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SYNOPSIS.
CHAPTER I- Robert Hollis, one-time
Rea captain, who tells the story, is a
guest on Gerald Carrington’s ya- lit, i
meralda. It is supposed to be a '‘stag’’’
party and Hollis is surprised on discover
ing a woman, who evidently wishes to re
main unknown, aboard.
CHAPTER II—Hollis, the next night,
succeeds in having an interview with the
woman. She merely tells him her name
is Vera.
CHAPTER III -Carrington tells his
guests of the coming war, and that he
is engineering a cupper pool.
CHAPTER IV The yacht Is sunk In a
collision and Hollis saves McCann, mil
lionaire, and one of the party.
CHAPTER V Hollis and McCaTm res
cue Vera and leave the ship in a small
boat.
CHAPTER VT Hollis and Vera become
friendly, though he Is unaware of h< r
Identity.
CHAPTER VIT McCann refuses to sub
mit to Hollis’ authority, and toe latter
enforces it.
CHAPTER VIII The castaways are
sighted by a ship, the Indian Chief, which
takes them aboard.
CII VPTER IX—The Indian Chief lu.s
recently been struck by lightning and is
almost a wreck. All the officers are u id.
Hollis meets the own* r, who tells bun
the vessel has a cargo of ammunition,
consigned to the German government.
CHAPTER X—Hollis consents to o
rharge of ship and continue vn.vavr Vera
recognizes an old friend in Rob* rt
BfLscoin, owner of the Indian Chief.
Baseom and McCann are deadly ene
mies.
i n*\r TER XT T,: ‘--fitisfactlon among
the crew quickly develops, and Hollis
selects his oflicers.
CHAPTER XIT McCann wants to retn
to New York, ami tries to corrupt crew.
CTTtPTKR X1IT Hollis Anris himself
forced to confine McCann to a cabin.
5 ■ lJ t I H XH Vera and Hollis agree
P at for Hascotn's sake the ship must bo
■ ikcr. to Its destination. Hollis l ams that
''ora Is Gerald Carrington's daughter.
ITAPTER XV The crew, realising
danger of capture by allied warships,
evince disinclination to continue voyage.
CHAPTER X\T Traders of the crew
disarm Hollis and make him a prisoner.
CHAPTER XVTT In a fliriit with the
mutineers Hollis is badly hurt. On recover
ing consciousness he realises that lie must
submit, though, being the only navigator
on hoard, he is in position to make terms
with McCann. He is made a. prisoner.
CHAPTER XVITT—Vera pretends to
agree to McCann's plans, to Hollis' won
der.
CHAPTER XX—McCann succeeds in
deceiving commander of warship, which
goes on its way. Hollis U recaptured.
CHAPTER XXI—Vera and Hoiiis reach
Understanding by which they will ounvit
McCann.
CHAPTER X XIT — Vera acknowl
edges her love for Hollis. McCann,
Hollis, “Liverpool Red,” and the lead
ers of the mutiny have a conference.
CHAPTER XXIir-TIolIts realizes that
McCann and his followers are preparing
to abandon the ship.
CHAPTER XXIV—Vera releases Hollis
and he frees the men loyal to him, who
had been confined by McCann.
CHAPTER XXV McCann seeks to
compel Vera to go with him in tlie* small
boat, but the. girl is rescued by Hoiiis.
McCann and ids followers escape.
CHAPTER XXVI—Hollis and the few
men who remained loyal successfully
navigate the ship through a storm. They
overtake the vessel's boats, in extreme
peril.
CHAPTER XXVTI—McCann and bis fol
lowers. after agreeing to recognize Hollis'
authority arc tllowed the freedom of
tin* ship. Dubois, a sailor, is found
murdered, stabbed from behind.
CHATTER XXVIII Efforts to ascer
tain ff ho was the slay* r of Dubois r< -
suit in the conviction that there is a
maniac aboard. Another man Is found
dead, and all realize Bascmn. who can- I
not be found, is the murderer.
CHAPTER XXIX—While searching for
Pascom It is discovered that the slap is
on fire.
CHAPTER XXX.
A Day in the Boat.
T turned, my fingers yet gripping the
rail. Before* then 1 had had no time to
think, to appreciate the full terror of
our situation, to realize Ihe horror of
the spectacle. In that last instant tills
hurst upon me in all its vivid horror.
