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in limiting the area grazed at one time so that each field 

 is cleaned up in fifteen to twenty days. Although this 

 means more labor and expense for fencing, experience 

 favors the method, especially when the season is wet and 

 the soil sticky. In a dry fall, there is thought to be little 

 gained by confining the pigs to limited areas for short 

 periods. Twenty-six-inch woven wire set on light posts 

 which may be driven two rods apart will usually be the 

 most economical and satisfactory method of temporarily 

 fencing the areas used. 



The following table l gives the approximate number of 

 days required to hog-off an acre of corn by a given num- 

 ber of 125-pound pigs. 



TABLE LXXXVI. SHOWING THE APPROXIMATE NUMBER OF 

 DAYS REQUIRED TO HOG-OFF AN ACRE OF CORN BY A GIVEN 

 NUMBER OF PIGS WEIGHING 125 POUNDS 



1 Gaumnitz, Wilson, and Bassett, Bull. 104, Minn. Exp. Sta. 



