622 FEEDS AND FEEDING 



why corn is unsatisfactory for feeding bacon hogs. Good pasture, such 

 as rape, clover, or alfalfa, and also roots in winter are very helpful in 

 producing good bacon carcasses, but too much succulent feed and with 

 only a little concentrates will produce soft bacon. For choice bacon, 

 however, pigs are usually fed slightly less concentrates than a full ration. 

 Growthy, thrifty pigs that have been properly fed to a weight of 100 Ibs. 

 and that have had plenty of exercise may be finished on almost any of the 

 common concentrate mixtures and make fine bacon. 