Between the two hatches the deck was
a sheet ot names; already the cum..
of the lower yards had caught, and was
blazing fiercely. Tl|e red writhing ser
pents, fanned by the wind, were sweep
ing aft in billows, tipped with black
smoke, dense and suffocating. All
about us the glare of dancing fire, the
swirl of shadowy smoke clouds; the
air was hot, almost blistering. I saw
nothing of McCann.
“He isn’t in the boat?"
“No, sir.”
“Well, we can't wait—lower away—
yes. I’m coming.”
They must have unhooked the falls
at my first word, for the boat sank Just
as I swung to the rail. This, and a
sight suddenly revealed against the
front of the cabin, held me there,
clinging to a stay, struck motionless
with horror. 1 h :ird Vera cry out from
below;
“Robert—Robert! Don’t wait—
jump!”
But the words seemed to have no
meaning, no power to Impress me; for
an instant the sight 1 beheSl paralyzed
my brain. The lashed wheel still held
the ship to the wind, and the clouds
of smoke belched aft, becoming so
dense I could not see across the deck
to the port rail. I knew not where
they came from, nor how they had met
In that last death grapple. All 1 know
Is, that suddenly, both bodies wrapped
in fining unti half shrouded iu wreath
of smoko, ihc glare of tiro on ihc’ir
laces, every muscle straining in the in
tensity of struggle—McCann ftcbtlng
desperately lo escape; J’>;i , • *i c>:.t
cising all tin’ mad strength of insanity
in retain hold of his victim, if • jifi< r
uttered a sound. I heard it not. it was
like a horrid picture* projected from
out tin* smoke cloud, arid as in-;mtly
fading. I saw the men’s faces, ex
ultnnt hatred in one. nr.-j . t *•
ror in tin* other; I witness -d tlie strain
of muscle, the awful effort to rend
apart arms and limbs. It was a vis: a
of hell, yet almost before I could lie.!'
vision it. tin* two figures were * ngolfed
in a sea of flame; where (hey went
into the seething caldron, or over the
tail ini*> tin* d**pths «if ocean I can
never tell. They were there, struggling
like fiends, a lmrmr unspeakable in a
frame of smoke and fire; then that
curtain of death and fin* dropped—
and they were no more.
I tuny have jumped; I may have re
leased my hold upon the inn , s;ay. and
fallen. The dc**k plunks wen* hot to
my feet, and serpents of flame crept
along the seams as though reaching for !
me with tongues of fire. I staggered
hack with hands held before my eves,
half blinded with tin* glare, si ill seeing,
in crazed memory that awful spectacle'
of death and horror. From far below -
a cry reached my ears—a woman's
agonized cry shrieking upward through
the crackle and r* nr of liana s until it
even penetrated my brain, and brought
me life again :
“Robert! Robert! Come to me!’’
I turned, and gripped the rail. With
one swing 1 was over it, my body
hurtling through the air. down into th<
black sen. As I came back to the stir
With One Swing I Was Over It.
face, every-numbed faculty restored by
the plunge, the icy grip of the water,
the glow of the flames above me re
vealed the small boat, 1 lashing the
moisture from my eyes, conscious only
of the pleadlngin her extended arms,
1 swam toward it. Then behind mo the
ship burst Into a thousand fragment .
rending apart wiih the report of a
mighty gun, and shooting upward in a
volcano of flame. I went down down
—down, and knew no more.
If one could he in tin instant trail ■
ferred from the most fantastic depths
of an inferno to the heavenly delights
of paradise, his experience would not
seem stranger, or more impossible than
mine. 1 had sunk to death, about tie
every horror of noise and sight ; the
black night, the glare of flame, the
roar of explosion, the ley chi I eh of wa
ter: wliat followed that plunge into the
depths was unconsciousness. 1 awoke
with Vera's eyes smiling into mine, her
face bent above me, the golden sun
light of a new dawn resting on her
hair. I could hut stare up at her. un
able to comprehend, half believing it
all a vision in as quickly dissolve1 Into
mist. Yet I was rational, my brain
swiftly clearing to the truth. The band
which held mine was of flesh and
blood : those were no dream eyes smil
ing their welcome, arid 1 was lying In
a boat, bobbing lip find down to tho
surface of tho son. Words onmo to my
lilts, a whispered question:
“You—you picked me up? we are
still at sen?”
“Yes. dear; oh! J am so glad! lie
still, you are not strong enough to sit
up yet.”
“Oh, yes I UIU : s O. I will lean nenincf
your sleuth;1 r. V-U.v. li is no n., ly ;
morning; the sun is an hour hi^li.
