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PIGS ARE BIG EATERS 



Wild pigs eat almost constantly when food is available, stor- 

 ing up fat to sustain them during the winter months. Tame pigs, 

 too, will eat almost anything, and they are much more efficient 

 than other animals when it comes to converting plant food into 

 flesh. In our own country, meat-producing breeds have become 

 more popular than the lard hog breeds which inspired the old 

 rhyme beginning, "To market, to market, to buy a fat pig." The 

 pure American breeds include the black and white Poland China 

 and the chestnut or reddish Duroc-Jersey. 



