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quite sufficient for him. Otherwise, if he be fed 

 largely on skim milk and mealies, he becomes too 

 lazy and not active enough for service, and thus 

 less likely to get a big litter when he is used. 



Raising Young Pigs for Bacon Factory. 



The secret of successful and economical raising 

 of young pigs for bacon begins at the time of wean- 

 ing, and lies in the fact of never letting the young 

 pigs lose their "baby flesh " or fatness. It was at 

 one time thought that pigs would grow anyhow 

 on air probably might eat anything, and then 

 when they were about a year old they could be 

 caught, penned up, and fattened. Others again 

 believe that a pig wants a lot of exercise and running 

 about in order to produce lean meat ; also they 

 would feed him well on fat-forming foods to produce 

 the desirable ''streaky" bacon. But it has clearly 

 been proved by experiments in feeding that this is 

 a fallacy, and that by feeding it from the weaning 

 stage on a food rich in albumenoids such as 

 separator milk, food, time, and money are saved. 

 To carry this out successfully we must have quick- 

 growing, strong-constitutioned animals, well adapted 

 for this class of work, and these may be found in 

 the breeds already described, the parent stock of 

 which is handled in the manner already described. 

 As we have already said, the secret is to retain the 



