PORK PRODUCTION 269 



This means, so far as the separated milk and meals 

 are concerned, that 



Up to ten weeks old, the meal is mixed at the rate of 4 Ibs. to 



i gall, skim milk. 

 Ten to sixteen weeks old, the meal is mixed at the rate of 5 Ibs. to 



i gall, skim milk. 

 Sixteen to twenty-four weeks old, the meal is mixed at the rate of 



8 Ibs. to i gall, skim milk. 

 Twenty-four to thirty-six weeks old, the meal is mixed at the 



rate of 6 Ibs. to | gall, skim milk. 



In this case the food is prepared a day ahead, and the 

 meal consists of barley, maize, ground oats, and sharps. 

 Pigs up to 60 Ibs. live weight get charcoal, and when 

 necessary for the bowels, a little cod-liver oil. The 

 various green crops, including roots, should be fed to 

 the pigs, if available, in the earlier stages of fattening, 

 but this should be gradually reduced as fattening 

 advances. 



On the London market the small porkers at four 

 to five months old, and weighing 60 to 70 Ibs. dressed 

 weight, meet a ready sale and fetch the highest price 

 per stone. In the North of England the demand is 

 for a larger pig, scaling 140 to 150 Ibs. dressed weight. 

 This weight can easily be obtained by the time the 

 pig is seven months old. 



Bacon Pigs. 



The term " bacon pig " is generally applied to those 

 which are sold off fat, as soon as they have attained a 

 minimum live weight of 2 cwts., or, say, 150 to 160 Ibs. 

 dressed carcass. For bacon it is not so important to 

 have short, thick pigs with well-developed joints, but 

 what is required is a big-framed body with long and 



