SECTION XXXIII. 



FEED AND CARE OF SWINE. 



Swine like horses have but one stomach, therefore they are not 

 adapted to consuming as large quantities of roughage as the 

 ruminants, cattle and sheep. Grain is very desirable for pigs 

 and from equal weights of such feed pigs will gain more than 



Fig. 20. Grand champion Poland-China sow after Dietrich. 



the ruminants. Swine generally are made to utilize the wastes 

 from the kitchen and the dairy and because of the many wastes 

 that would ordinarily be thrown away, the raising of pork is 

 usually very profitable. 



Requirements. The requirements for pork production include 

 plenty of bone making material (ash) and a fair supply of pro- 

 tein. It was formerly customary to feed very wide rations 

 and market the animals very fat at the age of about 15 months, 

 weighing 300 to 400 Ibs. Such hogs are suitable for the pack- 

 ing houses. Local demand at present often calls for pigs of 



