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From one to two hogs were allowed to each steer, and 

 it was generally conceded that the gain on the cattle 

 would pay for the feed consumed, leaving the hogs 

 clear profit. The opening up of the vast ranches of the 

 West put an end to this plan of feeding on a large scale. 

 Of late the business has revived in a small way. 



Much has been said and written about the bacon 

 hog ; I doubt that the bacon hog will ever gain much 

 favor in the West, for the simple reason that corn alone 

 will not produce the so-called bacon hog. He com- 

 mands a higher price than the 

 ordinary hog, and he should, 

 as he costs more to produce. 

 He has his place, but his place 

 is not in the corn regions of 

 the West ; let him be grown 

 in the northeastern states or 

 in Canada, where corn is more 

 costly and where wheat bran 

 ALL OF A SIZE. middlings and other foods 



adapted to the production of this kind of meat are 

 more nearly on an equality with corn as to price. 

 Let each state or locality produce the kind of hog best 

 suited to the kind of food most cheaply produced in 

 that locality. 



While wheat bran middlings, oats and other kinds 

 of feed have their place in making up the best food for 

 hogs, one thing must never be lost sight of, and that is 

 that corn always has and probably always will form the 

 great bulk of the hog's ration in the West, for the very 

 obvious reason that it is more abundantly and cheaply 

 grown than any other of the hog foods. While it is possi- 



