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tity of corn may be increased. If the pigs must be kept 

 in a dry lot, a larger proportion of soft feeds should be 

 used. 



It is to be remembered that the purpose in feeding pigs 

 from the age of two months up to the age of six or seven 

 months is not to fatten them, but to cause them to grow 

 large frames and develop good constitutions. If they are 



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fattened too early, it stops their growth, and reduces their 

 vitality, thereby making it unprofitable to continue feeding 

 them up to full maturity. 



Pasturage for growing pigs. Growing hogs, there- 

 fore, require muscle and bone making food, instead of a 

 ration that will fatten them. They need exercise to pro- 

 mote their growth, and give them strong vigorous frames 