My eyes left tier fin e to sun ex the I
others, and the eorkU'shell in wlneli we
floated. The litt le boat bore up ' rave
ly under its load, although Wid e and
Olson were 1> ith hailing. and my eyes
took note of several charred puts
along tin* gunwale sla lag t '
of fire. I.eayord was at 1 1 i ' and
seemed to comprehend all taut l xxa i
most eager to learn.
“Yes, we’re still afloat, sir,” he sahl,
with a sailor's hopelaln h ■' •
God's mercy. My every token we
should have been blown out ol tin*
water when the Indian Chief haled,
hut somehow the gtot of it didn’t hit
\yy vxits showered with tire, uu Uit
f>y a tot of (lyin' stuff, but mullin' I"
wreck the boat. White had his arm
broke by a piece o’ timber, an’ an ear
Went overboard. Tbit how we ever kept
right side nn in this little dinky boat
w! "o ;! ■ t log iron pot sunk is mori'n
o,iy!k dv but Cod could ti ll, Wo just
couldn't do ii- 'hit ’ but Just hang on.
We wus wav up there, siu, a scrapin'
the clouds, an’ ilu n down in a hollow
that swined a mite deep; an’ niton we
come up nut o’ that, there yen was. sir,
shoutin' out o' the waves straight at
us. The girl, she saw you an'
screamed: slic'd hive "one over after
y» r. if I h dn’t grubbed her. an' then
le d he wu a boat hook inter the collar
of yor Jacket, an’ we hauled yr in
over the Side.”
“That must have been hours ago.”
“Quite a spell, sir. Something hed
lot yer head, ,11' it bled a hit The
: uung lady has lea n n-holdin’ yer on
I •’.* I p ever since; she tore her
skirt—”
“Never mind that. Mr. l.eayord." she
b lerrupted. “we ail of ns’ did what we
< dson. will you pass hack u
I iill: a '-.d ;i wal. r bottle ; < 'aptnin
Hoi’ s will regain strength if lie h:ts
something to eat.”
I smiie.j ;tt her, and accepted the
irscuit.
“How are w ■ fixed on food? T only
wnnf my share.”
“We have had one apiece; there w re
two hags thrown in; we can thank Me
t'aliU fol* that, the poor devil.”
The ’m w ry of that spi'Ciaelo of hor
ror witness d on the blazing d' c|<
eatw suddenly hack to me. and 1 hid
ti.v oyos. ev ry nm-rl" of my we: bund
tody trembling. I f. It. Vi ruY'hrms hold
mo tight.
“W! tt is it, Robert? You are in
"Xu; the suffering was mental. not
physical. T I saw M'-c.mn’s dentil;
that was what held me on board so
hum. Bascom got. bftn; they—they
went down together, fighting in each j
other's fines, in a sheet of flame, Xo |
words' can picture the horror of it. i
Let's not talk of that any longer. I—I
must keep yiy mind.”
“yes. dear, we will not talk of if,’’ ]
tenderly. “Our own situation is sure- |
iy had enough; you must tell the 'men j
what to do.”
I lifted myself, strengthened by the !
bpeal, eager to be diverted.
"The boat is taking in water?”
“Not a great deal, sir; she is so deep
1 si m -nl: sh.-- in r the . mw b>.
We're all right so long as the sea keeps ;
like it is now.”
“Are you steering by compass?"
"No, sir, by sun. I just naturally
headed west; that’s the nearest coast,
l reckon? Are these fishing sens, sir?”
"The best in the world. I’ve often
read of dory crews being lost in the
winter fog, and yet making land in
spite of the storm and cold. If they
can do it In such weather, there is nn
mil for us to give up while the boat
Ik ts. The first job should be to rig
a sail; there is one oar left?”
“Aye. sir, and a paddle.”
“Good enough. Red. cut a hole in
that forward thwart with your sheath
knife; not too large now. Any can- j
vas aboard?”
“Only these “trip'1.'’
“They’ll do for stays, and to make
secure. The sail will have to he a shirt
■*-Olsnn, how about yours?”
lie peeled it off without a word, and
helped me fasten it to the oar blade.
It was a rough hit of work, yet served
the purpose, and when we had stepped
the improvised mast, bracing it ns best
we could with the paddle, and the out
spread garment bellied out in the fair
ly fresh wind, the sight put new heart
into all of us. I could hut note the fel
lows staring at it. and then at the
rushing green water alongside, as i
though calculating our progress. No I
doubt it was small enough, yet the
very knowledge that we were moving
at all tceded to holster our courage,
and arouse hope.
