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excellent thing to do, when sweet corn gets well filled out and 

 in the milk is to drive along this fence with a small load, and 

 throw in about two stalks to each pig. The corn is much rel- 

 ished, and they seem to chew the stalk for the juice. 



It ofoes without savins: that the writer is interested in this 

 pleasant and profitable branch of farming, and has made this 

 class of stock a life-long study ; and, although a despised ani- 

 mal, the hog is a very interesting thing in nature. No two 

 are alike in disposition and peculiarities, and a new set of 

 ideas must be studied up for the management of each. 



I look for increasing interest along this profitable line of 

 farming, although I appreciate the strong hold of the two 

 rival industries, — dairy and poultry farming. There is 

 room for all of them, and plenty of chance for improve- 

 ment. 



