Evening Republican, Volume 20, Number 136, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 7 June 1916 — QUICKEST GAINS BY THE YOUNG PORKERS [ARTICLE]

QUICKEST GAINS BY THE YOUNG PORKERS

Sow Should Be Given All Good Milk-Producing Food She Will Consume Readily.

"By feeding the young porker through the mother and later directly from the trough, he can be marketed a month earlier and return a greater profit,” says Joel S. Coffew of the animal husbandry department, Ohio State university. To this end the sow should be given all the good milk-producing feed she will eat. When the pigs are a month old or younger, they should be fed skim milk in a shallow pan. Then a slop made of milk, shorts, bran and a little tankage should be given. The little pigs .should be fed in a creep which shuts out the sows or other pigs. Corn can be added to the ration later. There will be no trouble from thumps if the pigs are given plenty of exer•cUe. ,