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especially the copperas, and after it is pulverized we put it out in 

 small troughs. 



Q. How do you prevent waste by rains and snows? 



A. Well, we lose some by rain, but in the winter time we keep 

 it inside the barn where we feed the cattle. Some of the time it is 

 out in the open, but it only costs about one cent a pound, and W3 

 like to keep it fresh and put out only a little at a time. 



Q. What does this medicine cost you? 



A. Salsoda and Glauber's salt, laid down at railroad station, 

 cost about 95 cents a hundred ; sulphur 10 cents more a hundred — 

 amounts to about one cent a pound. 



Q. Will you state the formula again? 



A. Three pounds each of salsoda, Glauber's salt, and cop- 

 peras and one pound of sulphur. 



Q. Do you ever use charcoal? 



A. No. It would be quite a job to get and burn corn-cobs, 

 and I think this answers the purpose. 



Q. Do you think charcoal would be of any advantage? 



A. It might be. But we use this formula to keep the hogs 

 laxative. 



Q. State the amount of tankage you feed? 



A. Thirty pounds per day. 



