POINTS ABOUT PIGS.

Wairarapa Age, 6 October 1926, Page 7

POINTS ABOUT PIGS.

MR K. W. GORRINGE’S LECTURES. In the course of one of his recent lectures on swine husbandry, Mr. K. W. Gorringe said that the British bacon-eurer recognised and preferred the New Zealand bacon and pork to the Danish on account of its better shaping for curing purposes, while it was of a quality that could not be beaten anywhere in the world. The hold on the Home market for bacon was an established faet, and the standard of quality must be carefully guarded whilst the quantity must be increased. The first point in the successful rearing of the pig is the careful selection of the sow. Housing must be warm, secure and well-ventilated and a variety of pasture and crops provided. Of the latter, Mr. Gorringe instanced lucerne as the best, with artichokes, red clover, mangolds (aired), green oats, peas, carrots, etc. as the most suitable. Turnips in the winter time were too cold. Too many farmers thought any conditions and feeding were good enough for the pig, but this was a grave fallacy and bad business, for the farming of pigs must be on sound business lines. The lecturer dealt lucidly with the various stages of rearing, detailing the feeding for the baeonet and the porker, and the necessary care during the farrow period. He advocated the TamwurthBerkshire cross as the best baconcr, though some favoured the large White. The Government was giving every assistance to the pig industry, and there was an unlimited demand in the Home market.