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FEEDING FARM ANIMALS 



Care will need to be exercised in changing from 

 dry feed to grass; otherwise shrinkage will be cer- 

 tain to follow. The steers should be turned on the 

 pasture for a short time at first, gradually lengthen- 

 ing the grazing period day by day. In this manner 

 they will become accustomed to grass and the risk 



FAMILIAR SCENE ON THE STOCK FARM 



Cattle take their grain from the feed box and the pigs gather up what 

 falls to the ground. Usually no additional food is given the pigs other 

 than what they gather from the waste and the droppings. 



of scours will be minimized. An attack of scours 

 will do much harm ; often it will cause a loss of a 

 month or more in the steer's growth. 



Fall Feeding on Grass. On many farms the older 

 beeves are pastured through the summer, with little 

 or considerable grain, as the case may be, and fin- 

 ished on new corn. The corn is hauled direct from 



