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At the Missouri Station bone meal was fed with corn 

 to hogs in a fattening test with very good results. About 

 an ounce of the meal was fed to each hog per day. At 

 the Nebraska Station four lots of pigs were fed to de- 

 termine the value of wheat shorts, tankage and steamed 

 ground bone, as supplements to corn meal. These hogs 

 were pastured on alfalfa, and for this reason the lot fed 

 on corn alone made about as satisfactory gain as any, 

 although the lot which was fed bone meal in addition to 

 the corn had the strongest bone. Shorts strengthened the 

 bones some, and tankage with corn produced much 

 stronger bone than corn alone. Where mixed grain ra- 

 tions are given, or skim milk or good pasture, all of 

 which supply ash material, it is doubtful whether bone 

 meal is of much value other than for the purpose of 

 strengthening the bones. 



Measles are common with small pigs. Since it is a 

 contagion, it spreads very rapidly when once there is 

 an outbreak in the herd. Some of its more common 

 symptoms are coughing and sneezing. The eyes are red 

 and watery, and there is generally a discharge from 

 the nose. The appetite is generally impaired, and there 

 is a desire to remain in the nest or bed. On the fourth or 

 fifth day a red rash appears on the skin, first in small 

 pimples and later in large spots, which rise above the sur- 

 rounding surface of the skin. The elevations are the 

 same on infected pigs whose skins are white as on the 

 dark-skinned animals. The pig should have a dry bed in 

 which to sleep. Perhaps the most simple remedy is a 

 half pint of boiled flaxseed with the soft feed, once each 

 day. Ten grains of nitrate of potash in the drinking 

 water is also good. 



Many experts claim that the open-front house will give 

 the best results in ventilation, although it seems hard to 



