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Hog Trough made of Boiler Tank. 

 Practically indestructible 



A covered Hog Trough with feed 

 spout in center 



posing animal food. Such food is poisonous to any living animal. Don't 

 handicap the young stock at the start. Feed a plenty; not too much, but 

 push the little fellows along. If milk is to be had cheap.ly, put it in. Skim 

 milk is good. If sweet, so much the better. A little bran in the milk will 

 more than pay, as it will give the pigs that long sappy growth, put an extra 

 kink in the tail, and a sassy look in the eye. In changing from one kind of 

 feed to another don't change too suddenly. Especially go slow on new 

 corn. Hogs greatly relish it, and are pretty sure to eat more than is good 

 for them if not given careful management. Ever notice how most hog 

 epidemics come along about the time we begin feeding new corn? 



REGULAR FEEDS Be regular. Animals are creatures of habit; and good 

 or bad decide how well they will thrive. Only regular 

 feeding pays. Read more about this in Feeds and Feeding. 



GUARD HEALTH Guard health at every turn. Healthy hogs mean 

 healthy profits. Give plenty of pure water, not mere 



hog wallow. Pigs need water in addition to the slop. At two months 

 estimate 12 Ibs. of water to 100 Ibs. live weight. They will require less as 

 they grow older, decreasing to about 4 Ibs. per 100 Ibs. live weight at, say, 

 eight months. It is hard to estimate the mineral contents of water, feeds, 

 etc., but these are of special importance for healthy hogs. Remember, we 

 have bred them away from rooting snouts, to modern short noses. So we 

 must supply the place of mineral earth by giving free access to ash (soft 

 coal), charcoal (charred corn-cob, Umh!), air-slaked lime, bone meal, etc. 

 Give a little salt, for they need it. The best plan is to mix up a little of 

 Conkey's veterinary salt according to the free formula given elsewhere in 

 this book. Keep this mixture before them all the time and they will help 

 themselves just as they need it. When it comes to salt, let each hog 

 measure his own dose. It is risky business putting salt in with the slop 

 or regular feed. 



Individual Hog Trough 



Hog Trough with Mud Platform. Bar can be 

 raised as Pigs grow larger 



