FEEDING AND FATTENING 



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food consiiinetl is valued at $1 per 100 pounds. This is 

 Henry's table: 



FEED AND GAIN OF SWINE AT DIFFERENT STAGES OF 

 GROWTH 



SOME CASKS OF LONG PASTING 



The ability of a hog to fast, or to live upon himself, 

 in close, solitary confinement for long periods is really 

 very remarkable, and although not understood gen- 

 erally, has frequent and striking illustrations. .V few 

 such that have been fully authenticated are as follows : 



Wm. McBride of Randolph county, Illinois, July 15th, 

 missed one of his fattening hogs weig'hing about 225 

 pounds. Alore tlian 100 days afterwards it was found 

 in a sink Iiole into which it had fallen. It weighed about 

 50 pounds and was \er}- weak, but soon recovered its 

 normal strength and weiglit. 



A farmer of Polk county. Minnesota, missed a val- 

 uable pig which three months later he found under the 

 center of his straw stack. The ])ig "was too weak to 

 grunt, but alive: a few days' feeding restored him and 