There was nothing more to he done;
the boat rode fairly steady, and one
man could easily keep her clear of
water. The others disposed them
selves as best they might, occasionally
exchanging a word or two. hut mostly
staring about at the expanse of sea.
l.oayord hung on to the til %u\ while I
held to Vera's hand, and we spoke ip >
low voices for each other alone.
“What a mistake we made when we j
chose this vovaee.” T said ferret fullv. 1
‘It has brought only hardship and
peril.”
“1 dn imt regret,” anil her eyes gazed
frankly into mine. ‘‘Truly I do not.
There was no other wny for ns to know
end lo\n. Hohert, If this was the end.
1 should he glad of my choice. I would
rather go down here in these waters j
clasp 1 in your arms, than to he com
pelled to live on in the world without ,
yon.”
“My sv cothenr: ; hut T will not
imagine s;n li a fate. Wo have strug
gled on through to . much to have the
end conic in this d-sol.-ito ocean. We
must win—lhe Newfoundland coast is
not so far aw- y. I tlcsc ere sailors
with ns. You tr; . and love me?”
“With all my t-s art.”
“Together we will have faith in
God.”
Her hand softly sfroked my tetu
[dcs. lie! ' -In tiling me from
the sen : ■ ■ t la- . bending over
me; li cv ~ smiling cadidently into
mine my own gtvw misty, and I dually
lost i-on-’i o'usncss even to luu- ]ires
enc-e.
I me 1 >r that I lay there
motionless for two hours, so still, so
sof;!,- hi - ill : as to aimost frighten
her. Twin • she iearied close to assure
herself that 1 did a- - illy hreathe, and
her ling . - t'clt for the bent of pulse at
my wrist. It was the coma of sheer e>;
Imitation. The bull-like roar of a
s’ irtlod voice forward awoke me. 1
caught no word, only ihe sound, but
there was a mite to it like the violence
of a blow. 1 sat up. staring about, tlm
entire scene within the rutile of vision
WHAT THE
IS DOING
AND WHAT YOU CAN DO
NURSING SERVICE DEPARTMENT. - -
The of N’ur ing Si rvice opens with the door to a professional
' ( i full of s. • ii- u and 11i im' ■ T! ■ number of registered trained
nurses in this cr tr; is barely adequate in times of peace, and there is
* ' r> in a :.»n lint the demand for experienced nurses will continue for
many yea:, aft r the war has end . d. It is of vital importance now that
we: ; n in gr- t nunibt tv be « nrolled in t: i s< rviee Our schools of nursing,
our civil ho.-pitais ate to women what the training camps are to officers and
uii n. Hundreds of nurses have already been drafted. The supply will be
utterly ina■.equate unit ss qualified women rally in large numbers to this call
of duty'.
The Surgeon-General of the United States Army has stated that 40,000
trained Red ('r■ - nurses will he needed to minister to our army before
anot! r year has p: i The War D> partment and the Red Cross therefore
call upon the womanhood of America to enter at once upon a course of
training. The emergency is so gi .-at that the training course has been
n dm d from three years to two, and the age limit for Red Cross service
which f innerly rang' d between the a- >s of 25 to 40 has now been eitjnded
to embrace ail between the ages of 18 and 45. Excellent training courses are
available at all the large hospitals throughout the country.
Nursing education not only prepares
for a large variety of professional
fields, but is an excellent preparation
for home and family life and for pub
lie service in many ways.
Almost upon enrollment the studen
begins her service to the communii;
in helping to care for the sick, as i
part of her instruction and training.
Life in mo?t schools is healthy
wholesome, simple and n gular. It n
full of vivid hum: n interest, the stu
dent sharing in deepest realities of
life.
The graduate of a good school step -
at once into regular professional life
and work with an assured livelihood.
No weary struggle to get a foothold—
to show what she can do. The hos
pital has carried her over that stage.
Her work is ready and waiting for her
if she successfully completes he. train
The student is at no expense for
tuition, board, lodging, laundry, uni
form, etc., in the great majority of
schools. Only a few schools charge a
tuition fee for preparatory course. The
student is also cared for in illness.
Salaries compare favorably with sal
r ries of other trained women. In some
fi Ids they are highs r than the aver
age. Especially is this true of teach
ing am'j administrative work oithi r in
institutions or in public health mar.
ing. Opportunities for advancement
are many and steadily increasing.
