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oar inp.il, and would generally be considered cheaper than tbe middlings as 

 ab<i>e mentioned 



Hogs —Corn Claimed to be the Best Food for, and Best when 

 Cooked. — T am well aware that there are some people who yet think that it 

 is not at all neceisarv to cook food for hogs, or other stock, I do not pro 

 pose to enter into the discussion of the subject, I will say that I think com- 

 mon sense tells us that it is better to cook food to fatten hogs ; but I will give 

 an item from the American Rural Home, which was given under the above 

 heading, then let every one judge for himself as to whether it is best to 

 grind and cook corn, or to let the hogs grind and cook it for themselves. The 

 item is as follows: 



" Corn is the best feed for hogs, and may be fed in the ear, while sort, but 

 when hard, should be ground fine and wet with hot water, or otherwise 

 cooked, for it has been proved, by repeated experiments, that corn thus fed 

 v;ill make from one-third to one-half more pork than when fed unground and 

 uncooked ; and a bushel should make from ten to twelve pounds of meat 

 when thus fed to good feeding stock." 



Remark. — See above, Preparing Food for Hogs, Peas Claimed Better than 

 Corn, etc. 



Fattening Hogs, Roots Valuable for.— The Dublin Fai^rnenf 

 Gazette gives the following as to the value of roots for fattening pigs. "Pigs" 

 is quite often used while speaking of these animals, when hogs would be the 

 proper word. It says : 



" Parsnips, carrots, Swedish turnips, and especially raangel-'-urzel, will 

 all fatten pigs. These roots ought not to be given in a raw siate, but always 

 cooked and mixed with beans, peas, Indian corn, oats or barley, all of which 

 must be ground into meal. When pigs are fed on such cooked food as we 

 have stated, the poi k acquires a peculiarly rich flavor, and is much esteemed, 

 especially for family use. 



Store Pigs, Value of Roots for.— The following Item from the 

 American Agriculturist will strengthen the above idea from the Gazette, and 

 add another root to the list, as this item, no doubt, refers to the common field 

 turnip, whicb is not enumerated in the other. I must add, however, what tie 

 Agriculturist does not mention, and that is, I think the turnips should be 

 cooked. It says : 



" Store pigs will thrive well on roots with a slop of bran, sour milk and 

 water. A supply of roots on hand will greatly reduce the cost of feeding 

 store pigs. Turnips that cannot well be fed to cows may be given to the pigs. 

 Give your pigs a warm, dry bed." 



RcnMrks. — It will be seen by referrmg to the Cattle Department thai if the 

 rootlets are trimmed oft" of the turnips, tney can be fed to milch cows, without 

 fiavormg the milk. 



Store Pigs and Breeding isiowa, Corn and Oats (Irouud To- 

 gether for, Bettor than Either Alone.— A writer upon this subject 

 says : 



" A bushel of corn weighs nearly twice as much as a bushel of oacs. but 

 if ground together the mixture makes a better feed for growing pigs and 

 breeding sows than either grain alone." 



