FEEDS AND FEEDING 



sight of. For instance, the raiser of bacon 

 hogs should never feed corn meal in large quan- 

 tities, but use barley, peas, and oats, shorts and 

 skimmed milk. Legumes, such as clover, al- 

 falfa, or rape, together with a judicious mix- 

 ture of the cereals mentioned will give the best 

 results in producing bacon of the finest quality. 

 On the proper feeding of brood-sows will de- 

 pend the success or failure of this particular 

 department. Ventilation, sunshine, thorough 

 cleanliness, and wholesome food are the founda- 

 tion stones on which to build. " In feeding 

 breeding-sows," says a well-known authority, 

 " the aim must be to supply the nutrients needed 

 for maintenance of growth, and such additional 

 food as may be required for the pigs in utero or 

 nursing, as the case may be. Good pasture 

 (clover, alfalfa, or blue grass) is the cheapest 

 food and furnishes the elements most needed to 

 build a strong, bony framework and a well de- 

 veloped muscular system." Where alfalfa is 

 not grown in the Northern States, Canadian 

 field peas together with June grass will form 

 the chief pasture feed. Sows should be allowed 

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