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the pure bred business, aside from the commercial feature, that 

 appeals to me, and I believe most of the actual breeders find it so. 



This thing of improvement — of doing something better than 

 it has ever been done before — of making a better animal than its 

 ancestors — brings a sense of satisfaction and pride that is of itself 

 its own reward. 



AN EXPERIMENT IN PORK PRODUCTION. 



(E. B. Forbes, Assistant Professor Animal Husbandry, Missouri Agricultural College.) 



In the spring of 1905 the Missouri Experiment Station made 

 a comparison of several of the best concentrated supplements to 

 corn for dry-lot fattening of hogs, and the practical outcome of this 

 test is set forth in the following table : 



