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Regarding id meal alui: :urmp i- 



usually so, but meal along with skimmed milk and cM,ked turnips 

 or other succulent food materially lessens the expense. The man 

 .-row- his ,,WM feed has two sources of profit, the grower's and 

 the feeder'-. and thus lias a distinct advantage OVfer the puivi 

 ..l" Mipphev And if he will gi\e hi- ' abundance of frc-h 



air and sunlight, with shelter from wind- Of air currents, and a 

 well-littered dry Led. his success is certain. The average farmer 

 should not attempt breeding pure-hrcds to meet the demand for 

 breeding stock, hut should conline himself to producing markei 

 lie \\ill also find it safer to handle a small number of hogs, 

 and rather as an adjunct to more important operations. The man 



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that knows what number of hogs his farm will sustain in average 

 conditions, and is never either overstocked or understocked, but pre- 

 serves a judicious conservatism in the face of fluctuating prir 

 the man that makes money nut of hogs. A fair profit on feeding 

 hogs is from 2O to 40 per rent., and the Dominion Kxperimental 

 Farm usually makes the latter out of the hogs fed on the best ration-. 



There are pork-packing and bacon-curing establishmei 

 \ariou- town- and cities of Ontario, and a steady market for light 

 young hogs is assured throughout the year. The yearly output 

 from five Toronto plants alone is estimated at $10,004.41';. 



The success of Canadian bacon and hams in the I'.ritMi niarkcM 

 is largely owing to possessing quality superior to the corn- fed hog- 

 of the United States. Canadians cannot compete with the Ameri- 



