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cereal grains should be given to furnish heat and lay on fat, while a 

 supply of skim milk, tankage, wheat middlings, soybeans, and other 

 nitrogenous feeds will furnish the protein for muscle building. 



Fig. 101. — A Carload of Bacon Pigs at the Stock Yards 



The Large Yorkshires, shown in the illustration, and the Tamworths have been 

 specially developed for the production of high-quality bacon. Note the length 

 of body and leg of these pigs. 



The finishing period. — If the shotes have been fed enough concen- 

 trates to keep them growing rapidly and have been laying on a con- 

 siderable amount of fat at the same time, the finishing period need 

 not exceed 8 weeks, unless a rising market warrants feeding them 

 longer. The feeder should remember that after the first few weeks 

 of heavy feeding more and more feed is required to produce a given 

 gain, the cost thus steadily increasing. 



Finishing the shotes is best accomplished by restricting the amount 

 of exercise, reducing the allowance of coarse feed, and giving all the 

 carbohydrate-rich concentrates, such as corn, barley, kafir, milo, and 

 emmer, that the pigs will consume, with sufficient protein-rich feeds 

 to balance the ration. Especially during the first part of the fattening 

 period, considerable use can be made of legume hay or pasture crops. 

 Fattening pigs should drink water freely, being forced to do so, if 



