CHAPTER XVII 



SEPARATOR MILK AND THE BREEDING OF PIGS FOR 



BACON 



A WORK of this nature would not be complete with- 

 out reference to the great and profitable secondary 

 use of successful dairying, viz. the selection, breed- 

 ing, and feeding of pigs for bacon. It cannot be 

 stated too often that dairying can be made more 

 profitable and the returns from each cow greatly 

 enhanced by feeding pigs with the surplus separator 

 milk, and sending them, when they are in prime 

 condition, to the bacon factory. The creameries in 

 the Union have to-day grown to such an extent 

 that the economic future and prosperity of the 

 dairy industry rests entirely in their hands ; that a 

 widespread feeling is abroad, that the time has 

 come for a forward movement in the direction of 

 co-operative effort in the production of bacon and 

 hams. 



It must not be thought, however, for one moment 

 that the success of the bacon industry is going to 

 depend entirely on the companies who produce the 

 capital necessary for working a bacon factory. For, 



