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311. Feeding. The results of extensive and careful 

 experiments on hog feeding carried on by the Experiment 

 Station at Manhattan, Kansas, are as follows : 



1) " The feeding of corn alone in dry lots does not give 

 satisfactory results. 



2) "A ration of corn and alfalfa hay is more economical 

 than the feeding of corn alone. 



3) "The feeding of protein supplements, such as 

 tankage or meat meals and shorts, arid tankage or meat 

 meal, in connection with corn, increased the efficiency of 

 the ration and the rate of the gain. 



4) " With a grain ration of corn, shorts, and tankage, 

 on alfalfa pasture, the profits were practically the same 

 when the pigs were first grown on a limited amount of 

 feed during the summer and then fattened in the fall as 

 when full fed from the beginning until ready for market. 



5) "Hogs fed on pasture made cheaper and more rapid 

 gains than those fed in dry lots. 



6) " Hogs can be profitably grown and fed when corn 

 is supplemented with pasture crops and protein feed, 

 such as alfalfa hay, soy beans, shorts, and meat meal and 

 tankage." 



312. Pig Raising, (a) Why. In many cases pupils 

 may be able to show better results in pig raising than 

 their parents have done. Some boys have actually suc- 

 ceeded in doing this and their parents were eager to be 

 shown how. Sooner or later every boy asks himself the 

 question, " What can I do on my own account to help bear 

 the burdens of the household ? " A host of our best men 

 and women are answering, " Why not raise a pig ? " 



No doubt there are lots of parents who do not realize 

 that one of the ways of raising good boys is to have the 

 boys raise good pigs. Keen observers say that when 

 young folks care for and nurture a dependent creature 



