Democratic Sentinel, Volume 15, Number 35, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 18 September 1891 — When to Breed. [ARTICLE]

When to Breed.

It is going the rounds in our exchanges that a sow should be bred as often as she will breed, to attain the best success, saying that a sow will couple in three to five days after farrowing, and that she should be bred at this time, reasoning that if allowed to run too long without being bred she will, by laying on too much fat, injure her breeding qualities. We don’t know by whom this doctrine was started, but certainly by seme one short in that commodity know’ll as experience. A sow bred at this time cannot suckle her pigs more than six weeks, and it is very doubtful if she should for this length of time without detriment to herself and coming litter. Any one knows that an average farmer cannot succeed welt with pigs weaned at six weeks old. Men of experience also know that a sow must have a period of rest between lit* ter*, er else she will soon fail A sow

may bring two or three litters of parinf numbers bred in this way, but after* wards, unless rested, she is liable to be* come an utter failure.—M. in Stockman.

A Fnw D«n*ts. Don’t breed that old broken-down mare. It won't pay, but will be an injury to thp breeding industry. Don’t expect an old worn-out horse to do as much work as a young ana sound animal. Don’t use,heavy harness. Light ones properly made of good leather are stronger and last longer, while being easier on the horse. Don’t overload the team. It is better to make two trips than to strain the horses or get them in the habit of balking. Don’t feed corn or corn meal to the horses during the hot weather. Corn is too heating. Don't spare the oats. Tho well-fed horse stands up under constant work when the underfed falters. Don’t imagine that when you water your horses three times a day you have done all that nature demands. Don’t let the horses oat too much green grass. A little while in the pastures after a day’s work will do them good, but too much green food will work injury and cause the horses to sweat easily at work. Don’t run down your neighbor’s horses. Praise them when you can, and when you can not, say nothing. Don’t think because your neighbor has bought a stallion that he has been necessarily cheated and has bought a failure. Give the horse a chance to show by his progeny what he is. Don’t let the stallton stand idle in the barn. Make him work, for it will add to his potency and help pay for his food. Don’t forget that a box stall is much better than a narrow one for the horses, especially when they have worked hard all day. You like a wide bod, so does a horse.— National Stockman.