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owner of the hogs as the price of the corn he would feed them at 30 cents 

 per bushel. The owner of the cattle has hog feed to spare and which is 

 going to waste; therefore he can afford to allow these hogs to run after 

 his cattle for a good deal less than the cost of feeding them corn. It 

 ought not to be difficult for two neighbors to settle for themselves what 

 is equitable as between man and man under such circumstances. The 

 man who owns the cattle can afford to put pork on these hogs for less 

 than 3 cents per pound and is just that much ahead, while the man who 

 has the hogs can afford to pay 3 cents, as under ordinary circumstances 

 it would cost him that in corn and bother in feeding besides. We sug- 

 gest, therefore, that there would be no particular wrong done if he 

 charged the owner of the hogs anywhere from 75 cents to 90 cents per 

 month, depending on the gain the hogs were making. They should gain 

 thirty pounds a month each on that feed and both parties are making 

 money by the transaction. 



BEST FEEDS FOR PIGS. 



Twentieth Century Farvner. 



D. W. May of the Kentucky experiment station issued an interesting 

 bulletin entitled "A Comparison of Feeds for Pigs," of which the following 

 is a summary: 



Of the various feeds for pigs available to the farmers of this country, 

 corn ranks first. It is a crop grown to some extent in all sections, is 

 much relished by pigs, is easily handled and lays on fat rapidly. "With 

 these qualifications it is no wonder that it has largely superseded all 

 other feeds and is used to a great extent as the single article of diet in 

 the fattening ration. Not only has it become in most instances the soie 

 feed given to pigs, but it has materially influenced the character of the 

 animal in the corn-growing regions. 



There is no doubt but that corn fed alone is in a great many instance? 

 unprofitable. Investigations have shown not only that pigs make a better 

 gain per pound of feed, but that the animals are more thrifty and less 

 liable to disease when fed a combined ration. 



In the work herein reported certain feeds were employed which are 

 available to the farmers of this state and which may be used to supple- 

 ment the corn ration for pigs. Twenty grade Berkshire pigs raised on the 

 station farm were divided into five lots of four each. The animals were 

 from the litters of three sows of very similar breeding and were by the 

 same sire. They were a very uniform lot of pigs and were divided iato 

 lots of nearly equal weights. They had been wintered on corn, aad at 

 the beginning of the experiment were in good flesh. The feeding was 

 carried on in small pigeries, with a covered room for sleeping and eatims; 

 and a small run 8x15 feet. The animals were supplied at all times with 

 water, ashes, coal and salt. A little copperas was occasionaly addei to 



