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too far, for it is not essential that everything should 

 be converted into a thin gruel. The boiling or 

 steaming should be restricted to potatoes, hard 

 grains, and chaff, or to those foods which contain 

 injurious spores of fungi, etc. Where by-products 

 from the distillery, brewery, or starch manufactory 

 are being used, and they are not quite fresh, they 

 may also be cooked in some way, and the same 

 applies to milk and all waste material from the 

 dairy. Grain should be given either coarsely ground 

 or crushed, whilst feeding meals may be mixed 

 with the coarser parts of the ration. When food 

 is made into a gruel it should not be too thin ; the 

 best consistency is that of a thick porridge, and it 

 should be cooled to below the body temperature. 

 Special care must be taken to keep the feeding- 

 troughs and vessels clean. 



The daily ration should be divided into three 

 meals for young pigs, and they should be given 

 regularly and punctually. The sty should be 

 moderately warm, dry, clean, and well ventilated; 

 an excess of heat destroys the appetite and can 

 prove as dangerous as a cold sty. 



