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THE STOCKFEEDER'S COMPANION 



Pork Production. 



Here it is important to get thick, well-made pigs 

 with large, well-developed hind quarters. The selected 

 breed should also be one that will grow and fatten at 

 the same time, e.g., Middle White Yorkshire, or crosses 

 between Middle White and Berkshire or Large White 

 Yorkshire and Berkshire. The white boar used should 

 be well bred, so as to impress his white colour on the 

 offspring as far as possible. 



The weaned pigs should be fed three or four times 

 a day on bran and sharps mixed with skim milk. At 

 about three months old one of the rations on p. 284 

 may be given at the rate of I to 2 Ibs. meal per 100 

 Ibs. live weight. The food should be made into a thin 

 slop during the early stages of fattening, but the 

 amount of -added liquid should be gradually diminished 

 as fattening proceeds (see table below). 



Professor Henry holds that if more than I gall, of 

 separated milk is given to every 3^ Ibs. meal, the results 

 become much less satisfactory as the proportion of the 

 liquid is increased. 



In Denmark the fattening period is divided into four 

 stages according to live weight, and the ration for each of 

 these stages is stated in its meal equivalent ; i.e., 6 Ibs. of 

 separated milk is equal to I Ib. meal, and so on. E.g. 