Our schools of nursing, our civil hos
pitals, are to women what the training
camps are to officers and men. Hun
dreds of nurses have already bo o
drafted. The supply will be utterly
inadequate unless our qualified wom
en rally in large numbers to this call
of duty. Enroll as a student and bo
pin your preparation to meet you
Country’s need for large numbers of
highly trained nurses—not only for
war service under the American Red
Cross, but also for peace service ot
the greatest importance.
Hospitals and schools of nursing
need an ample student nursing si t v
ico, composed of well-educated, high
principled, capable and devoted younc
won i t who are in training to become
< Xpert, sii d, competent nurses. Ml
! hospitals and schools of nursing must
select from these their superintend
ents and assistants, supervisors or
head nurses and principals, Instructors
and lecturers.
Public health nursing needs in .arse
numbers well-qualified nurses tor tbe
I following well-defined fit-ids of vo.'k:
j Bedside care of the sick in their
; homes, carp of babies and prenatal in
struction of mothers, supervision of
I health of school children. Instruction
and care of tuberculous patients in
their homes, nursing and welfare work
n indu 'rial plants, mental hygiene
work, hospital social service.
In all these fitdds there Is n in
' creasing demand for administi ators,
| supervisors and teachers. These posts
call for women of superior ability ar.d
high educational qualifications.
General conditions for admission
i are: (a) Those personal qualities re
1 quired in a life of responsible service
tor oiht rs: (b graduation from goo i
high or private school; (c) good
health; (dl proper age-—should not he
under 20 years lif possible) and jot
i over 33 (about the limit).
For further information address
I .> da Anderson. Director Nursing Serv
i ice,- 1017 Railway Exchange, St. Louis,
WEA3YGUR RED CROSS BUTTON
The little button which was given
to you when you joined the Red Cross
stands for something It means that
you are one of twenty two millions
n the United States, one-fifth of the
■ utiic population of the country, who
ore he’ping to win the war for Amer
• ica and her Allies. It means that
'you belh ve in humanity and demo
te! acv. Ii is the Insignia of one of
"he most potent agencies for good In
the world. Every member of the
i American Red Cross is a privileged
, person, for it is a privilege to belong
:o this most wonderful organization. S
Show that you esteem It a privilege by
I wearing on the lapel of your coat or
' on your dress tin4 white button with ]
the Red Cro s. Wear it every day and
wear it where others cannot fail to
see it!
photographing its •'f upon niy twain
Tin' ocean ln-aved in Inns green bil
I' cre-a ■ 1 w; h foam, the bo:* I'i
irg ami falling as steadily as a rock
big chair; the sun mi longer heat dow n
itpou us from a cloudless sky. tint up
jo' d , a fiery red disk through a
e! u! of vapor, which swept along tin
■aii'face of the water ohscitring the etr
do < f In ! won, I.ivorpool stood erect
in tie boat’s how, holding himself firm
by gripping the invert• -d oar, his free
hand hollowed to make n trumpet of
his voieo. livery other face was turned
forward, yet for an instant, the (lap
ping s! ids, improvised for sails, pre
vented my seeing the cause of excite
ment. Then I.eayord, with an inth
jammed down his helm, and the dinghy
s vepf to port, mounting a wave crest
like a bird in flight, an 1 there hurst
out i "■! -tly ahead the sharp prow of
;i two-mas,ed schooner, hearing
sfv; : Id down toward us, sailing before
the wind. '
“Al \ there! Ahoy!” yelled Tied and
Olson, almost in one voice. “Port your
helm! Curse you, port your helm!”
It was almost like a vision, that vos
soj—n Klim, menacing r: > leaping
straight on toward us out of the mist, i
the white foam circling from lior sharp
cut-water, her spars and ropes sll- I
houetted aKainst the pray fop, her !
main sheets reefed, but with topsails ;
hellyine to the sharp breeze, yet with
not a sign of human life visible.
“lilt your helm down, Leayord! ]
Hard down, man.” I sobbed. “She'll be j
into us in a minute! Ay! that’s bet
tir: stand by, forward. If there Is any
chance lay hold.”
(continued Next Week.)
Optimism.
To face the changing fortunes of
life wi(b equanimity, to brace our
selves against the shocks of fortune,
> learn to smile at pretentiousness,
lo cultivate poise in the face of losses,
to let no scarcity in the non-essentials
touch our inner repose, to adjust our
-1 use of value so that we need not
miss v bat we do not need—these may
lie the fortunate' by-products of our
lust lessons in the art of doing with
out.—Exchange.
Hogs Do Not Like to Eat Corn Alon*
Any More Than People Like to
Eat Bread Alone.
