408 FEEDING FARM ANIMALS 



bacon types call for food more nitrogenous than the lard 

 types, and during the finishing period the food fed to the 

 former should be considerably less carbonaceous. Legumin- 

 ous pastures are in order. Corn may form say 33 per cent 

 of the grain fed while the swine feed upon such pastures. 

 During the finishing period it should not furnish more 

 than that proportion of the same. Skim milk and barley 

 furnish an excellent ration for growing bacon, and no grain 

 furnishes bacon of a higher quality than barley if fed as 

 the sole or principal food during the finishing period. In 

 the absence of skim milk, shorts is one of the best sub- 

 stitutes, while skim milk, shorts and barley are particularly 

 excellent when fed in reasonable combination. These are 

 the standard foods fed in Denmark, so justly noted for the 

 high quality of its bacon. Other grain, as peas, oats and 

 rye, when available, may be fed along with barley and with 

 much success. 



