FEED PIGS THRICE A D.
When pig's are confined to sties and are being given their food in troughs they should be fed three times a day. If .they be fed but twice a day they are apt to become ravenous and gorge 'themselves, with resultant . Indigestion,' which .may cause , diarrhoea and possibly, death. Jiosses among young pigs are usually brought about by indigestion and other stomach ailments, which are virtually Invariably caused as a result of sudden changes in diet, dirty fermented foods, and too long a period between meals. A reasonable quantity of food to allow a pig at one feeding is what he will clean up In about 20 miputes. -When feeding grain a correctly balanced ration for pigs just weaned is 3 pounds to a gallon of milk.
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Shannon News, 31 May 1927, Page 2
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132FEED PIGS THRICE A D. Shannon News, 31 May 1927, Page 2
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