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(a) Husking, (b) Cribbing, (c) Handling corn and feed- 

 ing in yards, (d) Handling manure, (e) Storage space in cribs, 

 etc. 



Experiment for Students of Agriculture. 



EQUIPMENTS : 



1. Stock scales for weighing animals. 



2. Small scales for weighing feed. 



APPLICATION : 



1. Weigh feed for each ration. 



2. Weigh the lot to be fed. 



3. Find average daily gain. 



4. Find average cost of pound gain each day for a period of 

 5 or 10 days, each month. 



5. Compare cost of production with market price, daily and weekly. 



Exercises. 



1. Show or explain how every family outside of a city or village 

 can keep and feed enough hogs economically to keep the family 

 supplied with lard and pork for home use. 



Experiment. 



2. Turn hogs into a patch of two or three acres of standing corn 

 just as 'it is beginning to get ripe; let them run in an adjoin- 

 ing field of clover or alfalfa; supply them with plenty of good 

 water; weigh the hogs at the beginning of the experiment; note 

 the daily gains by weighing if desired; weigh at end of experi- 

 ment and find gain in weight and determine the price received 

 per acre for corn, by multiplying the pounds gained by the 

 market price, and deducting the approximate value of pasture. 



Questions. 



1. To what class of mammals do hogs belong: Carnivorous, 

 herbivorous or omnivorous ? 



2. Make a list of different kinds of food eaten by hogs. 



3. Does a hog eat snakes? If a hog should eat a rattlesnake 

 would it poison him? Why? 



4. Why should we have meat thoroughly cooked before eating? 

 What is Trichina in pork? 



5. Where are four of the great meat packing industries located? 



6. What is the freight on a carload of hogs from your locality to 

 the nearest stock market? 



