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Hawera & Normanby Star, Volume XLII, Issue 7397, 25 February 1902, Page 4

that ifc goes a long way towards insuring J cleanliness. When milking is done in j the usual way a great deal of filth drops I into the bucket from the udder and 1 from the hands of tKe operator ; but washing with .warm water and rubbing with a soft cloth prevents this ; and another important advantage is that the cows do not get sore teats. Of course, in the spring months, when the grass is very plentiful, and the weather warm, it is impossible to prevent small sores breaking out on the teats or udder ; but the washing assists in curing these, while at other times of the year it absolutely prevents the occurrence of sore teats. For this reason alone the j practice should be generally adopted, and when it can be shown that its other advantages include cleanliness and is soothing to the animals, while no loss of time is involved, the points in its favor are sufficiently strong to warrant its general adoption. FOR THE BENEFIT OF PIG RAISERS. (By Pioneer. [ The secret of making money by pigs is not to rush into them nor out of them. Never keep too many ; never keep too few. The fault at the present time with feeders is they run in to buy when pigs are dear and stay at home when they are cheap. Try the reverse, and the result will surprise you. You will never get well shaped pigs from a badly shaped boar; neither will you get thrifty pigs from an unthrifty sow. If you do not keep your pigs clean and dry they will not pay you. A pig, any more than a human being, will not thrive on a damp, foul bed. A long-legged ungainly boar will get a leggy, flat-ribbed, cat-hammed, herringgutted, miserable class of pigs, which will pay nobody and deceive nobody as to their quality, except, perhaps, the man who feeds them. The tall, leggy pig used ignorantly to be thought to deceive the buyer who purchased by "guess," but it will not deceive the factory scales. No matter how low prices may be, if it does not pay to feed pigs it certainly does not pay to starve them. The way to have cheap stores is to breed them yourself. A good sow is easily fed, and is the best savings bank you could have. The day you buy is the day you sell. If you pay too much for the store you will want (bat will not get) too much I for the bacon pig. One great secret cf pig raising is— when pigs are high in price, don't lose your bead and throw your money away ; when pigs are low don't lose your hoad and throw your pigs away. A good bacon pig of from 1301b to 1401b should be produced in from sis to seven months from its birth. It should not be crammed, neither should it be half starved, but fed steadily and regularly. Pigs fed steadily and regularly will give the most satisfactory results to the feeder when weighed in tbe factories. A pig which has been half starved at any period of its life, even though well fed afterwards, will not do so. There are two all-important matters connected with the bacon trade which are entirely in the hands of the farmers, and which ought to receive every attention, viz. : the feeding and breeding of 1 the pigs. Different breeds suit different districts, and, while impressing on farmers the necessity of fresh blood and careful attention to breeding, it may be well to warn them against attempting to introduce a new breed of pigs into a district. It is much the safer way to aim at the improvement of pigs which have long been bred in a district than to attempt to introduce new breeds. While this is so, care 1 ought to be taken in the selection i and introduction from other districts of high-class male animals to develop the pofints essential in good pigs. Speaking ganerally, short, dumpy boars and sows >ought to be avoided, as it will be found that extra length of body not only adds much to the weight of the carcase, but c nsures a larger proportion of lean naea'u to the gross weight. Every care ought to be taken to prevent consaiiguinity or close breeding. The evil effect of close breeding shows itself sooner in the case of pigs than in any other of our domestic animals, and therefore fresh blood is most essential. "With reference to feeding pigs for bacon, the following foods are the most suitable: Barley meal, potatoes (cooked), milk, pollard, wheat (ground), rye-meal, Indian corn (used sparingly), ground and cooked. I Why be ill? I H WHEN YOU HAVE A H I PLEASANT VEGETABLE I ■ REMEDY H ■ That will Cave you and keep Q i H you Cured. B , I This Remedy is | IGATENBY'S j I Blue Flag > 1 It Cleanses the LIVER, i I 1 STOMACH & BOWELS of| I all impurities and,makes the 9 5 ■ whole system healthy. ffl ! Price 2/6 Per Bottle 1 ' From all Chemists and Stores. 9 3 Manufactured only by H R. M. GATENBY, I . Chemist, Wanganui. n i Can be given with safety g ' H t° young children. ffl \ Vttthat's'the word ? Why, BOBBINS Gives a Xmas Present to Every Cash Customer. >OBBINB i ...F08... NEUROL., ~~ W. *'. BROOKING, S'JATUABY & MONUMENTAL MASON, sßkouoham Stbkkt NEW PLYMOUTH Marble and Granite Monument drosses, Headstones, &0., and at Lowest Remunerative Prioes. iron. Toxnb Bailings in great variety v )bdigna and Estimates furnished for workereoted in any cemetery in the Provincial District. _ You have struck it RIGHT; That is if you are buying from the; NIMBLE SIXPENCE STORE Otherwise, you are out of it). J