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sudden cliange from a limited, dry diet to a plethora of 

 the appetizing new corn. The temptation to rush hogs 

 off to market before cold weather approaches should not 

 encourage the farmer to make too sud<len a change in 

 his methods of feeding. When the earliest corn is in full 

 roasting-ear stage it may be given, stalk and all, in mod- 

 erate quantity, without any change at first in the usual 

 feeding. As the corn hardens it may be gi\-en more 

 liberally, but by a gradual increase. By the time the 

 corn is fully matured the hogs will have become well 

 accustomed to it. The judicious use of the new corn 

 is purely an application of the judgment which should 

 pre\'ail in feeding at all times. 



Hogs that have had access to plenty of green pas- 

 ture are less liable to be disturbed by green or new 

 corn than those previously kept in dry lots. Where they 

 have been pastured on rape or green, succulent food of 

 that character, the risk is greatly diminished. Pumpkins 

 are excellent feed for hogs about to be put on green 

 corn. They supply succulence, and their seeds serve 

 well as a vermifuge. 



"It is not alone when new corn is fed," says John 

 Cownie. "that the utmost care should be taken in feeding, 

 but at all times the strictest vigilance should be main- 

 tained as regards both feed and water. \\'ith the hogs 

 in thrifty condition, new corn can be fed without danger, 

 but judgment must be exercised or the worst results will 

 follow. In feeding horses each animal receives its allow- 

 ance, and it is only by carelessness or accident that a 

 horse fed in a stall could receive an undue alk^wance. 

 Rut in feeding a herd of hogs there are alwavs some 



