when the sows
do for the Northweet.
boars. Suck a man often serves kin
* jo not get cut enough of their own ac-
community well by making amitnble ♦
-.rd.
for breeding purposes atnmals which he
brings in, but it it rare that
Whoa farrowing time approaches the
By JAMES E. w m fT O O M E and
the judgnc-a* or good fortune to male
?ow should be rcpar&ted from the re
The New Rodent Exterminator
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wisely enough to produce pig* wW h are
maiader of the herd, and given a nic®.
good enough to improve the breed.
RATS AND SQUIRRELS
r ALMOST e^wel impe-taeeo wit'i A»i!-s*H*Her d pen. such a-« one of the
in the hog houses shown, connected
OO IN A SINGLE NIGHT
Swine b^eed^rs. like br«ed*»r' of ether
good ratioas is fdawy of euer-
* «wi­
eise. The sewe nom rot be if pr*«'hle with a small lot •
kinds of liver.toek, are wpoally to the
If
Yoor
Dealer Does Not Hare It,
manor bom.
*f «*»•» rvstier, allowed to lie nrsnnd in their pens de. A ftadsr should be made aremnd
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Raising Fine Hogs in the Northwest
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