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year ; the first early in the Spring, and the second early in the 

 Fall. Pigs should learn to eat early, as the mother soon fails 

 to give sufficient nourishment ; this they will easily learn to 

 do if they can have access to a trough of milk, or swill, placed 

 where they can not be disturbed. Pigs should be weaned at 

 the age of three months, and never allowed to stop in growth ; 

 and at the age of eight months should weigh from two hun- 

 dred to two hundred and fifty pounds. The boars should be 

 of no kin to the brood sows, and should be of medium length, 

 with well-developed hams and shoulders, very square built, 

 docile in disposition. Hogs in the Spring should be allowed 

 green feed for a short time, at least, and will not thrive with- 

 out it. Brood sows should not be confined in a small pen. I 

 find they do best if allowed to select and make their own bed, 

 at farrowing time. For food to fatten hogs it pays to grind, 

 and soak the meal until soft. Hogs in Summer should have 

 shade, and in cold weather require good warm, dry shelter ; 

 without it they need at least one-third more feed. Our hogs 

 give us no trouble about rooting, as a hog with all he wants to 

 eat and drink is too lazy to root. The advantages of breeding 

 two litters a year are these : First, one-half the sows produce 

 the same number of pigs, or twice the number, breeding only 

 once. Second, it gives you hogs to turn off in Fall and Spring, 

 the two best marketing seasons of the year. Hogs can be 

 fattened and sold for two and a half cents per pound at a fair 

 profit. 



HORSES. 



Horses for farm use should be neither too light nor too 

 heavy. I find that a horse weighing about eleven hundred or 

 twelve hundred pounds, proves the most valuable for all work, 

 as one much heavier is easily used up on the road, and one 

 much lighter is not able to perform the heavy work required 

 on the farm. I have been breeding from the Norman Clydes- 

 dale, and believe them to be well adapted to farm uses. The 

 mare, while carrying the foal, should be allowed plenty of 

 exercise, and not be put to straining or hard labor. I give 



