Farm Notes.

Te Aroha News, Volume XXVII, Issue 4420, 5 June 1909, Page 4

Farm Notes.

v THE PIG. Ife:- - . . MMMMi It if* estinmted thnt growing P'PT** plßc°d on rape at. about 25 <o the acre will, for two or three months, require only half as mtich again ns sty-fed animals. Pigs running out like this S also tend to hpc me stouter and healthier than when in conficement. j hey ■will live and giow on the rape without 1 a supplement of grain, but a small I ;? addition • f the latter has been found I jjjfi able. Dry sows, however, w;ll , do well on rape alone ;S}: During* farrowing time, and while ♦he pigs arp voting, see that the sow f is kep' away from,all and fr n m other hogs, dogs, or eatt’e. This will do much to enable her to take the bsßt c ite of her young pigs, and start t tpm out right. v > To with, a good brood sow ; must, have a heavy, round ham, well vfi led down,the leg, a long and deep Body, heavy shoulders, legs set well apart, giving room for lungs, short, jnpdium-sized head, a wide space between the eye®, large nostrils, and a heavy jowl. Her care will vary someth o», according to the season of fir■p rowing. That pigs are not more profitable on ihe farm is not so much the fault of the pigs as of the owners. Any old thing thrown out to the pigs in any old place, won’t make the pigs pay. Every care should be exercised to prevent tbe sow from becoming constipated before and after she has farrowed. ‘ Hardwood ashes are fine for giving strength to the bones.

The South American freezing works exported to the United Kingdom 271,568 tons, Australia 37,480 tons, and New Zealand 101,274 tons of frozen meat last year.

Animal food is a stimulating element in the ration of fowls, and in winfer must be supplied artificially. This may be done in a limited way by saving up meat scraps from the tablp, or the refuse from butchering, hut. the most satisfactory way to do is to buy a bone cutter, and grind up bones, me it and all. A hone cutter is just As necessary on a farm as any other machine which is prized by the average farmer, and it would pay for itself in converting waste into money. If the bono supply of refuse, meat aud bones, is exhausted before the needs of the flock are satisfied, it will cost but a trifle to get what is needed fiom the local butcher.