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scald it with boiling water before mixing with the meal. 

 As a substitute for roots, the soaked or steeped alfalfa 

 would be preferable to the dry hay. Alfalfa or clover hay 

 may be fed along with roots, and will be found to give 

 good results if the feeder takes care to supply a reason- 

 able amount of concentrated feed to make the ration sufficiently 

 nourishing. 



Summer management is usually simpler than winter. A 

 pasture lot provided with 'shade is one of the best places to 



FIG. 49o. Breeding crate. A, movable board hinged at left-hand end and held by chain B, 

 both sides alike; D, six holes for the iron rod C to assume various positions. 



keep a boar. The grass or clover, or whatever the pasture may 

 consist of, will furnish the bulky, succulent feed necessary for 

 health, and gathering part of his food from pasture compels 

 the boar to take exercise. If it is not possible to provide the 

 pasture, he should be liberally supplied with green feed in his 

 pen. 



The quantity of meal to feed a boar will vary with circum- 



