Farmer.

Wairarapa Standard, Volume XX, Issue 2050, 1 April 1887, Page 2 (Supplement)

Farmer.

Pis! Breeding in Denmark.

In a recent report of the American Consul a I ••pen'll, n. •■•me particulars mi the ..i pig breeding are given, in tin' pi ier. with reg.u.l to the feeding ■ ■! pigs, it is p anted out that these animals n v .in their f."id with great rapidity. The timt teeth only <li the duty of picking up th.- t...id. the side teeth, from their particular formation, being unable to masticate i- - efficiently or to mix it with saliva ; it is •hj .iefoic, important, in order that the retired .mount of nourishment should be ,ier;ved from the food, that it should be .ivin in an undigested condition to the , emit ..f GO per cent. In preparing the i '...1, it is important that ir sin uld be first 1 ■ ;1 . I or et,.v.u c d. and if this is not ;..o- I.:-, ti,.' e n'li, Ac., should either be 1 ... i r bruised, or allowed to soak be- • ■■■ ■. u' roots, they should always be i.e-s. To what extent it is o to i\s ,; tto extraneous kinds of ' :.■]-• of course depend upon the ■vii supplies. It may be noted, v<-ve:’, mi the authority of the report, ■ ■ m i go' rice meal, mixed with , ■ to,'. ..r roots, and especially when a , .11 pi uif.ty of animal matter is added, ■ -h‘ .vii j-rnkingiy favourable results. ■ . d e dot is Vi ry useful for pregnant • - ; -king so vs. well ns t..r young pigs • -* s m the production of milk. ! i .1. . wing to its riehiie.-s in

i•• ;. thrtid'V promoting , a’- ' i - "'milieu.ic.l for pig this f'.' l sh.'u! i be given • -tt p: .ntiiy of other feeding ■■ n m introgeii"'!3 matter, so : . : ■ . 11l iv !"• rendered easy of •:; ■ . A- r- girds 1., nil pro'blee” the . ;■ uv- .. it tli ,t b"’h " is and litirley . . ’• ■ ... 1 a:: .i :, ar. --f great .■ f ■ i ..a ■. vvlnis’ o,its ;■ v ;,; b, I'll:! : . have .I very :v al.-i highly e.-ii.i ",d. bn; it is advis--1 !■ tiuf they sh mid }... rir-t allowed to -pi ■ m’. t lien dried, and ~f ter wards In wised. •a i..ids cereals t’ a ai.-h the animals • - ly. a- sn.-h fxsl ;■> dull -nit of diges- : a. i_.-pewi.diy by t.., young pigs. The -■■vs should never i, n.d with it. a.s it .yvriiia injuriously on the milk organs : • i king tugs are nit o to obstruction troin tins food. In j.s;., at to the various kinds of roots, the repot, points out that potatoes arc most ’■ i-e reconinu tided. lint they should never be given when sprouting. as the sprouts •.■■train narcotic matter my.: ;ms t" digetta ■; . and when taken in I 1 _ plantitics 4re I ■nml to be poisonous, i I lie results of • n.! experiments ir j 1 * w-n mat k show t'l . i is ;■■ ..a.. a, id van:.. ;■■■ Ms 1 to feed with b ill. 1 ihie.i raw poti.r. ,s. i Last year tenymnt pigs from the time I : i. r w,red;vil. 1 into two groups when 'a. y were '.’j In il'.ln oil, of which one i 1 .t was led -.nth b ■ hj d and the "’her with j raw potato,.,. 1.,.;, gr-itip received in I ■■■ i'iiti"ii g lb ;1n;• y. which to the first wis g.ven m bm. i, mid to the otlu-r m a luan-ci ill e ■ I nice months later, the im rc ise in tl. v v.iit of the pigs which had been fed n; I b ',..1 food was I7 : >11)., ■• li''-t tin' • • ' ■ 1 gr..np was only ii' i ’ \p :i -a the .pfstion of feccl- . ;g. ■ it:- ;i dioiibl also been

•t i t ■ T v 'I p:-.< ; the main ; o’ . - i'.. .■.. .id to the Aims, as a - .o'-':' - . : i a ii'h in maintain ■ : ~i ; i.o intern.d organs. I . - ■. o.v '..ijooved by cleani ■ i - ■ -v. u in their gem 1 il 0 • i : • I their bristle.-, id ii - ' ■ ii, V. ■a o that t" .d is r. no. d 1..- sum, kept ' - •• u:.e it.-d ;..r. I lie rc- ■ ■ m : • \ .o|d ■ in IVii- - > • . u d . - Jo Wile led ■ i o. diet, three n ■ Urn r tillee i.Jng 1, ft d o 1 ■ Sip need ■ 1 don m hod il.el i-.i'i d ’ ■ ■ - 1,■ than t!.** .uiiers. 1 • ! ■l* 00, 111,. -.1 ;i leppsi _s Were . ’ : i.o g-1.i,. U U-s, ahh.mji ■ ■ ;u to- m igiih-'iirhood. o- to • 11. Sty. s.should ■ ’ I ! i■’ 'im p'.'s eon feel l : • ..I tie 111. then ■ V . t V . L„ .'VI. sie.nld It ■ tl,. , ’-id Wools. 0.--r : It;. il.e Temper,,- > • ' t i : i-'.d.i,a----1 . o. ■ . ..od « till- stye ■ |- ■ mir.ii |....d to ' -I - ' . "v. ■. ami at e i. Olid !loi;!e-tJrt «l C attle. ■' 1 ml- il'.oers (luh'l.ist I. .it. i■' ... d imp. .Its of beef :•!i, ■ • •.1 i the price :we ap■'<i t" 1 • oo i.me of h"me cattle : r'*e d- m aid. This woes proved both t. oi. - d mi.,pn r ~f rattle in (Ircat i '. o. O'i ''V th - umieis.il lowering of ,u ■■-. I -in supply of cattle for- ■ -ol d to the Monday’s Metropolitan 1 t-o ts dai me the three mouths ending " ' r 1-th. t-.r each of the throe last i .1 s. i: w ,is h■ 111■ 1 that il, Jl7O. . ; aim hj 1-> were hj .me bred ; in iH.s.T 0- tlii. .f w!.;.0, were homc-bved; m I' si ■, 11,:111, of which dl.tlgl) were mom hied. This showed that the ren.'.i: ii.-ible increase, year after year, since t so I, had liee a chiefly fr- an home supplies. Tm re had been unite as striking an increase of sheep and lambs in ISS f am\ Tlie numbers at the same markets were, 111 IMr.-******, with about a sixth part of them foreign : in I8«.T, TALK*, with "illy about an eighth part • f them foreign : and in the present year, lAklTtO, with about a third of them foreign. The inference seemed to he justified that the extraordinary increase in the numbers in IHH.T from the preceding year from 10,700 to 10,000 -had been caused by immature and unfinished annuals having l>een pushed into the market. It was a remarkable feature in the comparison, that while the 1.T0.L10 of ldN» was made up of 114,4!*0 home sheep ami lambs and 1it, 040 foreigners, the 1- of the present year was' made up of '.H>,OIO home and .’>0,140 foreign.