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hundred and oil meal at a dollar and a half, as a good ration I would 
recommend six parts corn and one part oil meal. This ration with 
good clover pasture, will produce satisfactory gains and will be fairly- 
economical. The more clover pasture, the better and cheaper the gain. 
I have also had very good results from feeding tankage to balance 
up with corn, as tankage is very rich in protein. With pigs running 
on good clover pasture I recommend a feed of nine parts com and one 
part tankage. If they are not running on pasture I would feed seven 
parts corn to one part tankage. 
There are too many young pigs whose usefulness is impaired by 
feeding too much corn. I find in my own experience that I am well 
paid for all the cost of the additional feeds, as there is less risk of 
disease and they are put on better gain, and therefore I can make 
a greater profit. I think a farmer ought to raise more of this protein 
feed himself. I believe it can be done. I will tell you how I am solv- 
ing the question. I mix wheat and oats about half and half and sow 
them together and have raised from thirty to fifty bushels per acre. 
I do not like too much oats with it, as after it is ground the hull of 
the oats make too much bulk. I have gasoline power and do my own 
grinding and I take this wheat after it is ground with corn and a very 
small part of oil meal or tankage and it makes a ration for the young 
and the old alike and they eat it with a relish. 
We should take care in feeding new corn as they are apt to eat too 
much and cause indigestion. Over-feeding will start a fever and near- 
ly always cause trouble. I like the idea of husking part of my corn 
with the hogs. Plant pumpkins with the corn you expect to hog down 
and cut a few open every morning and watch how they eat them. They 
pick the corn up clean and gain lots of good exercise, and it don't cost 
you four cents a bushel and board for man and team to husk it. 
To fit a bunch of hogs economically for the market a man must be 
on the lookout always, as the unexepected is always liable- to happen. 
I never lost a pig by heat where they have had access to shade and 
water. At all times one must be on the lookout for worms, as worms 
cause a great amount of trouble with hogs. The best thing for worms, 
and about the only thing I use, is santonin, one ounce dissolved in 
boiling water and mixed in the slop for about sixty head of about 100 
pounds each. Be sure to keep hog off feed from twelve to twenty- 
four hours before feeding worm medicine, as your money will be thrown 
away if fed on a full stomach. Give the hogs a mild physic after feed- 
ing worm medicine to expel the worms and be sure to have plenty of 
trough room where you feed it so all hogs get their portion. If this 
don't get the worms with a couple of doses it won't be necessary to buy 
any worm medicine sold by any agent at a long price, as it won't do 
any good. This has been my experience. 
Another enemy that we should be on the lookout for is lice, as very 
few will thrive and feed out economically with their backs covered with 
lice. There are numerous good dips offered for this purpose, but my 
favorite dip is crude oil, and I think the only thing to use, as it kills 
the nits as well as Mr. Louse and is not at all injurious to the hog or his 
eyes and is far cheaper than the ready made dips. It does not require 
