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and the latter tends to cause scouring in young pigs, 

 it should be slowly introduced into the diet. The 

 quantity at first should not exceed litre (i pint) , 

 and it may be gradually raised to about i litre 

 (if pints), but not more. If separated milk is used, 

 then the addition of some saccharified starch food, 

 as described previously (pp. 145 and 291), is advis- 

 able. The milk and the corn, which is given in 

 increasing quantities, supply, as a rule, all the 

 phosphoric acid required, but there is often a 

 deficiency of lime which must be made good by the 

 addition of precipitated chalk to the food; by 

 degrees, J- oz. may be given. 



When the young pigs are capable of taking a 

 sufficient amount of food they should be accus- 

 tomed as quickly as possible to the use of those 

 foods which they will have after weaning, and 

 the mother's milk gradually withdrawn. After 

 weaning, the whole milk is replaced by degrees by 

 skim milk, which should be boiled and fed in a luke- 

 warm state, but not necessarily diluted. If the pigs 

 are intended for breeding purposes they may be 

 given skim milk and crushed corn (barley, oats, or 

 wheat) up to three months old, or ground peas and 

 beans instead of the corn. From the third month 

 onward pulped mangels, boiled or steamed potatoes, 

 finely ground maize, tender green fodder and, 

 above all, young clover may be introduced into 

 the ration, and the skim milk withdrawn if the 



