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oats are ground together and ground fine. To this we add the bran 

 and pour boiling water over the amount we use at one feed. This we 

 feed twice daily and as soon as our pigs are old enough to eat, to the 

 above we will add one part ground rye. This mixture of feed I not 

 only thinli just as cheap as any other but much better for breeding stock 

 than too much corn. 



I may be digressing just a little from my subject, but I do want to 

 say this, that this year we will find the pig trade will be late; very few 

 pigs Avill be sold until new corn is in sight. Therefore I am of the opinion 

 it will be just as good for the pigs and much cheaper to not feed our 

 pigs very heavy until now corn comes. 



Some will say this will not do for the reason the pigs will never 

 develop right, but I think a great many have observed it is not the earliest 

 developed pig that makes the best hog, but the moderately fed pig that 

 developes into the best yearling. I can call to mind several of the best 

 hogs that ever gi-aced a show ring that were scarcely noticed (even by 

 their breeder) until they were six months or even older. 



