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comes back in pork. So grain should always be ground and 

 steamed for bogs. Tbej will make full one-third more tat on 

 the same quantity. A box like that described on page 398, will 

 answer the purpose. See our remarks on cooking food for cattle. 

 The same remarks apply here. J. Y. Mapes, of Elmirjv, says : 



" Instead of whole grain it is much more economical to grind 

 and cook it either by boiling or steaming. In winter, boiling 

 is much better than steaming, for the reason that it takes con- 

 siderably less fuel to boil a small quantity than to steam it ; and 

 farther, that you can boil merely what is wanted for a feed at a 

 time, and give it moderately warm, which renders it very grate- 

 ful to the animal in extreme cold weather. I am wintering 

 thirteen hogs, weighing from one hundred and forty pounds to 

 five hundred pounds, by feeding the lot on twelve quarts of cat 

 meal, boiled thoroughly with cut hay or cornstalks, and diluted to 

 thirteen pailfuls for a mess three times a day, which makes a veiy 

 fine porridge, adding about a pint of salt to each mess, making 

 for the whole thirty-six .quarts of ground oats per day. If the same 

 hogs were kept on whole corn or any other grain it would, pro- 

 bably, cost five times as much, and they would be in no bettei 

 condition, while they would be much more liable to disease. 



" This kind of feed is very fine for sows suckling pigs, because 

 it keeps them in good heart and gives a large flow of milk. It 

 is also very fine for pigs just weaned, as they will leave butter 

 or skimmed milk to eat this. It is, probably, more nutritious 

 than buttermilk. 



" In the summer season hogs and pigs should most certainly 

 have access to a good field of clover, both as a matter of 

 economy and of health, as they will keep in good condition and 

 grow rapidly thereon with but little or no other feed. Thus 

 by a rigid economy, both in winter and summer, hogs may be 

 kept as a matter of profit as well as any other class of stock." 



