262 LIVESTOCK ON THE FARM 



quantity of meal with the proper quantity of water to make it 

 palatable. This should then be fed to them in the trough. 



Better results are possible when pigs are fed three times a 

 day than when they are fed only twice. When pigs get to the 

 age at which they are called shotes, and get considerable of 

 their feed in the form of green feeds from pasture, the green 

 feeds may serve in place of the noon feed. 



From the data at hand and from a general knowledge of the 

 subject, it appears that better results may be obtained by 

 feeding on pasture than by feeding in the dry lot. The 

 amounts of nutrients mentioned in the foregoing are intended 

 for dry-lot feeding and it is thought that if pigs are fed on good 

 pasture that these quantities of nutrients may be somewhat 

 reduced. Nevertheless, one of the most important features of 

 feeding on pasture, and it seems as if it might be the most 

 important, is the exercise obtained by this method. Further- 

 more, under such conditions pigs are able to utilize more than 

 under dry-lot conditions, and the author has had good success 

 in feeding according to the foregoing formulas on pasture. 



