MANAGEMENT OF SOWS AND WEANERS Sows with litters should be fed each day 4 gallons of milk plus 2/3 gallon per pig suckled. Sows and litters should be allowed at least 2 hours' grazing per day. It is an advantage to provide water sprays for both suckling and dry sows during summer, as pigs possess very few sweat glands and can be kept cool only by the evaporation of water from the skin. Litters over 3 weeks old must have milk and meal available at all times. Observations at the Department of Agriculture's Ruakura Animal Research Station have shown that piglets suckle at intervals of 75 to 90 minutes throughout the 24 hours, and after the sixth week visit the creep after each suckling. Good creep management can add 6lb to 10lb per pig to the weaning weight. Weaned sows must be well fed to ensure successful mating. A ration of 4 to 6 gallons of milk daily plus grass is essential. Weaned pigs should be fed 1 ½ to 2 gallons of milk daily. If the milk available is not sufficient to provide this, the feeding of meal to supplement the milk ration, 1lb of meal replacing 1 gallon of milk, is highly profitable at the present prices of meal and meat.
Permanent link to this item
https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/periodicals/TAH195812.2.28.2
Bibliographic details
Te Ao Hou, December 1958, Page 53
Word Count
212MANAGEMENT OF SOWS AND WEANERS Te Ao Hou, December 1958, Page 53
Using This Item
E here ana ngā mōhiotanga i tēnei whakaputanga i raro i te manatārua o te Karauna, i te manatārua o te Māori Purposes Fund Board hoki/rānei. Kua whakaae te Māori Purposes Fund Board i tōna whakaaetanga ki te National Library of New Zealand Te Puna Mātauranga o Aotearoa kia whakawhanake kia whakatupu hoki ā-ipurangi i tēnei ihirangi.
Ka taea e koe te rapu, te tirotiro, te tā, te tiki ā-ipurangi hoki i ngā kai o roto mō te rangahau, me ngā whakamātau whaiaro a te tangata. Me mātua kimi whakaaetanga mai i te poari mō ētahi atu whakamahinga.
He pai noa iho tō hanga hononga ki ngā kai o roto i tēnei pae tukutuku. Kāore e whakaaetia ngā hononga kia kī, kia whakaatu whakaaro rānei ehara ngā kai nei nā te National Library.
The Secretary Maori Purposes Fund Board
C/- Te Puni Kokiri
PO Box 3943
WELLINGTON
Waea: (04) 922 6000
Īmēra: MB-RPO-MPF@tpk.govt.nz
Information in this publication is subject to Crown copyright and/or the copyright of the Māori Purposes Fund Board. The Māori Purposes Fund Board has granted permission to the National Library of New Zealand Te Puna Mātauranga o Aotearoa to develop and maintain this content online.
You can search, browse, print and download for research and personal study. Permission must be obtained from the board for any other use.
You are welcome to create links to the content on this website. Any link may not be done in a way to say or imply that the material is other than that of the National Library.
The Secretary Maori Purposes Fund Board
C/- Te Puni Kokiri
PO Box 3943
WELLINGTON
Phone: (04) 922 6000
Email: MB-RPO-MPF@tpk.govt.nz