FEEDING FARM ANIMALS 



while she is suckling them. This does not mean 

 that corn should be cut out of the ration altogether. 

 In sections where corn is not freely produced, and 

 where its commercial value is high, substitutes are 

 more generally provided and the objections to its 

 use are not usually met. 



A PORTABLE HOG HOUSE 



Here is shown a hog house that can be moved to various parts of the 

 field, insuring cleanly quarters and new feeding grounds. Both are items 

 of great importance in hog raising. 



The food of the brood sow should be similar to 

 that given the dairy cow, particularly the grain part 

 of the ration. Even silage is good, as are also alfalfa 

 and clover hay. To those unaccustomed to the use of 

 alfalfa or clover hay it may seem impossible that the 

 brood sow would use either to any great extent. 

 Nevertheless, the consumption of such is practically 

 as great as when either is fed to horses or cows. 



