THE PIG.

Shannon News, 13 February 1925, Page 1

THE PIG.

AID TO BEGINNERS. The sow to most cases will take the boar from the second to the fourth day from farrowing, and if she is not served then or fails to get with pig she will not, as a general thing, breed again until the pigs have been weaned from two to four weeks; if not too much suckled down, in about three weeks. Mature mothers not only, produce pigs of greater vitality, but they are much beter sticklers than young ones, while o'a the other hand, the use of a young sire tends to early maturity in the offspring. The young pigs must be taught to eat as early as possible, certainly by the time they are four weeks old, for there should be no check in their growth when weaned. So far as can be do"ae, it is best to give the breeding boar the run of a small pasture. He should also have a small house for shelter, arranged with a tight floor for feeding grain and a trough for slops arid water. This will avoid the evil of keeping closely confined a"nd also of allowing him to run with the other hogs, either of which plan rather tends to make him vicious and hard to control. He should be fed so as to keep in a good thrifty condition and yet Mot fat.