64 FORTY YEARS' EXPERIENCE OP A PRACTICAL HOG MAN 



be provided, in which the water should be changed every few 

 days, always remembering to add a little disinfectant and crude 

 oil to the water, preventing any skin troubles or lice. 



Feeding the Herd. "When one starts out to fit a herd of show 

 animals for the large fair circuits, the matter of expense must, 

 in a measure be forgotten as these animals should have the 

 best feed possible to put them in just the right condition to show 

 all that is in them. We have found, when fitting animals for 

 show, that we have to make some changes in pur regular grain 

 mixtures for best results. I have found nothing better in this 

 case than to feed a nice rich slop feed, made up about as fol- 

 lows: 



For the older animals above one year I would use equal parts 

 of finely ground corn meal and the best quality of white heavy 

 middlings, with an addition of ten per cent old process oil meal, 

 thoroughly mixed together before being wet, and if sweet skimmed 

 milk or that from the separator is possible to be had at any rea- 

 sonable price, the feed should be mixed with this and all feed 

 in a sweet condition. If it is found impossible to get milk, add 

 tankage to the oil meal (eight to ten percent oil meal and five 

 percent tankage), and the mixture of meal and middlings, and mix 

 this with fresh water and feed it after it soaks a few hours but 

 never allow it to become sour. 



Two Feeds a Day. I think two feeds a day, even in the fitting 

 of a show herd, is as good as three, generally; however, it would 

 be proper and perhaps as well to give these animals a little soaked 

 shelled corn that has soaked long enough to become soft, as a 

 noon-day meal. Where this is done, the morning and evening 

 feed can be fed a little earlier and later, respectively. 



For the younger herds of over six and under twelve months, 

 as well as the herd under six months, I should certainly urge the 

 use of skimmed sweet milk for best results. I have known show- 

 men, while fitting young pigs, to feed whole milk fresh from the 

 cow. This js entirely useless and, I think, is one of the surest 

 ways of overdoing the pig and causing him to break down in the 

 pasterns and it is also almost a certainty that pigs fed fresh 

 warm whole milk will become more or less wrinkled, but skim 

 milk is not so apt to cause this trouble, and this is especially 

 true when well balanced with the ground feed. 



Always remember, however, that too much milk is worse than 

 none. The proper amount is three pounds milk to one pound 

 of grain; with this your ration is practically balanced or at least 

 gives the best results. 



Condiments. If any of the animals at any time during the 

 fitting do not eat with as much relish as would seem best, there 

 are many kinds of condiments that could be used to make the 

 feed more palatable. A sufficient amount of brown sugar or 



