A SELF-SUPPORTING HOME 



coal are added to the feed, and a bag of oak 

 leaves are thrown into the yard at least as 

 often. 



In the wall at the side of the outer com- 

 partment a trap only large enough for a 

 baby pig to get through opens, and behind 

 it a yard three feet square in which a small 

 trough stands. When the babies are two 

 weeks old, the trap is opened and the trough 

 filled three times a day with a mixture of 

 skim-milk and crushed oat gruel. The lat- 

 ter is made by boiling one quart of crushed 

 oats in four quarts of water for half an hour, 

 and then straining. Of course fattening pigs 

 should have all they can eat at a time, and 

 be fed four times a day. 



An expert has described the appearance of 

 a good sow as follows: Wide between the 

 eyes, neck moderately thin, shoulders deep, 

 back wide and straight, deep chest, and well- 

 sprung ribs. Our pigs have all been of the 

 Essex breed, simply because such a boar 

 was kept on an adjacent farm. Peggy was 



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