E YOU LIKE VEGETABLES S
SO DOES THE HOG
MORE FORAGE - MORE PROFIT
£3 COLLCOC Or AGRICULTURE [7,1
EJfl UNIVERSITY or ARKANSAS
J. H. McLeod, Extension Division
University of Arkansas, Little
Rock. Ark., and Fay
etteville, Ark.
Hogs do not like to eat corn alone
any more than people would like to
eat bread alone. Why not give the
bogs Rome vegetables (forage) with
their bread (corn)? They will not
only grow faster and larger, but will
yie.lrl a greater profit.
These hogs were litter mates, but
one was fed on corn alone and the
other on corn and forage. Which kind
do you prefer to raiser
Produce more forage and more hogs
and help Arkansas increase her num
Ihm' of "porkers" 300,000 head this
*ear. Ask your county agent for in
foruialltin and bulletins
SUCCESSION OF FORAGE CROPS
FOR HOGS.
Crop.
Soils.
Time to Plant.
It ape
Soy Beans
Cowpeas
Sorghum
Lespedeza
Peanuts
Rich
All soils
All soils
All soils
All soils
Sandy
March 1-March 20
April 1-July 1
May 1 July 1
April 1-July 1 •
March 1-April 1
May 1-July 1
Crop.
Rape
Soy Beans
Cowpeas
Sorghum
Respedeza
Peanuts
Amt. per Acre.
No. Days,
Planting
to Grazing*
4 6 lbs., drilled
9-10 lb, br’dcast
Vi bu.. In rows
lVi bu.. br’dcast
’<i bu., in rows
IVi bu., br’dcast
1V4 to 2 bu..
broadcast
15 to 25 lbs.,
broadcast
IVi bu.,
f unshelled.
60 to 78
90 to 120
75 to 90
60 to 90
60 to 75
90 to 120
FEED FOR THE SOW.
By H. K. Sanders, Agricultural Ex
tension Division, University of Ark
ansas.
Feed For the Sow Before Farrowing.
Sows fed on corn alone will not
bring strong and heavy pigs. Fe.<r
some peanuts, wheat shorts, tankage
or sweet milk with the corn in the fol -
lowing proportion:
Corn 3 parts and shorts l part.
Corn 9 parts and tankage l part.
Corn 2 parts and peanuts 1 putt iir
hull.
Corn 3 parts and hran 1 pari.
Corn 6 parts and cowpeas 1 part.
A 250-pound sow’ should have from
five to sax an pounds per day of one
of the shove mixtures IT she is fed in
a dry lot and given plenty of fresn
water. The brood sow when carrying
her litter has to be fed with a view of
feeding the growing litter. The pros
pective pigs ot the litter need proper
feed to lav the foundation for their
future strength, sire and consilitm
Mon. One of 1he drains upon
the sow al the lime she is carrying:
tier litter is furnishing bone making
material. She, therefore, requires an
extra amount of hone-malting feed.
The luck of II is an injury to the Ut -
ter, and a danger to the sow. Provide?
a trough with wood ashes, ebarreit
corn cobs, charcoal and lime. For
details, see page 9, Farmers' Bullet
in . * \.»ii nwjo i ; (t.
Feed For Sow After Farrowing.
The mother should not receive f**sf
for about 24 hours after giving bfrtii
to the pigs. She is feverish. thungh..
and should be supplied liberally erirk
fresh water. The second day after
farrow ing she should be given a stitalP
feed of shorts and skim milk made in
to a thin slop. If there is no skku
milk on hand, mix about four parfs of
corn with one of shorts, cow pen*,
soy bean nteal or peanuts an-d give a
small quantity. She should be brought
up gradually to a full feed. This
should require about three weeks. If
site is overfed at first, the pigs are
likely to lake the scours and thumps
When on a full feed in a dry tot, sin',
will eat about four pounds of grain
I>or day tor each 100 pounds she
weighs. It she weighs 200 pounds
she will need about eight pounds tter
day. If she weighs 250 pounds, sihe
will need abo'fjt 10 pounds per day.
If she hits the run of a good pasture
at least one-halt of the grain will be
saved. If no pasture can l>e provtd1
ed, she will need to he fed about tins
same as slit- was before farrowfbg:
time, except that sin- will need more*
grain than when dry When the pa
title is composed of ttermuda grass :r
grain ration eoiiivaknt to :! per cent,
of her live weight should tie fed and
the grain part of the ration should bo
shorts. tankage and cowpeas. Ask
your bounty agent for Circular No. fl
on how to build a self-feeder for
hoga
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